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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 15h

stop thinking right now

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 4h

Noooo. Loved her!

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 5h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 6h

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 6h

Repairs plan for Bradford's 'precious' Grade I listed Ilkley Manor House, dating from 1390s. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Repairs plan for 'precious' Ilkley Manor House - council

The Grade I listed Ilkley Manor House dates back to the 1390s and was built on a Roman fort site.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 6h

Or rather JN as McMurphy

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 6h

The film. So brilliant. So devastating. Jack Nicholson is perfectly cast as Randle. Produced by Michael Douglas!
www.theguardian.com/film/2017/ap...

Michael Douglas: how we made One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

‘We filmed it at a real mental hospital and some of the patients joined the crew. We had an arsonist in the art department’

www.theguardian.com

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Sam @carlludwigsprung.bsky.social · 12h

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 6h

That looks good!

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 7h

Digging back into some books I've had for a long time and forgotten about! 💙📚🇮🇸

Navy cover with snowflakes of the Sara Winokur book 'Double Blind, the Icelandic Manuscript Murders', showing line drawing mountains at the bottom, and a gene spiral becoming a tree above (or is it arterioles from an artery?)

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 6h

Owls do cry by New Zealand writer Janet Frame. Glorious writing. Mixing poetry and prose.

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 1d

As part of celebrating Bookshop Day, Bert’s is donating £100 worth of books to 12 schools across Swindon.

Literacy levels in Swindon have fallen behind the national average, so we’re making a commitment to do this every year – but it will take us seven years to make sure every school benefits.

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 6h

One flew over the cuckoo's nest. Absolute perfection. Read as a teen. Must re-read! Rare case where film as good as book.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 9h

I went to see The Word For World Is Map and I would just like to observe that Ursula K. LeGuin was a gift to humanity in so many ways.

A print of Ursula's map of the Labyrinth of The Tombs of Atuan.

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 18h

Peter McQuillan - Poplars.
Acrylic on Canvas.

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 7h

Where you thinking of starting? What sort of time period are you thinking?

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 7h

After five years of reading a lot of new releases/ARCs, esp for revies, blurbs etc, next year I'm going to shake up my reading and focus on books from further back. Need to snap my reading out of the rhythm of the publishing world and deepen my appreciation of significant writers I've overlooked.

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 13h

My weekend. Talking womens health and pku in Cardiff. 12 Yr old with pku enjoying activities and new dietary foods! #nspku

Daughter trying low protein granola, yoghurt with fruit.

Dr Gisela Wilcox taking about new pku guidelines.

Conference programme. I'm speaking about a labour of love.

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 2d

Great track....
m.youtube.com/watch?v=MG_n...

Gorillaz - The Happy Dictator ft. Sparks (Official Visualiser)

YouTube video by Gorillaz

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Tim Ritchie @timritchie.bsky.social · 2d

Dawn delights, the ANZAC Bridge with the Sydney fish market sparkling under a purple sky. The new fish market construction is off to the right and is expected to open in time for Christmas prawn purchases.

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Rebecca Payne @oohgpwales.bsky.social · 2d

Paper here bjgp.org/content/75/7...

Challenges to quality in contemporary, hybrid general practice a multi-site longitudinal case study

Background Since 2022, general practice has shifted from responding to the acute challenges of COVID-19 to restoring full services using a hybrid of remote, digital, and in-person care. Aim To examin...

bjgp.org

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 2d

Both primary and secondary care trying to sort whose responsibility. And our services just not working well for citizens. Hope your paper catches good attention!

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 2d

Well done Rebecca. Was having a related conversation today. One of the age old debates is if someone d/c from hospital who does eg follow up bloods. I can totally understand why GP colleagues would feel hacked off. But when it's a LTC this changes things. Our healthcare systems haven't adapted.

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry about that.

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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 2d

Gosh I don't. Guess depends how/why went to hospital. Then educated guess on order of calling the hospitals.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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