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Jewell

@jewellislate.bsky.social

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If it's dark and twisted, send it my way. Joy is important even in the bleakest of times - small joys too. Bad at rules. Grumpy old lady, but not old. Self-medicating with books.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · Feb 24

3 years. :-( If you're feeling solidarity and thinking about Ukraine today - please donate to Come Back Alive or Hospice Ukraine, or another Ukrainian cause.
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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 9h

You might like this interview with Bennett, from today's Observer - observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Claire-Louise Bennett: ‘Mystery is an essential part of l...

The Big Kiss, Bye-Bye novelist on the challenges of capturing romantic relationships and the appeal of the gothic

observer.co.uk

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 9h

and no doubt when I do give in I shall end up completely obsessed with it, too.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 9h

See, it's that, right there, that's going to get me, because that is exactly my kind of book. :)

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 10h

A vintage halloween postcard that is somehow... off.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 10h

I'm trying to resist that HP one for all kinds of reasons, but I can feel I'm going to give in eventually...

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 10h

Hope you enjoy it!

Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 11h

All of Us Murderers was so much fun :)

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12h

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

open.substack.com

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning and happy Sunday! Currently half-way through Claire-Louise Bennett's Big Kiss, Bye-Bye, which I'm enjoying very much - a few unexpected dollops of the gothic in there, too.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 1d

I want to go there with you!

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

Will look forward to the review!

Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

yesss and also no-one can see how much I am spending...

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

Darker Days sounds pretty good...

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

I got rid of a lot of duplicates, anything too tattered, etc. Also probably have nearly as many on my Kindle now.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

Sympathetic sigh.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

Contemplating the 50 or so book boxes I have still not unpacked, 4 years after moving.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 3d

In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com talks about the worst time in every book lover's life: moving.

reactormag.com/there-comes-...

There Comes a Time in Every Reader's Life When You Have to Move the Books - Reactor

A lot of books have come in and out of my front door. But now they all have to go out, because I’m moving.

reactormag.com

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

He'll presumably get his job at Bridge Farm back, or at least some work there.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

It's striking to me that for all the overt appealing to some kind of an idea of "working class" the desire appears to be to smash opportunities for people to move out of their allotted places.

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

I've just finished The Art of a Lie so I might ignore my entire TBR and read this one next. and this is why the TBR never goes down...

Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 2d

This is 99p today - might be of interest - www.amazon.co.uk/Flesh-spine-...

Of the Flesh: A spine-chilling new collection of short horror stories from bestselling authors including Lucy Rose, Emilia Hart and Bridget Collins eBook : Barker, Susan, Chukwu, J K, Collins, Bridget...

www.amazon.co.uk

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 2d

Here are three wonderfully preserved Roman shoes that were discovered at Bar Hill Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland in the early 1900s. Shoes made for men, women and children have been found there, reminding us that frontier zones were not an exclusively military environment. #FindsFriday

Three ancient roman shoes with pierced decoration displayed on dummy feet.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 3d

#FolkloreThursday
Black Annis A hag with a taste for human flesh (especially children). She is said to haunt the countryside of Leicestershire. From the Reader’s Digest Folklore Myths & Legends of Britain. Illustration by George Tute.

A woodcut style of illustration showing a horrific hag-like figure in the undergrowth with two dead children grasped in her claws. A crescent moon is in the sky.

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 3d

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...

Why Didn't You Just Leave paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...

www.cursedmorselspress.com

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Jewell @jewellislate.bsky.social · 3d

He's let the horrors out :(