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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 1h

People talk about John Cazale but Godfather, Play It Again Sam, Sleeper, Godfather II, Love & Death is also quite the five film run.

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 9h

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man with a fortune must be in want if a pie.

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Kate @katebattrick.bsky.social · 9h

Big news (well for me) you can now preorder my book on Amazon amzn.eu/d/gwOfmYJ

Fragmented: Amazon.co.uk: Battrick, Kate: 9781917673518: Books

Buy Fragmented by Battrick, Kate from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.

amzn.eu

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Kate @katebattrick.bsky.social · 9h

For those of you who don’t do Amazon you’ll find my book here at Waterstones! www.waterstones.com/book/fragmen...

Fragmented by Kate Battrick | Waterstones

Buy Fragmented by Kate Battrick from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not surprised considering how busy yo3uve been and you have to be "on" for interviews which is v draining. Hope you have done time to refill.

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 10h

Vegan tampons apparently. Deep sigh.

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 10h

I'm afraid I'll only accept tampons with actual butter, National Trust.

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 12h

It’s v bizarre to me that there’s a group of listeners who seem to resent drama in a daily drama. I think some of it stems from those who absolute refuse to accept they are listening to a soap opera because they’re “not those sort of people”.

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 2d

(also because should read became. A librarian wouldn’t make that mistake.)

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 2d

Should add it also uplifting as well as enraging because the good people are there: brilliant librarians and brilliant young people.

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 2d

This is enraging, it is not relaxing viewing. But it is wonderful.

Also interesting on something we’ve seen here in UK: one campaigning obsession (eg Covid masks) because against libraries. We’ve all seen people obsessed with one issue go absolutely doolally on ALL the issues.

Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 6d

Recommended viewing: Storyville: The Librarians, BBC4, Tuesday, 7 October. Explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians

Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 2d

“Father”

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Jo dB @jodb.bsky.social · 2d

I worked in a transport group, and can tell you the “mad obsessives” genuinely did effect change and improvement by knowing the subject and knowing the area so well, genuinely effective lobbyists.

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Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social · 2d

Well, not sure when I’ve seen a better production of anything by RSC this century. Cyrano de Bergerac is a triumph, and not just for Adrian Lester. My hazy memory of the 1990 film meant I thought it a less substantial play than it is — I was left blubbering, then roaring during the curtain calls.