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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 11m

Thanks. Sometimes I’ll lob in the word “verisimilitude” for good measure.

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 14m

Drawn by Steve Bell. Yes!

Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 15m

Not at all. I regularly spoil my children’s enjoyment of such films with similar observations.

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 1d

Summer of 1984, aged 13, reading a Jimmy Somerville interview in Smash Hits magazine.

Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 1d

Ah what memories! Haven’t heard that in years! Also they got his name wrong in the credits there!

Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 1d

He had something of a Mr Spock quality about him that as a child I found really engaging.

Naturalist Tony Soper in a splendid checkered shirt holding a giant snail shell

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 1d

Always loved his shirts.

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 1d

That’s Tony Soper on the right.

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 2d

It was awful. She came home from school absolutely buzzing after being given a presentation about what an adventure it would be without any mention of the cost. It's hard enough trying to make sure she has the "right" shoes without that as well.

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 2d

Please investigate this, esp the companies organising them! My daughter was inconsolable because we couldn't afford the £4795 for a trip with World Challenge to Ecuador. Of course nobody mentioned the price until the kids had all been hyped up to the nines about it. I was absolutely furious!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month. It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 3d

Reckless idiots. But entirely unsurprising given that since 2019 92% of Reform's donations have come from groups and individuals with fossil fuel links.

Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 3d

Love this photo of Diane Keaton at the 1978 Oscars. I love that on a night when women must feel huge pressure to dress a certain way she dressed the way *she* wanted to. "The winner is Diane Keaton" says the card in her hand, but we were all winners for having had her on our screens for 50+ years. 💔

Diane Keaton backstage at the 1978 Oscars ceremony wearing a long jacket with a flower in the button hole and a scarf hanging loosely around her neck. In her hand she's holding the envelope announcing her Oscar win. The words The Winner is Diane Keaton are visible on the paper protruding from the envelope.

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 3d

Bravo @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Morgan is a bully and a bigot and it's brilliant to see someone who's prepared to call out his shittery.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 3d

Bravo @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Morgan is a bully and a bigot and it's brilliant to see someone who's prepared to call out his shittery.

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Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 3d

Just brilliant!

Simon Partridge @simonpartridge.com · 3d

I didn’t Casablanca could be improved, but…!

Jeremy Limb @jlimb.bsky.social · 3d

That really moving Marseillaise scene in Casablanca is now 400% more moving youtu.be/CbWgOpG1988