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Edward Cowling

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Writer of novels & short stories. Lover of art and clever quotations. Reside in Edmonton, North London. I post story chapters weekly and they're free!! https://www.mendera-storm.co.uk/

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · Jun 1

My writing website. Everything from Ruby books and vampires, to hauntings and a creature feature. Plus a heap of short stories. Updates every week. Read online or download a PDF. Everything is free.
www.mendera-storm.co.uk

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Sarah Lancashire Spotlight @culturalepiph.bsky.social · 3h

"I have confidence I didn't have before, which only comes with age."-Sarah Lancashire (Variety, 2024)
Happy Birthday, Sarah ... may your confidence only continue to bloom! 🤍🌸
📸: Camera Press / Getty / Edit: CE
#SarahLancashire #HappyBirthday

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 2h

Paloma Faith - Upside Down (Official Video)
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Paloma Faith - Upside Down (Official Video)

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 2h

Celebrity Traitors had major 'psychological impact' on Paloma Faith - why the star had to see welfare 'often'
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Celebrity Traitors had major 'psychological impact' on Paloma Faith - why the star had to see welfare 'often'

The star had to visit the welfare team 'often'

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 3h

“You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.”
― Carlos Castaneda

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 4h

‘TRON: ARES’ is now playing in theaters.

Read our review: bit.ly/AresDF

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 4h

‘ROOFMAN’, starring Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst, is now playing in theaters

The film follows the true story of a thief who robbed more than 60 McDonald’s and lived in a Toys’R’Us store after escaping from prison.

Read our review: bit.ly/DFRoof

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 8h

Happy 40th birthday to the talented MARINA.

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 7h

Today is National Tuxedo Day.

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 3h

Coffee & Pie??

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VintageMotorcycles @vintagemotobike.bsky.social · 5h

1975 Kawasaki 350 Bighorn
#ClassicMotorcycles
#Motorcycle

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VintageMotorcycles @vintagemotobike.bsky.social · 5h

1988 BMW R100GS
#ClassicMotorcycles
#Motorcycle

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VintageMotorcycles @vintagemotobike.bsky.social · 5h

1957 Aermacchi Chimera
#ClassicMotorcycles
#Motorcycle

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Lucy Brazier @lucybrazier.bsky.social · 5h

As they recover from their near-death experience, Deputy Head Porter is disappointed that Head Porter appears to be being dishonest with her.

The PorterGirl Podcast | Aftermath www.podbean.com/ei/pb-6j7yq-...

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 15h

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 15h

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 22h

Coffee Addict - Chapter 17 – The Sword
Word count 6,193

Julie gets a chance to use the sword……………..
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Coffee Add - Chap 17 / Coffee Addict Pages | Mendera Storm

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 4h

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Edward Cowling @edcowling.bsky.social · 14h

Coffee Addict - Chapter 17 – The Sword
Word count 6,193

Julie gets a chance to use the sword……………..

Enjoy Ed ~ October 2025
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Coffee Add - Chap 17 / Coffee Addict Pages | Mendera Storm

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn Morning, Adolf Kaufmann, 1918.

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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 22h

Hello!

~~Love,
Callie

Callie, the calico, modeling the greenest eyes ever.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d

A Saxon doorway from the south side of the tower of All Saints’ Church at Brixworth in Northamptonshire. Using recycled Roman tiles, the doorway was originally internal and led to a now demolished cell. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Brixworth #Northamptonshire

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 20h

First poster for Chloe Zhao's ‘HAMNET’, starring Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley

The film follows William Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway, as they struggle to come to terms with the loss of their only son, Hamnet.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology

British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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