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George Morley
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George as in The Famous Five. Books, nice dinners, flowers, cats and rage against the state of things. Erstwhile publishing person.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · Nov 14
The loveliest evening celebrating my dear departed friend Joe Roberts & Eland's reissue of his first book, which I edited waaay back in 1994. #Three-QuartersofaFootprint www.travelbooks.co.uk/shop-online-...
Eland Books
Joe Roberts stayed for five months with the Trivedi family in Bangalore, while travelling all over southern India.  In Pondicherry he found Rita, a melancholic divorcee banished to an ashram. He ...
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 1h
At Patti Smith's (marvellous) gig on Monday it was quite strange to see our grey- and white-haired contemporaries, many dressed like librarians or retired solicitors in a cosy crime telly series, wigging out to G-L-O-R-I-A. Bet some of them waited with Lou back in the day.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 1d
Good wasn't it?
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 2d
They need to regain some perspective.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 4d
Thank the lord! Isn't she fabulous? That profile.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 4d
If this is disapproval, Roland, we may have to part ways. It's a bloody marvellous film.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 4d
How could you have doubted it? It's heaven.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 5d
Terrific!
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 7d
Dear god but it's grim.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
They were very much of a time. I adored them - and her - but they might not work as well today.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
Dear wonderful kind funny generous Jilly Cooper. May the heavenly champagne corks pop.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
Oh lovely Jilly. She always lit up a room, quite apart from the books.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 9d
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
Could not all living past presidents SAY something? Anything. How can they all remain silent? Especially Obama.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
It is so dreadful, Sarah, so very dreadful.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
You can't be 49! Don't be silly.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
My mother saw it as a tiny child when it first came out and remained traumatised by it decades later .
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
Concrete & Clay was the first single I owned. It came with the Dansette record player I got for my 7th birthday.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
Regrettably.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 9d
Why in god’s good name would you do otherwise, Mrs Fish?
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 10d
It is so bloody depressing.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 11d
So sorry you had to deal with this, Olivette. Grim. But hurrah for the lovely school kids.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 11d
Yes.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 11d
Nothing good
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 12d
I'm so sorry.
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George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 12d
A small glimmer of hope in the appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally, especially having watched the news from Chicago and Manchester. Seizing at anything positive right now.