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David Quantick

@quantick.bsky.social

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. Author of RICKY'S HAND, ALL MY COLORS, ETC. Emmy (Veep). Website: www.davidquantick.com. AND OTHER STORIES collection - preorder here: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 7m

Watching the greatest documentary ever made (Deep Purple: Rock Family Trees) and noting rhat David Coverdale is a powerful cross between Alan Partridge and Tori Amos.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks!

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Gary Percival @a11who.bsky.social · 4h

"Oh, so you're my replacements - a dandy and a clown."

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 4h

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 4h

These late period Francis Bacon triptychs are terrifying.

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 6h

ALL DONE! Thanks gang. In terms of procrastination, I think eight years to get round to doing something has got to take some beating…

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 6h

9 October 1887 | A Hungarian Jew, Ivan Balog, was born in Mátraballa.

In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
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Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

A vintage photograph of a man in a military uniform, standing confidently and wearing a hat with a badge. The setting is nondescript, with a soft focus on the background.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 7h

You what

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 9h

This was a while ago now but I remember it as a very enjoyable interview.

Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 9h

Goon Pod talked to Jonathan Coe.

He chatted about his influences such as David Nobbs, B.S Johnson and Flann O'Brien and one of his earliest exposures to freewheeling comic prose via Spike Milligan's 1963 novel Puckoon. Take a listen:

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 9h

Fans of my old radio show ONE will be delighted to learn that some sketches by me and @danielmaier.bsky.social from that brilliant comedy series are reprinted in this charming book.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 13h

I can see Trump or Farage or Badenoch reading social media posts and going, yeah, actually fair point, I'll try harder in future.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 13h

I wish someone online would point out some hypocrisy or inconsistent behaviour because only then will we have real change.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 13h

I got an ankle monitor so now at dinner parties I don't have to keep going upstairs to check on my ankle.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 13h

I wish someone online would point out some hypocrisy or inconsistent behaviour because only then will we have real change.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 13h

Oh come on.

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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to kick off my birthday with a signed copy of @whenisbirths.bsky.social's brand new book Into the Groove 😊💖

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1d

I speak for many when I say how shocked I was to learn that Dolly Parton has a sister.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 1d

My ex- neighbour had a sticker that said “Sadiq Khan is not my mayor “. And he was right because we lived in Kent.

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Peter Counsell @counsellpeter.bsky.social · 1d

Very very very funny book.

🎼 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝕍𝔼™ @stevomusicman.bsky.social · 1d

Got a fab book, partly as @quantick.bsky.social linked it.
Haven't stopped laughing at some of it

@punkandnewwave.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social @singingconductor.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1d

I still have the t shirt.

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1d

Next to Genesis of the Daleks, The Mind Robber is my favourite Doctor Wgho episode.

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“And if you go chasing robots..."

This is a full length and free to read version of a post written and sent to paid subscribers a while back. You may have read the first third back then,...

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ThinkyThoughtHead @thinkythoughthead.bsky.social · 1d

He’s like if LinkedIn generated a humanoid.

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Melissa F. Olson @mfolson.bsky.social · 1d

It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1d

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🎼 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝕍𝔼™ @stevomusicman.bsky.social · 1d

Got a fab book, partly as @quantick.bsky.social linked it.
Haven't stopped laughing at some of it

@punkandnewwave.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social @singingconductor.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social

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🎼 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝕍𝔼™ @stevomusicman.bsky.social · 1d

Got a fab book, partly as @quantick.bsky.social linked it.
Haven't stopped laughing at some of it

@punkandnewwave.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social @singingconductor.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Clegg is the Duplo Tony Blair.