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Richard Blandford

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Author of wrong fiction. #actuallyautistic richardblandford.blogspot.co.uk New novel My Life in Orbit out now.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · Jan 26

My latest novel My Life in Orbit is out now. richardblandford.blogspot.com/2024/03/my-l...

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2h

Scrappy Doo-Godzuki buddy movie.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 23h

Wrong'un Love Island

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 23h

Only briefly, before they are sent away.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 23h

What I'd like to do is go door to door, identifying them. My catchphrase would be 'Get him lads, bloke's a wrong'un', at which point they'd be hauled off and made to live on Wrong'un Island.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 23h

Someone I once met and got bad vibes about has turned out to be an incredible wrong'un. I'm quite good at spotting them. Is there a way to monetise this?

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

One thing I really hate is how ticket prices are no longer announced before they go on sale, so you've got to decide what you can afford against a ticking clock.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

Got Kraftwerk tickets! Disappointingly, did not have to tick a box confirming I was a robot.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d

Turned on Cbeebies after midnight and Mr Tumble was ripping a live pigeon apart with his teeth, laughing.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

Why the picture of Bill Bailey tho?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian novelist, for his “visionary oeuvre.”

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The award comes with prize money of almost $1.2 million.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

Books should come with free t-shirts with the cover on them so then authors would know who bought their book.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 2d

There's something radical in the way events are relentlessly moving forward in 'Allo 'Allo, while simultaneously not moving forward at all.

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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

Once you've achieved that, you've experienced everything university has to offer and you may as well go home.

Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 3d

The purpose of going to university is to accept an invitation to the pub in your first week only to discover it's a Christian Union meeting in disguise and they want to convert you.