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Books, theatre, food. Not necessarily in that order.
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Royal Mail postal service made £194m pre-tax profit.

Didn't meet 1st/2nd class letter delivery targets. Regulator lowering them. 2nd-class letters every other weekday, none on Saturdays.

Price Now: Ist class stamp £1.70; 2nd class 87p.
When privatised in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
Royal Mail returns to profit as takeover brings ‘year of change’
Rise in profit comes a year after parent company IDS agreed to acquisition by Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Yes, I wasn’t ready to go home yesterday and hung out in a tiny bookshop at London Bridge. Loved it, lovely people. Brilliant recommendations shelf.

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March 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Someone else was looking for The Three-Body Problem but as it was unavailable wanted AI that wasn’t Asimov.

I suggested Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro as it was a train station bookshop with slim SF pickings and there’s the social aspect. Turns out it was a gift. They bought it.

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March 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Recommended Kindred by Octavia E. Butler yesterday to someone - they asked for reassurance it was nothing like Station Eleven

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March 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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International Women’s Day in numbers: How the fight for equality is still lagging behind
International Women’s Day in numbers: How the fight for equality is lagging behind
As International Women’s Day is marked around the world, The Independent crunches the numbers on women’s lives at work and at home
www.independent.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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What does it say about the state of transit in the United States when Disney World operates the 10th largest transit agency in the country—and the largest in a state of 23 million people with a GDP equivalent to Australia?
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Love it when the library showcases an indie publisher! (Bonus points as Charco Press tends to be in translation.)

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#locallibrary #libraries #independentpublisher #charcopress #literatureintranslation
January 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Can’t be sure as I haven’t read The City And Its Uncertain Walls yet but it seems like double unicorns going into 2025 (look in the window, The Last Unicorn is!)

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January 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20/20

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December 29, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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OpenAI doesn't report a single number for its climate impacts - not anywhere, in any way, shape or form.

It sounds kind of obvious but the fact that a company with such incredible electricity hunger isn't disclosing basic information about its energy consumption and associated emissions is v bad..
December 28, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 19/20

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December 28, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 18/20

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December 27, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 17/20

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December 25, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 16/20

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December 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM
A snowy London for Christmas is off the table.
December 23, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 15/20

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December 23, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 14/20

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December 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Must practice one-liners.
December 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
It’s nice to have posts without extra media when most of the feed is bulked out with pictures/links making 2-3 posts visible at a time. Seeing 7 posts at a glance is a nicer experience.
December 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Advice to live by.
How to gift wrap a book… my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
December 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 13/20

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December 21, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 12/20

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December 20, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11/20

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December 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 10/20

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December 18, 2024 at 8:46 AM