Elizabeth McFarlane
@elizabethmcfarlane.bsky.social
Writing for newspapers and reading and writing novels. Agent here - https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/elizabeth-mcfarlane
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How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
Have your own friends. Be kind. Know you’ll fancy others. Elizabeth McFarlane’s secrets to staying together
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I have an article in #TheTimes today about being married forever. I didn’t write ‘my rules’ but otherwise that is wot I wrote! #marriage #relationships #writing
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
Are you the filling in an intergenerational Christmas? Here’s how to survive…
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The 12 Tips of Christmas.
Remember, if the hostess if happy then everyone else is likely to be!
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December 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Are you the filling in an intergenerational Christmas? Here’s how to survive…
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December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Reposted by Elizabeth McFarlane
A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
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John Lennon will always be in my life.
How his murder 45 years ago shattered my teenage innocence but taught me a valuable lesson.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
John Lennon will always be in my life.
How his murder 45 years ago shattered my teenage innocence but taught me a valuable lesson.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A little something I’ve just written this morning about #JohnLennon & #TheBeatles
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
John Lennon will always be in my life.
How his murder 45 years ago shattered my teenage innocence but taught me a valuable lesson.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
John Lennon was murdered 45 years ago today. He will always be in my life.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Good gravy!
Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
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Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Good gravy!
Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Which puts in a light appearance in this week’s #Substack, all about roast chicken.
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Roast chicken… something to pick over. A #Substack post that serves up some Marcel Proust with a dash of Pam Ayres. #foodwriting
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Roast chicken...
something to pick over.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Roast chicken… something to pick over. A #Substack post that serves up some Marcel Proust with a dash of Pam Ayres. #foodwriting
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open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Please subscribe to my new (free!) #Substack. This week, catching a lurgy 🦠 and #reading in bed. That’s my new bedside table & shelves btw, booktastic!
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When I was sick and lay a-bed...
I read a load of books.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Please subscribe to my new (free!) #Substack. This week, catching a lurgy 🦠 and #reading in bed. That’s my new bedside table & shelves btw, booktastic!
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Do you think Hunter Davies is on Substack or Bluesky? I’ve mentioned him & his wife Margaret Forster rather a lot! 😍
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When I was sick and lay a-bed...
I read a load of books.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Do you think Hunter Davies is on Substack or Bluesky? I’ve mentioned him & his wife Margaret Forster rather a lot! 😍
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Absolutely loved this beautiful book. If you care anything for homes (I’m obsessed!) do read it 🏡
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Absolutely loved this beautiful book. If you care anything for homes (I’m obsessed!) do read it 🏡
80s girls just wanted to have fun at the actual shops (remember those?)...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
80s girls just wanted to have fun at the actual shops (remember those?)...
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As the clocks go back, we hunker down indoors. Home, and why it’s so important…
#homes #artists #writers #Substack
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#homes #artists #writers #Substack
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October 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
As the clocks go back, we hunker down indoors. Home, and why it’s so important…
#homes #artists #writers #Substack
substack.com/@elizabethmcfa…
#homes #artists #writers #Substack
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Reposted by Elizabeth McFarlane
POWER TO THE PEOPLE is Out Now! → bit.ly/JOLstore
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
POWER TO THE PEOPLE is Out Now! → bit.ly/JOLstore
Our Arthur’s article…
kyivindependent.com/dont-give-ru...
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Don't give Russia space
Dmitry Bakanov, general director of the Russian Space Agency, recently announced a bold new policy. Over the next five years, Russia will try to create an "analogue of Starlink" by launching 292 new s...
kyivindependent.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Our Arthur’s article…
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kyivindependent.com/dont-give-ru...
Dive right in. Why #swimming is so good for us, with two great #book recommendations...
#Substack #writing #bookreview
#Substack #writing #bookreview
Dive right in.
Why swimming is so good for us.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Dive right in. Why #swimming is so good for us, with two great #book recommendations...
#Substack #writing #bookreview
#Substack #writing #bookreview
A friend sent me this. I’m in The Week! 🥳
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A friend sent me this. I’m in The Week! 🥳
October 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I call this heron on tooting common in the rain.
October 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I call this heron on tooting common in the rain.
I wrote about how we should speak to/about older people in The Times this week. That’s my mum & dad, both 85 now. So proud of them. 😍
October 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I wrote about how we should speak to/about older people in The Times this week. That’s my mum & dad, both 85 now. So proud of them. 😍
I have a piece in @thetimes today about how we should speak to/about older people. It mentions my parents quite a bit too!
www.thetimes.com/article/a10d...
www.thetimes.com/article/a10d...
My mother leads an active life at 85. Why do people patronise her?
She’s involved in politics and vice-chair of governors at a school, so give her more respect, says Elizabeth McFarlane
www.thetimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I have a piece in @thetimes today about how we should speak to/about older people. It mentions my parents quite a bit too!
www.thetimes.com/article/a10d...
www.thetimes.com/article/a10d...
@johnofarrell.bsky.social Hello! So great to meet you today at Nick’s thing at The Royal Court. Here is the article I mentioned. Nick was one of the lads at that party.
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
Have your own friends. Be kind. Know you’ll fancy others. Elizabeth McFarlane’s secrets to staying together
www.thetimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@johnofarrell.bsky.social Hello! So great to meet you today at Nick’s thing at The Royal Court. Here is the article I mentioned. Nick was one of the lads at that party.
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
How to stay married for 30 years — my rules
www.thetimes.com/article/2a44...
Hello! This week’s Substack (only my 3rd!) is all sbout reasding and why it’s so good for us. Please subscribe. It’s free! open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Reading for happiness.
Are you sitting comfortably?
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September 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Hello! This week’s Substack (only my 3rd!) is all sbout reasding and why it’s so good for us. Please subscribe. It’s free! open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...