Espen Hauglid
@espenhauglid.bsky.social
Mildly curious. Art critic at Morgenbladet.no
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“I write twelve pages to get one page, and I cut all the time. Unless a writer is superb, I don’t think it’s enough just to go wuffling on.”
And here's my own tribute to Beryl Bainbridge (and her 1973 novel The Dressmaker in particular).
She should have won the Booker "three or four times," said her friend Paul Bailey* after her death. "Hers were better than the junk that did win."
*they used to watch Corrie and compare notes by phone
She should have won the Booker "three or four times," said her friend Paul Bailey* after her death. "Hers were better than the junk that did win."
*they used to watch Corrie and compare notes by phone
The Dressmaker at 50: a novel that encapsulates Beryl Bainbridge’s idiosyncrasies | The Booker Prizes
An uncompromising and funny story of love and death, The Dressmaker was the first of five novels by Beryl Bainbridge to be shortlisted for the Booker.
thebookerprizes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“I write twelve pages to get one page, and I cut all the time. Unless a writer is superb, I don’t think it’s enough just to go wuffling on.”
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I missed this the other day but it’s fascinating:
At the Amsterdam Museum, inspection of a painting from 1674 revealed one of the subjects has a tattoo on his wrist - the first ever seen in Dutch painting. Wessel Smits was born when a comet was in the sky, and probably got inked to commemorate it
At the Amsterdam Museum, inspection of a painting from 1674 revealed one of the subjects has a tattoo on his wrist - the first ever seen in Dutch painting. Wessel Smits was born when a comet was in the sky, and probably got inked to commemorate it
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I missed this the other day but it’s fascinating:
At the Amsterdam Museum, inspection of a painting from 1674 revealed one of the subjects has a tattoo on his wrist - the first ever seen in Dutch painting. Wessel Smits was born when a comet was in the sky, and probably got inked to commemorate it
At the Amsterdam Museum, inspection of a painting from 1674 revealed one of the subjects has a tattoo on his wrist - the first ever seen in Dutch painting. Wessel Smits was born when a comet was in the sky, and probably got inked to commemorate it
Ny bok! New book! For alle som er nysgjerrige på norsk skulpturkunst (og gravsteiner)!
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Ny bok! New book! For alle som er nysgjerrige på norsk skulpturkunst (og gravsteiner)!
Ikke vær klein,
kjøp bok om stein!
kjøp bok om stein!
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ikke vær klein,
kjøp bok om stein!
kjøp bok om stein!
Denne boken kan DU, ja DU, kjøpe nå! Du vet du vil! www.orfeuspublishing.com?pgid=m38tud3...
Mellom kunst og gravsteiner - Fortellingen om AL Steinskulptur | Hjem
November 2025
www.orfeuspublishing.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Denne boken kan DU, ja DU, kjøpe nå! Du vet du vil! www.orfeuspublishing.com?pgid=m38tud3...
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I do not have two wolves inside me, I have an unending struggle between Fraggles and Doozers
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I do not have two wolves inside me, I have an unending struggle between Fraggles and Doozers
I feel seen
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I feel seen
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I appreciate this might seem like a novel idea rn but enshittification isn’t some inevitable outcome of human endeavour
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I appreciate this might seem like a novel idea rn but enshittification isn’t some inevitable outcome of human endeavour
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make me ready, Lord, for whatever
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
make me ready, Lord, for whatever
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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This is I think an underrated truth: being intelligent is I think primarily a matter of habit. Do you actually listen and try and take on board what you've heard or read before responding? Do you go 'okay, is that true?' about your own thoughts and prejudices? These are learnt, not innate.
and ultimately I think if you’re constantly saying stupid stuff then it just makes you stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is I think an underrated truth: being intelligent is I think primarily a matter of habit. Do you actually listen and try and take on board what you've heard or read before responding? Do you go 'okay, is that true?' about your own thoughts and prejudices? These are learnt, not innate.
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It is crazy that there is no testing or licensing regime for these things, dozens of deaths later. A drug which had such serious mental side effects would have been withdrawn instantly
🚨OpenAI’s new “safer” version of ChatGPT actually allows more harm.
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
We tested GPT-5 and GPT-4o to see if GPT-5 was safer & found that actually GPT-5 gave MORE harmful responses.
Read our new report ⤵️
https://bit.ly/3JgW9OP
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It is crazy that there is no testing or licensing regime for these things, dozens of deaths later. A drug which had such serious mental side effects would have been withdrawn instantly
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[googling] how do you write a book how book get written what is a chapter how write facts good
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
[googling] how do you write a book how book get written what is a chapter how write facts good
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Forskningsjournalist Hanne Østli Jakobsen tar alltid for seg de viktigste spørsmålene: www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/alien...
(+) Alien versus øyeblekksprut: en vitenskapelig betraktning
Tv-serien Alien: Earth introduserer en rekke nye (og spektakulært morderiske) utenomjordiske skapninger. Men gir Alien-faunaen biologisk og evolusjonær mening? Et dypdykk, med åh, så mange plottblotte...
www.morgenbladet.no
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Forskningsjournalist Hanne Østli Jakobsen tar alltid for seg de viktigste spørsmålene: www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/alien...
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‘One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats’
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch
December 23, 2023 at 9:56 AM
‘One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats’
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch
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The two phases of writing:
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The two phases of writing:
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Chaos on Amsterdam’s A10 ring motorway yesterday when a young labradoodle escaped in heavy traffic. He was eventually caught when a police dog was brought to the site and he came over to say hello.
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Chaos on Amsterdam’s A10 ring motorway yesterday when a young labradoodle escaped in heavy traffic. He was eventually caught when a police dog was brought to the site and he came over to say hello.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
The two phases of writing:
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The two phases of writing:
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
Day 1: [Groaning, cursing]: This is hopeless, I should simply give up!
Day 2: Oh, this is super easy, why didn't I just do this yesterday?
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The real monster is Guillermo Del Toro's writing
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The real monster is Guillermo Del Toro's writing
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Don't know if anyone has noticed but the age gap in this is hella problematic
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November 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Don't know if anyone has noticed but the age gap in this is hella problematic