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Was it you, Nigel? 🤔

https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/humiliation-melania-trump-just-1-33323049

Humiliation for Melania Trump as just 1 person attends London film premiere

A later showing of the £29m documentary was 'twice as successful' with 2 attendees

www.mylondon.news

January 29, 2026 at 5:20 PM

Julie Oakley

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January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Julie Oakley

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Did this one in ten minutes.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Julie Oakley

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Not thrilled with these. I think the mark making is horrible.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Julie Oakley

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Went to the first portrait drawing session in ages. I haven't drawn for a couple of months. Henry had nearly finished his pose, so I only had two and a half minutes to capture him.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM

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AnneMc #FBPE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🩵

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😻😻

January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM

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Kevin Schofield

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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.

January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM

Julie Oakley

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I’m quote posting so I can give my answers without seeing replies. So, ‘rapsody’ should be ‘rhapsody’ and it should be ‘the gay divorcée’ but can’t see the copyediting blunder (maybe in the too small text I can’t read?)

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 27d

Typos are bad.

Typos in bright lights are worse.

(There are two garden-variety typos here, plus one garden-variety copyediting blunder.)

(At least.)

the 2017, I believe, London revival of 42nd Street

January 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM

Julie Oakley

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Mat, who I see when I look at older portraits, seems to have a penchant for stripes.

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October 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM

Julie Oakley

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Sue at Festival Hall

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October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM

Julie Oakley

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Yilin at the South Bank portrait session.

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October 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM

Julie Oakley

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It’s beyond belief that every single day Donald Trump does something truly awful. Whether it’s posting a video of himself shitting on the American public, or destroying the White House and on and on and on. America how could you have voted for him?

October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM