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Helen Barrett

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Financial Times, Telegraph Arts, Guardian, The Critic and others. Accroche-toi à ton rêve.

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England v Spain

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'Cellulose nitrate was used to make dice from the late 1860s until the mid twentieth century, and remains stable for decades. Nitric acid is released in a process called outgassing. The dice cleave, crumble, and then implode.' Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay and Rosamond Purcell

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I usually have zero interest in royal crap, but this is fascinating - and a great spot by New York magazine.

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BTW have you thought of writing about it? The mudlarking perspective is unusual, I'd love to read a piece on how you're affected.

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Looks like he's not expecting to be in the job for long.

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Helen Barrett's avatar Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social
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And few young people drive because of high insurance premiums and other costs, esp. in urban areas where public transport is generally good. And young urbanites tend not to vote Tory.

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Laurie Anderson on R4 describing biographers as ‘the bodysnatchers of literature’ - scarily accurate.

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Grateful I don't have to read: 'How to Labour-proof your money'; 'How to hide your privilege'; 'How to move to Malta' and the rest. So much to do, all sounds very stressful.

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This recently rediscovered, previously unpublished interview is fascinating. He was killed just weeks later, having already made the best record of the 80s.
airmail.news/issues/2024-...

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Of course! That's why it's so satisfying.

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By far the most stylish Beatle. 84 today. ✌️🥦

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I was a reporter in 2010, "microblogging" ministerial appointments, mostly to other journalists in the same building.

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Me too - satisfying, fewer Americanisms.

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Maybe congratulate others, say a few words with grace then get the f*ck off it?

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Does anyone play the NYT's Strands? 💡🔵💡🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵

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"It is exceedingly rare for a building under the age of 30 years old to be granted listed status"

"Grade II reflects its national significance – a ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ (or total artwork) of architecture, interior and landscape design."

Sphinx Hill, Oxfordshire
c20society.org.uk/news/thames-...

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In fact, a pro-culture culture secretary. Finally.

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Ha, yes, he often talks about that. Where was it?

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How much of this turnout is down to voter ID?

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Her expression is strange - somewhere between elated and bewildered.

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Sloping off stage, saying nothing - that's fitting.

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Only if she's forced to wear a rainbow lanyard.

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She's just drawn our attention to Adam Faith's last words:

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I can't stand the tension, so I've come to see Dana Gillespie in conversation.

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