- Wed, 12:56: RT @DmitryOpines: This is one of the smartest things I've read on the civil service, Dominic Cummings and reform. @Samfr knocks it out of…
- Wed, 14:50: A Bachelor's London: Memories of the Day before Yesterday, 1889-1914, by Frederic Whyte Autobiography of a distant cousin of mine who was active in the literary world of London in the years before the first world war. #nwbooks https://t.co/0Ixoa2nLtb https://t.co/b5grfgPRGt https://t.co/sNv3wRcGyM
- Wed, 15:19: Preacher [#2]: Until the End of the World, by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon Two stories: 1) our hero confronts his horrific Texan relatives, 2) he and his friends disrupt a very debauched party in San Francisco. #nwbooks https://t.co/sYHZwcgHi4 https://t.co/ygXBStEuaI https://t.co/DKsNz9QDI3
- Wed, 15:48: The Love Letters of Henry VIII The seventeen letters written by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn in the 1520s which somehow mysteriously found their way to the Vatican archives, where they still remain. #nwbooks https://t.co/JWz4dDroHO https://t.co/MUwqVpNPxn https://t.co/bnyS7ZDX3L
- Wed, 16:05: Skiing uphill: a personal reflection on Anglo-Irish relations https://t.co/vpsKigXi6n Tremendously moving by Kate @EwartBiggs, covering much more ground than the title implies (and it's already pretty broad).
- Wed, 16:38: RT @liz_sugg: Sadly I have resigned from Government today. Here’s my letter to the PM👇 https://t.co/hWwPtBuH6v
- Wed, 16:46: The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser It is possible to over-analyze. Sometimes the allusions are pretty obvious, or indeed the description may be pretty much what it appears to be. The best character in it is Britomart. #nwbooks https://t.co/ITHHspy5ew https://t.co/pGMtHFgmag https://t.co/rxnqTjX2KJ
- Wed, 17:11: A Million Years to Conquer/The Creature from Beyond Infinity, by Henry Kuttner A survivor of a dying extraterrestrial race comes to Earth and superintends the development of human civilzation over the millennia. #nwbooks https://t.co/wR6GNL5Ksq https://t.co/xoOjWYPLxh https://t.co/TEtvItAwNR
- Wed, 17:43: Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann It's a grim yet unputdownable novel about three women who get into showbiz in New York immediately after WW2, and how their lives are wrecked by men, sedatives and each other. #nwbooks https://t.co/dOTrERZ3Ip https://t.co/HfCcVRIU2H https://t.co/d2tktQ5K69
- Wed, 18:13: The Prisoner and the Fugitive, by Marcel Proust The portrayal of the psychology of obsession in the first book, grief and loss in the second, and jealousy in both is very well observed. #nwbooks https://t.co/ro6yBx9Iq3 https://t.co/f1EfQw1iZB https://t.co/np95NmSvXd
- Wed, 18:22: Secret Army: Third series, third book and @AndyPriestner's indispensable guide https://t.co/Q6mJg2btO1
- Wed, 19:11: RT @alexstubb: I consider myself to be a generally positive person. In the past week, however, I have been tested three times, and each tim…
- Wed, 20:48: Brexit, the City and equivalence https://t.co/o0FCaoyAyU Will nobody think of the bankers, asks @realVickyPryce.
- Wed, 21:07: RT @realVickyPryce: The financial sector not much loved but its income, trade and tax revenue contribution will be sorely missed if it suff…
- Thu, 08:51: RT @EURACTIV: 🚄 Eurostar is “fighting for survival” and has urged the UK government to help it ride out a coronavirus-induced collapse in p…
- Thu, 09:30: Whoniversaries 26 November https://t.co/ZJv3HhM7d9
- Thu, 10:45: Out of the Fifth Planet – possible influences on Doctor Who XV.9-12: Image of the Fendahl https://t.co/yvtBPSWmwu Corn dollies and C.S. Lewis.