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MelanieHall

  1. UK science journalism gets it in the neck on New Scientist: "Industry-funded science fluff litters whole British Isles" bit.ly/KMgALC
  2. @JosephStash Yeah, thought I'd give Wes one last chance after disappointments of Royal Tenenbaums & Life Aquatic. Won't be doing that again!
  3. @JosephStash Exactly, Wes Anderson's output is far too cloying & self-consciously dreamy - Moonrise Kingdom last weekend was the final straw
  4. Well put! Not a fan of either, for same reason: they turn kooky up to 11 RT @JosephStash: Wes Anderson is the Zooey Deschanel of directors.
  5. @adamhillscomedy You were brilliant at last night's awards do at The Brewery - I won't be able to hear James Brown in the same way again!
  6. Four men and two women sentenced to death for dancing at Pakistan wedding because of "staining the honour" of family: bit.ly/KDnfb8
  7. Moonrise Kingdom left me cold – time I accept I can’t stand Wes Anderson’s films. Life Aquatic et al: his kooky naval-gazing ain’t my bag.
  8. @emilygharman @Ovidus Good stuff, looking forward to seeing you both at the Stoke!
  9. @emilygharman I am indeed, waving off one more sailor leaving the good ship News and Mail, are you and @Ovidus going?
  10. @emilygharman Ah cool, well maybe hold off on that second bag for now, and then get four when you land one of those paid schemes!
  11. @emilygharman Yeah exactly, that's a good plan, will that be lawyering work? With lawyering wages? I'd get two bags, in that case!
  12. @emilygharman Wow, you don't mess around! Don't worry, your secret's safe with me and Twitter.
  13. @Steph_SurreyAd What I wouldn't give for a dip in the pool right about now!
  14. @emilygharman Let the splurging begin! Good ol' student loans (the much nicer sibling of the career development loan), those were the days.
  15. I reckon ol' snake eyes Steven will be up for the chop on tonight's #Apprentice - don't think he'll worm his way out of a firing this time.
  16. Good piece by @smithamundasad on how huge costs and science challenges mean we may not have drugs to treat future ills: bit.ly/LyqNPA
  17. Good to know I could finish War & Peace in 24 hrs, says reading speed test (bit.ly/xoZ6Ce via @jonathanhaynes) Maybe one day. Maybe.