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@D_Shariatmadari

Non-fiction books editor at The Guardian, formerly opinion editor. My book about language, Don't Believe A Word, is out now. Amateur perfumer. شاگرد فارسی

London, England
Liittynyt helmikuu 2009

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  1. Kiinnitetty twiitti
    29. kesäk. 2021

    Right: I made a show about my dad, language and dementia for Radio 4, on today at 11am. It wasn't the easiest thing, and it's confoundingly weird to hear his voice on the radio 17 years after he died. But I hope you'll listen ( did all the work)

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  2. 5 tuntia sitten

    A designer who's dressed Gaga and Beyoncé takes us behind the scenes of the deeply conservative community in which he grew up. The Go-Between, reviewed by

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  3. 28. tammik.

    We know that likes to exercise. It turns out she likes to read about exercise too. And to write about reading about exercise. Anyway, she loved 's Sweat

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  4. 27. tammik.
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  5. 26. tammik.

    Why do some thoroughly mortal men end up getting worshipped as gods? Anna della Subin investigates, reviews

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  6. 24. tammik.

    I should add that No 10 have denied it.

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  7. 24. tammik.

    That seems far harder to wriggle out of, which is maybe why Johnson loyalists aren't even addressing it

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  8. 24. tammik.

    A lot of focus on whether the Cabinet Room thing was a work gathering or whatever, but surely the *real* killer is this, if proved true: "ITV News also understands that on the evening of 19 June 2020, family friends were hosted upstairs in the prime minister’s residence"

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  9. uudelleentwiittasi
    24. tammik.

    Here are the lighthouses of Europe. The map is even better than it might seem at first glance: the colors are the real colors, the patterns are the real patterns, and the size of the dots is the distance at which each light is visible.

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  10. 24. tammik.

    This week's big idea: should animals have the same rights as humans? By the ever-thoughtful

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  11. 23. tammik.

    Pretty informative thread on the coming (likely) invasion of Ukraine

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  12. 22. tammik.

    Ah such a noble vocation

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  13. 22. tammik.

    How did the fiendish puzzle of making a typewriter that worked in Chinese get solved? reviews Jing Tsu's attempt to explain this and other curiosities

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  14. 21. tammik.
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  15. 21. tammik.

    What would happen if you followed a thread of linen, cotton, silk, rayon, and wool back through time? Sofi Thanhauser's social history of clothing shows us. Reviewed by Kathryn Hughes

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  16. 20. tammik.

    To quote Carrie Johnson: “You just don’t care for anything because you’re spoilt. You have no care for money or anything.”

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  17. 20. tammik.
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  18. uudelleentwiittasi
    20. tammik.

    The meanings of words change all the time. Two types of changes in meaning are narrowing (or specialisation) and broadening (or generalisation). Narrowing happens when a word takes on a more restricted meaning. Broadening is the opposite change. Here are some examples:

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  20. 20. tammik.

    Devi Sridhar getting flak from some quarters over 'changing her mind'. I'm not sure she has done so as much as people are saying. But surely being able to change your mind about something is a quality to be admired? Maybe above all else?

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  21. 20. tammik.

    The Reactor is a therapist's memoir of grief that churns with association. Reviewed by

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