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Mar 1

It’s March, which means just three months to the release of THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT. You can pre-order from the following places: LIGHTHOUSE BUYING LINKS Bookshop.org uk.bookshop.org/p/books/there- Hive: hive.co.uk/Product/David- 1/2 more places on next tweet

Goodnight, Twitter.

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Terri White

@Terri_White

I'm all for pragmatism when people are being SO harmed by govt, but I really hope the opposition come out tomorrow and don't just say that the govt's immigration proposals are inefficient and unworkable. They're also IMMORAL and INHUMANE. We can say both when they're true, no?

Isabel Oakeshott

@IsabelOakeshott

Hancock talked of blocking funding for disabled kids if MPs didn't support lockdown. Public interest Public interest Public interest Public interest Public interest vs Hancock blushes and my reputation for ethics?? No contest.

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Stonehenge U.K

@ST0NEHENGE

The third full moon of the year is almost upon us, with stargazers in the UK hoping for some respite from a week of snowy conditions for a clear sighting of March’s orb. inews.co.uk/news/science/m

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Maude Frome

@frome_maude

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The #wormmoon on 7 March is the last #fullmoon of winter. So-called by native American tribes as the arrival of earthworms mean that warmer weather is now returning, nature is starting to flourish again, & spring is on its way. Full moon: 7:41 EST, 12:41 GMT #FairyTaleTuesday

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Daily Kerouac

@DailyKerouac

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All my tears weren't in vain. It'll all work out finally.

Boris Johnson ‘nominates father for a knighthood’

I only popped into Asda for some wine and Dreamies (forgot the Dreamies) and

@sarajcox

’s THROWN fell into my trolley. Here it is with the pottery old man I made in first year art class in Wigan, which amazingly has survived since 1981 relatively unscathed.

Nepo Daddy

Former prime minister has requested peerage for Stanley Johnson as part of his resignation honours list, says the Times

So, at WonderCon at the end of this month there’ll be a BIG comic announcement.

If you enjoy my tweets you might like my books. Except you have to pay for them.

You love my roasties. Crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside.

Melanie Blake

@MelanieBlakeUK

The Specials Guns of Navarone

#RuthlessWomen has finally landed in #Korea 😈 am at 300,000 sales & 10 counties now for a global bestseller 39 publishers turned down… believe & you will achieve! I’m only just warming up …I’m aiming for a million sales in all for formats for the trilogy ❤️ #Dyslexic so proud!

If you tell me there’s a better cover of a war movie theme tune than Guns of Navarone by the Specials, I won’t believe you. (Don’t @ me with the Skatalites just to be a smartarse, I just prefer this version).

youtube.com

1979 Rock Goes To College presents: The SpecialsThe Specials performing "Guns of Navarone." The Skatalites originally took the song from the movie of the sam...

Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons

@gingertotty

Mar 1

Replying to

@semtexsue

Friends! Please help me howl into the “new and fucked up” algorithm void! Tiny card makers need love too! We’re still here - the new Twitter just hates us and wants us to EAT GRUEL and DUSTBUNNIES! Please buy my cards! They are silly, rude and unique! Etsy.com/shop/Dippyfish

Right, time for a stand-up bath in the washing up bowl in front of the gas fire, Weetabix for supper, and That’s Life with the hope Cyril has a potato shaped like a willy, then sent to bed by mum. #Sunday

Forever Louise Brooks

@ForeverLouiseB1

Louise from a publicity still for Beggars of Life (1928).

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Joanne Harris

@Joannechocolat

The Evil Seed: an absorbing, dark and chilling novel from bestselling author Joanne Harris

Here's something nice for the weekend, Twitter: my very first novel on Kindle UK, for less than the price of a cup of tea...

amazon.co.uk

The Evil Seed: an absorbing, dark and chilling novel from bestselling author Joanne Harris eBook : Harris, Joanne: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

I mean, I made a batsignal from a black bag, a waste paper bin and a camera tripod, and stood on the roof of the newspaper.

Ten years since the curious case of the Bradford Batman

Who is behind the Bradford Batman? A special investigation...

T&A Content Editor DAVID BARNETT tries to track down the mysterious masked man who handed in a suspect to Bradford police

Two for joy.

I only popped into Asda for some wine and Dreamies (forgot the Dreamies) and

@sarajcox

’s THROWN fell into my trolley. Here it is with the pottery old man I made in first year art class in Wigan, which amazingly has survived since 1981 relatively unscathed.

It’s when she glances over at the bus stop and THE MAN IS ONE TOO!

It’s haunting me.

Who is responsible for the abject horror of the Tesco Clubcard ad? Show yourself, you monster.

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Bloody amazing cherry and sultana loaf cake thing, if I do say so myself #GreatBarnettBakeOff

Got to love a bit of One Million Years BC on

@TalkingPicsTV

Tiny Buddha

@tinybuddha

Aug 26, 2021

Don't believe everything you think.

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Moomin

@MoominOfficial

Tove Jansson's criticised illustrations of Tolkien's The Hobbit

Did you know Tove Jansson illustrated J. R. R. Tolkien’s #TheHobbit and that Astrid Lindgren begged her to?✍️ “God bless you for Toffle!! But who will comfort Astrid if you don’t agree to the proposal I’m now going to make to you?” she wrote. Read more:

tovejansson.com

Tove Jansson illustrated books of other appreciated authors during her career. One of them was J. R. R. Tolkien's classic The Hobbit.

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Holy oil to anoint King Charles III at his coronation is consecrated in Jerusalem

“Chrism”. So that’ll be, what? Christ’s ji— um ok maybe not go there.

news.sky.com

The chrism oil was made from olives which were pressed before being perfumed with sesame, rose, jasmine, cinnamon, neroli, benzoin and amber as well as orange blossom.

Laura Barton

@missbarton

Hard-working, hard done by: Patsy Cline epitomised the female country music star

Hello, I wrote about Patsy Cline for The Independent (and most importantly, got to speak to a Patsy Cline impersonator)

independent.co.uk

Her death in a plane crash at the age of 30 robbed country music of one of its greatest singers. Laura Barton remembers a true original

In print today, too.

Red Sky At Night

@redskyatnight

There’s a woman on this plane doing the full influencer-flying-long-haul thing. Expensive loungewear co-ords, hydrating facial spritz, cashmere travel blanket, massive padded headphones, the lot. Which is fine, but we are flying to the Isle of Man.

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Cheshire Novel Prize

@prize_novel

Feb 28

The Cheshire novel prize is open for entries worldwide until 1st April 2023. EVERY entrant gets feedback & we have 6 AMAZING judges cheshirenovelprize.com/judging-panel We accept all genres except children’s or MG novels. And look what happened last year! 👇

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Cheshire Novel Prize

@prize_novel

Feb 22

And did we mention that EVERY writer gets feedback on their first 5000 words

…we did? We did #WritingCommunity #writers #amwriting #WritingCommunity twitter.com/prize_novel/st…

Lovely review here of my folk horror novel HOB, which you can get for your kindle for 77p, making it the cheapest thing you’ll buy today. amazon.co.uk/Hob-David-Barn bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2023/03/review

Fucking hell, Hancock has gone full Bob.

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Katherine Rushton

@kerushton

Mar 3

telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/0

Wordle 623 2/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Amanda Abbington

@CHIMPSINSOCKS

Mar 3

My beautiful boy in his school musical. About a teenager wanting to be a traditional drag queen. He’s seventeen, by the way, nearly an adult and free to make his own decisions and choices, tolerant and progressive and I’m fucken delighted about all of that. Just for context. 💖

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BookshopCrawl

@BookshopCrawlUK