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Blog: England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines drawn from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoTwo teenage boys come of age in a divided and radicalised London in this politically charged debutThe perilous porousness between our online and offline worlds is […]
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Blog: Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoAn ungrammatical egg; a demystifying approach to death; 10 new poets to read aloud; and a stunning gothic mysteryMy Mother’s Tongues by Uma Menon, illustrated by R […]
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Blog: Friday Poem – ‘Dannie’s Rock’ by Tony Curtis from
Seren in the group Seren Books 1 year, 10 months agoThis week’s Friday Poem is ‘Dannie’s Rock’ by Tony Curtis from his new collection ‘Leaving the Hills’.
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Blog: Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoThe British-Ghanaian author on having his mind blown by Malorie Blackman as a child, the allure of John Williams’s Stoner and why Zadie Smith made him want to w […]
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Blog: Five of the best books about queer relationships from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoFrom James Baldwin to Sarah Waters, writers have been telling rich, nuanced LGBTQ+ tales for decades – here are some good titles to tryCinema listings seem to be s […]
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Blog: Real Americans by Rachel Khong – the lottery of life from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoThis multigenerational tale travels from China to New York in search of the true meaning of good fortuneIt’s often said that good luck is the result of good p […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
What has your character sacrificed along the way? in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 1 year, 10 months agoWhat has your character sacrificed along the way?
What a character sacrifices and what they choose to leave behind in pursuit of their goals says a lot about them. What price has your character already paid? -
Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
How many words should a novel have? in the group Author Buzz HQ: 1 year, 10 months agoHow many words should a novel have?
How many words should a novel have? That’s a question I’ve seen many times. Just recently, user Burty Burtman asked in the forums, “How long is a […] -
Blog: The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour review – a Palestinian prisoner writes from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoJailed since the first intifada, Abu Srour charts a deeply personal journey through the conflict that has defined his lifeAttempts to end the violence in Gaza have […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Should I buy a share in Boots’ parent company? in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 year, 10 months agoShould I buy a share in Boots' parent company?
I’ve been a bit obsessed with the website of UI Highstreet brand Boots. I have written four nerdy posts about boots.com theorising about why the website is […] -
jeffjohns replied to the topic How long is a novel? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 year, 10 months ago
80,000 words. Give or take…
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic How long is a novel? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 year, 10 months ago
I enjoyed it. It is not for the faint-hearted, Barker does not hold back.
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
I have a new theory about Boots’s car crash of a website., on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 1 year, 10 months agoWhy, thank you. @paul_IPv6. Your comment made me smile.
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
How to quickly test crypto spam scams in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 year, 10 months agoHow to quickly test crypto spam scams
I’m going to show you how you can identify crypto scams quickly. Particularly attentive readers might know I also have a blog on matrixdeams.com where, […] -
Jason Latnar edited the blog post
The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 shortlist in the group Outside News: 1 year, 10 months agoThe Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 shortlist
Anne Enright, The Wren, The Wren (Irish) VV Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night (American) Kate Grenville, Restless Dolly Maunder […] -
Blog: Essex Lay Down Early Marker in Championship Race from
Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters' writing 1 year, 10 months agoWith the Dukes ball available to their bowlers, Essex had no hesitation in asking Lancashire to bat at Chelmsford. The only side to have won a match in the first […]
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Blog: The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 shortlist has been announced from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoThe overall winner will be announced on 13 June
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Some of my favourate keyboard shortcuts in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 year, 10 months agoSome of my favourate keyboard shortcuts
In a change of pace from my recent content, here’s a short list of my most used keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl+z – undo. Would be handy IRL. Ctrl+w – […] -
Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 1 year, 10 months ago
A possible reason boots.com is so slow
Just recently, I got curious about how slow boots.com is. I looked at the infrastructure but other than a mighty slow ping time on the domain, I saw […] -
Matthew Brown edited the blog post
A possible reason boots.com is so slow in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 year, 10 months agoA possible reason boots.com is so slow
Just recently, I got curious about how slow boots.com is. I looked at the infrastructure but other than a mighty slow ping time on the domain, I saw […] -
Danny H commented on the post,
I got curious about how slow boots.com is, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 1 year, 10 months agoOk, I think you need to leave Boots alone now 😀 (you’ve really outone your geekness on this one!!)
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
I got curious about how slow boots.com is in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 year, 10 months agoI got curious about how slow boots.com is
This is part three of my deep dive into boots.com. In part one, I theorised about the working environment of the dev team. In part two, I theorised about […] -
Jason Latnar commented on the post,
Possible site speed-up feature, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 1 year, 10 months agoIs this on the forum? I’ve not noticed any change.
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
I have a new theory about Boots’s car crash of a website., on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 1 year, 10 months agoI would have thought it mattered more to get me to make an appointment that being the business goal and all.
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Blog: Jo Hamya: ‘Could I just write one massive grey area?’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 10 months agoThe novelist and critic on finding inspiration in her Twitter timeline, why she found the middle-aged man in her new book easier to write than his daughter, and […]
