Thank you for the ear worm, Dr Sweet!
Alastair Lawless
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Actor, milonguero, law reformer. SVQ in furniture-making. Will answer to “Hi!” or to any loud cry.
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Given that ministers’ housing portfolios are back in the news, here is Sir Alec Douglas Home in the 1963 Kinross and West Perthshire by-election:
‘When asked if he intended to buy a house in the constituency, No, replied Sir Alec, “I have too many houses to live in already.”
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"Publishing is, in many ways, a mirror of society at large. It reflects what people believe and want to believe. In this case: that illness can be controlled and avoided if only a person makes the right decisions. Lives right, eats right, moves right"
#BookSky #DisabilitySky #NatureWriting
I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir
Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …
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Coastline Similarity
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This chap is far from assless.
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Since we’ve got knowledgeable Scots in this thread, and why we’re on titles, how did the “cunning and wise men” appointed under the College of Justice Act 1532 come to be styled as “Senators”?
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OK I know this subreddit is literally called "No Stupid Questions" but...
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Fantastic. Now I’m hungry for a “delicious” Westler’s hot-dog.
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Your link got garbled (“hestage…”). www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/do-w...
Lyn Gardner on the difficulty of building on EdFringe success
Every year there is truly excellent work on the fringe, which deserves to be widely seen. But that’s getting harder, says Lyn Gardner.
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Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok
![Comic. (1) [Teacher points to world map that highlights the edges of South America’s eastern coastline and Africa’s western coastline.] TEACHER: People had long noticed that South America and Africa had similarly-shaped coastlines. (2) TEACHER: In the 20th century, geologists finally found the explanation. (3) STUDENT: *Plagiaris*— TEACHER: Continental drift. STUDENT: Oh.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreida5trxp2ydhx435gmulqrv4xdysw4du35etqmbdrdhgknqhxe6mm@jpeg)
