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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Saw you in Reading last time, Rachel - definitely coming back again!

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Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The man is a fucking sociopath and I am so very deeply tired of people refusing to say so.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The objective of every dictator is to make the truth unknowable and position themselves in that vacuum as having the only answer to all questions.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

HYDRATION BREAK

Phil Mitchell flushing Ian Beale’s head down the toilet.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I 'splashbacked' onto Ron Atkinson's shoes at the urinal in the East Lower stand at the old Highbury Stadium, circa 1989.

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Christina Dongowski @tinido.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

To whom it may concern.

Ein junger Typ in so nem casual getragenen Business Hemd mit Brille hält ein Schild, auf dem steht:
You seem to be scrolling a lot for someone who has a book to write.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Lagos Will Be Hard For You by Ayotola Tehingbola, a collection of short stories from an exciting new author newly published by Jacaranda.

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The Jase @thejase.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Russell Brand searches for a Bible passage - with the addition of the Countdown clock music.

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Join award-winning author @juliecohen.bsky.social on our nine-week Zoom course: Writing Romance – Advanced Learn to write... 💘 A heart-warming novel with emotional depth 💘 Characters to fall in love with 💘 A page-turning plot 💌 Apply now:

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Writing Romance – Advanced | Online Course | Curtis Brown Creative

Learn how to take readers on an emotional journey and write an uplifting novel with characters your readers will invest in. This nine-week online course comprises interactive Zoom teaching, workshops…

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

How do you write a play? I don't know, but why let that stop me? Anyone have any tips on how to get started? #BookSky #Playwriting cavershamwriters.substack.com/p/dont-know-...

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Don't know how to write a play? Write one anyway...

WriteFest 20 is open for submissions

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

READING TODAY 2pm

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 19/02/2026

How to recognise fascism when you see it, by the the Italian humanist and author Umberto Eco. This 14-point guide is taken from Eco's 1995 essay 'Ur-Fascism' – informed by his own experiences of Nazism in the 20th century. Umberto Eco died #OnThisDay 2016.

The cult of tradition

The rejection of modernism

The cult of action for action’s sake

Disagreement is reason

Fear of difference

Appeal to social frustration

The obsession with a plot

The enemy is both strong and weak

Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy

Contempt for the weak

Everybody is educated to become a hero

Machismo and weaponry

Selective populism

Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

That would be the bobsleigh. I never said I could do the bobsleigh.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I could do the luge or the skeleton with my eyes shut. Correction: I could *only* do the luge or skeleton with my eyes shut.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This took my breath away. Outstanding.

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Tell me again how nobody cares about theatre, how the arts are elitist, how Shakespeare belongs in the past…

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Wait till you get to the bit where "Jay-sauce" scores.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I didn't know that was your point. But now I do, thank you.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Have I missed something? Is anyone being held accountable for the murders? Charged? Because it seems to me that - so far - they HAVE got away with it and we can expect more murders.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Please share. 💔

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I already have my tickets to see @robinince.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social and @mjarlidge.bsky.social at this year's Fourbears Fest Literary Festival in Reading. See my Caversham Writers latest newsletter for more details and where to get tix. open.substack.com/pub/caversha... #BookSky

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Fourbears Fest 26

The Reading and Caversham Literary Festival returns

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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Fourbears Fest 26

The Reading and Caversham Literary Festival returns

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Graham Swift is pretty good at the things left unsaid too.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Some thoughts: 1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1. 2. History professors are qualified nominators. 3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence. 4. He would be so mad.

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Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org

A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH FREEDOM IS SLAVERY WAR IS PEACE BOARD OF PEACE

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Every day we all have to think about one of the most irredeemable cunts in the history of the world. What’s he doing? What’s he said now? How will it affect your life? What will be left once he’s finished smashing it all up? It’s unconscionable

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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

TRUMP: honk honk honk, I'm a big goose. everyone tells me whenever I enter a room, that's the biggest goose I've ever seen and I say yes. I'm a big goose. in a good way. a lot of Somalians are small stupid gooses but I'm a big goose BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I've had enough.

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. "Trump has committed these crimes in plain sight and confessed to some of them, like obstruction, on television."

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Today is an auspicious day. It marks the beginning of my campaign to get George Saunders to present me with the Booker Prize he won for Lincoln in the Bardo. I will be taking no further questions at this point.

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Stephanie Bretherton @brethertonwords.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Thrilled to get further recognition for The Fire In Their Eyes, and this time for “Visionary Fiction” - thanks to The Independent Press Awards for a “Distinguished Favourite” badge! Maybe all that daydreaming hasn’t been a waste? @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Glad to hear it! How's Toto and his "ghastly wind"? 😂

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Hope you're ok, Stephanie. Have you had to tap your shoes together three times?

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Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

My German O Level from 40 years ago isn't quite up to translating that so I'll just look it up... ... Oh.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/01/2026

So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation. This is madness.

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