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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 9h

A wholesale warehouse when I was 17. Went out for a smoke on my morning break and never stopped walking.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'm rewatching Wolf Hall and I'd forgotten just how good Bernard Hill was in it. Such a fantastic actor.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Turning the sun off and on again doesn't seem to have worked 🌡

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The Bourne books are basically unreadable.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Southgate would have been slaughtered for that last half hour.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'm the only Manics fan who doesn't like Suede.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Fourth time on the acropolis. Unlike me it never gets old.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

As a librarian I think this means I need to hand in my badge and gun. I've read 16 out of 100 on the list. How many have you read? www.theguardian.com/p/x4f9v5

theguardian.com

The 100 best novels of all time

The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Had to go home from work to get my drill today. Never felt more manly.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

There was a time, not that long ago, where I'd never heard of the Met Gala. It was a better time.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I went to see Nuremberg last night and was pretty disappointed. Russell Crowe was very good but some of the dialogue was atrocious.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

People that said the Naked Gun is good/hilarious/single handedly going to revive comedy films were very wrong imo.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Just back from watching 28 years later. A lot of stuff I loved and an ending that was truly bizarre. Feel it didn't need to be a sequel, as a standalone film it would have worked just as well if not better.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I came here to listen to Cocteau Twins and chew bubblegum, and I'm all outta gum.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I think the most damning thing i can say about last night's Doctor Who is that on more than one occasion I paused it to see how long was left.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Absolutely wonderful episode of Dr Who this week.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Back home after seeing Nosferatu. Safe to say they did not go down the 'sexy vampire' route.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Had a fantastic time watching Conclave. What a career Ralph Fiennes has had.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Deeply in love with the new tattoo, loosely based on one of the Piraeus bronzes.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My birthday weekend starts with a trip to the tattoo parlour.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Just bumped into this elegant gentleman on my lunchtime walk.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Woke up convinced it was Wednesday.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Heading back from London last night I had to get on three trains, all of which were late for one reason or another. I also had to sprint across Crewe Station which is not as fun as it sounds.

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Ben Holmes @benbuythebook.bsky.social · 15/11/2024