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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

There's scarcely been a day's writing when I've not had cause to recall my favourite ever quote from an author about their own work, from a Paris Review interview with John Banville in 2009.

John Banville, speaking to Belina McKeon for The Paris Review in 2009:

INTERVIEWER

Do you really hate your own novels?

BANVILLE

Yes! I hate them. I mean that. Nobody believes me, but it’s true. They’re an embarrassment and a deep source of shame. They’re better than everybody else’s, of course, but not good enough for me. There is a great deal more pain than pleasure in writing fiction. It’s only now and then, maybe once every three or four days, that I manage to write a sentence in which I hear that wonderful harmonic chime that you get when, say, you flick the edge of a wine glass with a fingernail. That’s what keeps me going. When I read the proofs of a new novel—which is the last time I will read or even glance at it—I approach it with one eye closed, so to speak, thinking, God, what am I going to find here? And I find horrors, horrors that can’t be fixed. Everything in the text now seems hopelessly flat and deadened. Where I imagined a dancing rhythm, I find clumping and stumbling.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What an arrogantly vile man Harborne is. How patronising to describe his entitled buying up of our democracy as ‘philanthropy’. Get over yourself and go and build some hospitals, fund children out of poverty, eradicate disease… Sticking your grubby wealth in Farage’s pockets can only do us harm.

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Rachel @farla.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Yep thats not creepy AT ALL 😱

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

WOODEN THING OF SEASIDE WORDS (Art prints of this one in my shop for the holiday cottager in your life.) #comics #artprints #comedy #artgift #airbnb

[Print of a cartoon strip by Stephen Collins. Images are just a series of the things described.]

Title:
HOLIDAY COTTAGE BINGO...

BLUNT KNIFE

CANVAS PRINT OF A BOAT

METAL SEAGULL

WOODEN HARE

CANVAS PRINT OF A FLOWER

TINY CHOPPING BOARD

5 TV REMOTES
WOBBLY PLASTIC-HANDLE PAN

3 TINY MUGS (WEIRD SHAPE)

FATHERLAND BY ROBERT HARRIS

SCRATCHED FRYING PAN

6-PAGE ESSAY IN THE GUESTBOOK

FRAMED SHEEP ILLUSTRATION
INSCRUTABLE COMBO OVEN & MICROWAVE

DVD OF MASTER AND COMMANDER

TINY WINE GLASS

DECORATIVE WOODEN THING OF SEASIDE
[Sun, Sand, Sea on wall mounted, painted driftwood]

GHOST OF DEAD FISHERMAN
[Fisherman's ghost pointing at you and wailing 'BE GONE"]

[Ends]

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

WHCA: oh pretty plz sire come to our news cotillion we swear we won’t roast you; we respect the office and want a cordial relationship built on mutual respect and, President: I’m putting you on the death plane with the gay one and the Cuban one, buh bye losers

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 12/08/2026

I wonder if Chinese officials also have meetings debating which highly efficient energy infastructure technology options are unacceptable on account of being too woke and gay.

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Rachel @farla.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Mother in law's in the south is groaning. Ours in the midlands haven't got a single one. I was blaming squirrels but maybe the weather

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Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com · 30/07/2026

If your vote is undecided in the Clacton by-election this might be the clincher for you

I don’t usually discuss politics on here, it’s rarely worth the grief in our increasingly polarised country. However, I feel compelled to draw attention to point 17 of Count Binface’s newly released 20-point manifesto:
“The hand dryer in the gents’ toilet at the Great Himalayas restaurant, Southport, to be moved to a more sensible position.”
As it happens, the Great Himalayas is my favourite restaurant in Southport, and Natasha and I have eaten there many times.
Having investigated the matter with our friends in the local community, I can confirm that Binface really knows what he’s talking about. At last, a politician addressing the issues that affect ordinary people.
Photographic evidence of the thoughtlessly positioned appliance taken yesterday:

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

so fucking tired of how socially acceptable it is, even encouraged, to film random people for no good reason at all other than clout and post it online. I cover surveillance all day every day and this shift sometimes scares me the most watch more/subscribe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Sb...

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Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue @eglr1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Please read Liquorice journey update First picture #skyhounds #dogsofbluesky #bluesky #fosteringsaveslives Follow us #Facebook www.facebook.com/profile.php?... #rescues #uk

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Every time I turn on the News, someone is discussing who *might* be Chancellor and what that *might* mean. These are good and important questions, but they are not "News". We need to find a way to shift the dial back to reporting on what *has* happened, rather than speculating on what *might*.

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Mail on Burnham becoming PM without a general election vs. when Tories do it: 🤯

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Every day, a migrant saves someone's life in an operation, teaches a child, cleans a building, is a good neighbour or parent. That never leads the news. No gangs rush down streets thanking people who *might* be migrants. But as soon as an atrocity happens, all "migrants" are held responsible. 1/3

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I see that the Southampton rioters are once again proving to be the kind of decent, law-abiding, women-defending, pleasant stout yeomen of the shire we should be paying attention to.

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Rachel @farla.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Well i was 14000 km out - can't have been worse than that surely 😂

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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I have a student son Henry Nowak’s age & I can’t imagine what it took for his family to respond outside court with the grace they did, asking that their son’s death not be used for division and hate. That Reform & Restore chose to throw that back in their faces makes me feel sick.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 29/05/2026

Following the acceptance of an episode using AI guests, Question Time evolves to its final form.

Question Time advert announcing all of next weeks guests will be Nigel Farage from different eras

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Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue @eglr1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

#Daphne would like to sympathise with all the other lurchers that had to suffer a wet weather walk this morning she was not impressed and I don’t think she believes her foster mom when told her the weather is getting better soon. Daphne is still on the search for her #foreverhome #Adpot #uk

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Norwich Cycling Campaign @norwichcycling.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Why don't cyclists use the cycle paths? PS, don't forget to vote on Thusday.

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Rachel @farla.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Haha same. Would definitely buy that cushion cover

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/04/2026

Priceless post from the official White House social media

Margo Martin
@MargoMartin47
X.com
Congratulations, Georgia Women's Tennis!

The photo shows Trump and five white dudes in red ties standing in front of and completely blocking 10 young women

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Did everyone forget about this one?

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

New Substack from me about Donald Trump's 'Calendar of Chaos'. I just looked at my calendar and apparently it's still only March, despite Trump having created a decade's worth of chaos since Jan 1st. This post walks us through the rest of the year 1/n benansell.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

benansell.substack.com

Donald Trump's Calendar of Chaos

A monthly cycle of inevitable consequences

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 30/03/2026

New Brexit metaphor just dropped.

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Rachel @farla.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Poster for 1970s road movie

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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Stephen Miller is the advisor behind many of Trump's most divisive policies. For @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social finding out more about him is like discovering a Moriarty figure. Listen / watch the full episode ⬇️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

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Matthew Randall @matthewrandall.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Can this be a solution?

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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

oh my God it's a real image from Getty www.aol.com/articles/jd-...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/03/2026

1/ Experts issued some pretty dire warnings about Trumpian tariffs and Brexit, and the result was not nearly as bad as it could have been. Now they're issuing dire warnings about Iran. A much smarter friend asked me how I was thinking about the difference. My short answer: control.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15/02/2026

I don't know why I did this.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Two immigrants top relevant Sunday Times list for most UK tax paid, as "patriot" multi-billionaire Ratcliffe lives as an immigrant in Monaco, to protect wealth so vast it is unspendable, while whining about immigrant UK care workers and NHS cleaners not pulling their weight. FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".

espn.co.uk

Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah among Britain's biggest taxpayers on Sunday Times list

Erling Haaland was Britain's highest taxed footballer last year, paying nearly £17 million to the Treasury.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 06/02/2026

"Rob, you once spent a day following Peter Mandelson round Blackpool. Did you take any pictures that, even at the time, you thought might one day come in handy?"

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 05/02/2026

OK this makes me extremely angry. Has everyone forgotten the massive profiteering from thousands of avoidable pandemic deaths?? The unconstitutional suspension of parliament to force through an act of nationalist destruction that cost our children their future??

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 28/01/2026

It's All About Me: Kemi Badenoch attacks politicians who are only in it for the drama. My SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/your...

It was a Wednesday morning, but Prime Minister’s Questions had been cancelled because Keir Starmer was flying to China. Deprived of her weekly opportunity for parliamentary limelight, Badenoch had summoned us to a speech to accuse other people of wanting attention. This is one of those irregular verbs: He is a narcissist; You have an inflated opinion of yourself; I am the only person who can save the Conservatives and I can only achieve this if I’m never off the television.

“There are people in politics who don’t really know what they are doing, or why,” Badenoch announced, in one of many sections of the speech that a lesser politician would have been unable to deliver without laughing. Or crying. “They want access, attention and advancement, and when they don’t get their way, they create drama.” It was incredible stuff, in pretty much every sense of the word except the positive ones.

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The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Should we ban the over 65s from social media? The government are considering banning the elderly from social media as their brains haven't properly developed. But is a ban a step too far?

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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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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I see it took about two seconds for the kind of thing we all said would happen to happen. BAN. THE. PERVERT. GLASSES.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 21/01/2026

Ice Cold In The Far North: my SKETCH of PMQs and Donald Trump. thecritic.co.uk/ice-...

Later we would hear from the President, explaining that all he wanted was “a piece of ice, cold and poorly located”. There’s something mesmeric about Trump’s mumbling, rambling stream-of-consciousness speeches, bouncing from subject to subject like a ball in a pinball machine, occasionally hitting a hot-button subject and lighting up the entire board as he remembers how much he hates windmills, or what an amazing state the US economy is in, or some misunderstood fact from a CIA briefing or the back of a cereal packet.

We learned that during the Second World War, America had defended Greenland, seeing off “the Germans, the Japanese, the Italians too”, that the First World War (1914-18) had been ended by the Spanish Flu of 1919. Without America, “right now you’d all be speaking German,” he told his audience in Switzerland. He said he wasn’t planning to use force to take Greenland, but seemed to refer to it as “Iceland”. It would be a fitting next step in humanity’s dumbest century if Wo

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Rachel @farla.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

It's completely impossible to tell any more who's live tweeting the speech and who's just taking the piss

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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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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is why solidarity is everything. If you vote for the bigot to persecute the people you’re bigoted against, don’t be surprised if he comes for you

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We're all having a tough day what with the leader of the free world being batshit insane so I'm breaking out my favourite pic to give us a little moment of joy.

Two grinning young men stand in front of a sign for New Hope Church.

They have removed the letter "s" from the message underneath the church sign so that it reads "god says homosexuality is in" rather than "god says homosexuality is sin".

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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 07/01/2026

50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning. After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.

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