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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is some random shit even by Bluesky standards!

Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Right. Such a shame because I came to her late via the trilogy and was completely bowled over. I’ve been pestering people with my admiration for her at pretty much every booky conversation since. I read Parade next and it felt like a gut punch. I’m going to follow you back to her early stuff. Thanks

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Is Julia Donaldson just Pam Ayres with a good artist?

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hi John, have you read Parade? Where would you rank it? I said on my insta review that, though it was interesting, I thought Cusk might be writing herself into a corner with this autofiction style. And it sounds like with M you think this might be the case?

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You know I’m now listening out for this for the entire second half 😂.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is great John, thank you for posting. I’ve read only Brief Lives (so, so) and Hotel du Lac (thirty-five years ago, loved it), but I’m now looking forward to reading another one or two, at least.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Glad to hear it. Will write soon. Hope ‘la rentrée’ was not too traumatic.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What a lovely start to the day, thank you. I’ve had ‘Goodbye Birdie Greenwing’ by @erickawaller1.bsky.social on my must read list for a while now, so I’ll choose that one please. 😊 📕

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

And the absolute hypocrisy of performative outrage while remaining to use X.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

And lots still there to remember their fallen ancestors thankfully. My 3 nephews and their extended family included.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Not good. Walk, read, nap - all day x

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Particularly necessary, I would guess, for men of a certain age who have a tendency to drift into shed, garden, or writing room as the years accumulate.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

And I’m backing Carter by the way.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Love to know the story behind that sticker being on a British car in 2026.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Yes. That really disturbed me too when I first watched the film, aged 7 or 8 (good old 1970’s!).

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

True. But he also has both Coldplay and their 80’s alter ego The Police 🙉.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Omg, terrifying, but hilarious. Dolly the dinner guest 🤣

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

RIP. I was fascinated by this movement while studying French at uni in the late 80’s and recently went back to have a look how it all held up. Incredibly well as it happens. Much of what these guys had to say and were railing against seems very relevant to todays concerns around global capitalism.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Still a great run. I’ve done Hastings once (I have a good friend who lives there), last year, and I’ve just checked my time: 22:54. Hard on the joints that one I remember.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Happy Birthday 🎈. Nice time, which Parkrun?

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

50 years a red - and I’m out if he’s in. I’ll go and watch non-league.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

One of the biggest losses from England not playing in the World Cup Final is the absolute shit Trump would have received from the England fans. #worldcup

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’m English living in France. I’ll take France getting knocked out - but if England don’t win it, I want France to. Not particularly logical I know.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Same way I’m 57 - but it’s better than the alternative.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Hate UFC, but happy to hear the rapist lost again last night.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I mentioned this to my kids during extra-time last night. This is the 13th World Cup I remember watching with England (plus Euros) - it’s definitely shaved a week or two off my life expectancy I reckon.

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Lucy Nichol @lucynichol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This is a bit of a cringey desperate post but needs must….😢 I’ve just lost a couple of thousand self publishing a book - I’m a hybrid author (published traditionally and self published) and I decided to self publish my book I was most passionate about to have total control. BUT….

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Glad it’s not just me. Couldn’t remember the colloquial term for a prison the other day!

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Incredible that he is still being paid to spout his circular nothingness entirely void of insight both in person and in print.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Moroccan keeper happy with that win, but definitely wants more - he still hasn’t found what he’s looking for! #worldcup

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thanks for this - anyone with the most basic level of maths, and interest in current affairs would recognize this bullshit immediately. Hate it when people use made up facts to make a point I agree with. It undermines the whole notion of truth which we should all be defending strongly.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Are we still asking ‘serious questions’ of the church? Really? Surely, credit for that kind of response to this kind of shit ran out about 300 years ago ffs!!

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’ve written about Jimmy Fallon and how he wrecked his legacy with one dumb interview with a sex attacker. Free now on Womansplaining.

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Conor McGregor's Fallon appearance is the lowest blow

From court room to The Tonight Show sofa before you can say 'surgically removed tampon'.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It will. But what a terrible headline, so vague and thus weirdly unthreatening. So Guardian. Get specific and get more interesting if you want people to read stuff. I’m 57, and even I’m bored by this. How do you expect anyone younger to dive into this article. Specialists only I fear.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Presumably Curaçao only qualified because of the increased number of teams and the fact that the best 3 teams in their confederation (USA, Mexico, Canada) qualified automatically as hosts. But still, the population of Slough - so fair effort really.

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Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social · 12/06/2026