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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Can't believe I'm saying this but Flea's Jazz album is actually... quite... good?

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/09/2026

Reposted by Patrick Christie

thinking about this tweet again, and the fact that it's got such a hold on me that I genuinely think about it whenever I write a feature because I don't want to do "the hot dog thing"

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Out of curiosity, was it closer to a tidy-up or an extensive revision? (I will be pre-ordering either way)

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sadly not. He was doing a fundraising bike ride for the charity I was working for. But with cost of hotels, logistics etc I think we actually made a loss on it...

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I once dined in a Wolverhampton Travel Lodge with this man

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Enjoyed the launch of @markabowles.bsky.social excellent new book 'How Do People Say the Same' last night

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There are more Nazis in [London] now than there were in 1938

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hate to say it but I am intrigued by Nigel Farage's suggestion of 'Black velvet' (Guinness with a champagne top) as an accompaniment to oysters.

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Amazed no one thought to double check the location of London City Airport

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did some work on my flat recently and our builder clearly came of age in the lates 90s/early 00s so we listened to Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Papers, System of a Down, Foo Fighter etc for 2 straight weeks

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They seem to be paying much more attention to their distribution arm. I go through phases of stopping and restarting my membership. Currently in a pause.

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I can't tell if he's shirtless or wearing some kind of singlet and carrying a t-shirt

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Having just finished 'The Quantity Theory of Morality', I don't think it's very effective satire but, by casting himself as a character, Will Self shows he has much more self-awareness than I would have expected.

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Colleague, emailing: 'Hope you're well Patrick! Could you review this document for me?' Me, replying: 'I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp.'

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Has anyone ever looked cooler than Miles on the cover of Milestones?

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm afraid I've only ever taken the C10 and had broadly fine experience. One of the insights that most delighted me was the description of the opening of Mamma Mia as 'a mounting panic'

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Compliments to @markabowles.bsky.social for a superb follow up to his debut. It's a stubborn book (in keeping with its narrator, Patrick) and refuses to reveal itself easily to the reader. Part of me is tempted to read it again backwards

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

For those that revere Italian cuisine, I present to you, the sandwich cake

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I was forced to listen to: - 'Backroom Boogie' - 'Backroom Jive' - 'Backroom Slide' - 4 variations of 'Backroom Velvet' When 'Backseat boogie' started, I'd reached my limit and asked them to change it

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Every song was identical - same key, same vocals, some instrumentation - just slight variations in the completely asinine lyrics.

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Once went on holiday with someone who worked for, not the tourist board, but some kind of inward investment agency the council had set up. He really sold me on it.

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Appreciate the commitment to the whole 'being Scottish' bit

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A tribute to Bernhard *and* a send up of academic malaise in contemporary HE? The Sick List from @ansgarallen.bsky.social is great fun

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is a great issue. Who knew Jon Fosse could be funny

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Buying tickets to see Bob Dylan on his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour for the third time I think

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I can't remember any Booker nomination making me happier.

Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A Booker longlist with multiple books I actually want to read?!

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Patrick Christie @patrickchristie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hello! I will be obtaining citizenship through a spouse so I imagine the process will be slightly different to yours. But I do know that they introduced a language requirement a few years ago of roughly equivalent to B1