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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Interesting how crap medical advice on social media often includes, "doctors won't tell you this" or "doctors don't want you to know this". I for one am glad they won't and don't.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

As a Londoner, I love this from Steve Tolz: “I think how over the years we’ve sat in bars long enough for them to gentrify around us.”

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yes. And this may bother the banners, too.:Ma Joad, “If you're in trouble or hurt or need, go to poor people. They're the only ones that'll help –the only ones.”

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Hope Shirley Hazzard was wrong but ... "Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization."

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” — George Orwell

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

'Creative’ isn’t an adjective we should apply to ourselves – in the same way that we wouldn’t say, ‘I’m beautiful’. Saying ‘I’m creative’ can contain a pejorative hint of ‘unlike others’. Believing/knowing oneself to be creative is, of course, fine. However, best left to others to say so?

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

From the archive for William Trevor, #BornOnThisDay in 1928, thoughts on NIGHTS AT THE ALEXANDRA, a poignant collection of short fiction. There is such sadness, loneliness & yearning here. Beautiful, bittersweet stories, exquisitely told. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/n...

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Nights at the Alexandra by William Trevor

The esteemed Irish writer William Trevor is frequently cited as a master of the short story, and rightly so. His stories are spellbinding – humane, compassionate and beautifully written. He has a w…

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Richard Bates @discript.com · 18/05/2026

#Libraries: “These institutions must be resourced to address national concerns including literacy, loneliness and information inequality,” notes @richove.bsky.social. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The UK must embrace its libraries in the age of AI

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The UK must embrace its libraries in the age of AI

As stewards of vast quantities of data, the sector could play a critical role in fuelling the digital economy

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Advice I wish I'd had earlier: "Get author photos done before you write the novel as you'll be much older when it's finished."

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Emma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Brand new on This Itch of Writing for everyone: how to tell when the thing you don’t want to cut is a “darling” which needs murdering, and when it is honestly earning its keep: buff.ly/v3nRiyc

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Didn’t this happen a week ago?

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Not forgetting Nigel Green's wonderfully calm sergeant major: "Steady lads."

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"Exterminate! Obliterate! Annihilate! Dominate! Decimate!" Has the American Secretary of Defence been watching too many Dalek episodes?

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

On World Poetry Day: Peter Menke on never forgetting first love.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

"Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same. Lean down your ear upon the earth and listen." Thomas Wolfe Happy first day of spring!

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Has me singing (or, in company, humming) ‘ Maybe it’s because…’ every time.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Has me singing (or, in company, humming) ‘maybe it’s because…’ every time.

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rhodrikc.bsky.social @rhodrikc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This is an excellent discussion between two people who really seem to know their subjects. Highly recommended.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Just seen Rutger Bregman's FB post in which he's angry that the BBC cut a reference to President Tump from his first Reith Lecture.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

All trees, big and small, fight like mad to stay in the ground!

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Best thing, I think, my wife has said to me recently. "Don't start worrying about forgetting stuff or losing things. It's not new, you've been doing it all your life." #Memory #Forgetfulness

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Most writers need encouragement. However, this comment from a scriptwriter in Dennis Palumbo's 'Writing From The Inside Out' put a bit of a brake on my natural tendency to seek it! "In Hollywood you can die of encouragement." #Writing

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

All the best for full recovery.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The Yarrow Home, in Broadstairs for children 'Of the better class'. I was here twice aged three and five, for asthma. Admission standards had obviously relaxed by the time I went.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

For non fiction "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon' - one of the best travel books ever written

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"What Winston Churchill DID NOT say to Hitler. OK, you've illegally attacked and occupied a sovereign country (pick one) but to stop the killing we're going to let you keep it. Oh and how about a Nobel Peace Prize?"

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Gavin Cologne-Brookes @cologneg.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Joyce Carol Oates (2010). This oil portrait is based on how joycecaroloates.bsky.social was when we had an onstage conversation in Chicago as part of Story Week 2010. The painting is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, @raioxford.bsky.social

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Gavin Cologne-Brookes @cologneg.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Arthur Miller (2009). Standing outside his home in Roxbury, Connecticut in the summer 1990, he's holding a copy of his autobiography, Timebends. This oil portrait is currently on display at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Neil Young's music, more than any other, has tracked my, and my family's life - and still does. In a reorganising fit, I totted up the albums – about 40 – of which a third duplicate my vinyl versions. Guess I'm a fan. #NeilYoung

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Bravo Macron! Come on Starmer- better late than never.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Wondering in which genre you'd place Dersu Uzala - my favourite?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This principle should run through journalism like the words in a stick of rock. Yet somehow, day after day, it seems to evade the BBC's finest minds.

“If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true.”

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

As a kid I was an avid bus spotter (my secret shame). This photo of a bus I often used reminded me of the time in the King's Road when a woman about to get on asked, 'Is this bus going to the World's End?' The conductor replied, 'Yes darlin', and beyond, but don't worry, I'll hold your hand.'

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

1o French films to get to know me by ... Les Enfants de Paradis. L’Armee des Ombres La Vie est un Grand Fleuve Tranquille Trilogie de Marseille: Marius, Fanny, Cesar La Nuit Americaine Au Revoir Les Enfants Lacombe Lucien Mon Oncle d’Amerique La Vie et Rien d’Autre La Dentelliere

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

help please. The difference between text and alt text?

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A thought to ponder? "The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent ..." Bertrand Russell.

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Barry Walsh @pimlicokid.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Hope this doesn't mean Paddy leaving radio 4 on Sunday mornings.

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