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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

50% off the first month of ANY new subscription this weekend at Bert's Books Just use code ROMAN50 when you sign up. bertsbooks.co.uk/product-cate...

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a man in a white shirt with the words sounds like a fair deal

ALT: a man in a white shirt with the words sounds like a fair deal

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Julia Donaldson’s new book “Gozzle” - is out on Thursday and we’ve got a limited number available with this gorgeous print included! Available to order right now! - Michael bertsbooks.co.uk/product/gozz...

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Aaand done. Anyone wanna buy a book? Or 4,973?

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Morning, all. What literary delights will you find today? - Michael

People who say I’m hard to shop for must not know where to buy books.

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Sunny day in Carlisle today for focused discussions on SEND improvement and transport. Great work being done by inspiring leaders

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This is brilliant and brave @kathryntld.bsky.social and will no doubt meant so much to many people who heard you speak 🙌

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sanjukta paul @sanjukta.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This is the Platonic ideal of the kind of statement we need from opposition party leaders right now. It's not a leftist speech; it's not lawyerly speech. It's a *political* speech by a *mainstream* elected representative that speaks in exactly the right register to the moment.

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Michael forgot to attribute the quote to wordsmith @mserinkelly.bsky.social

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I know you're all desperate to get home and read the books you've bought to celebrate World Book Day, so consider this official permission to leave work early. And if you haven't yet got a book, don't worry, there's still time! Just pop into your nearest indie bookshop on the way!

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

If you missed our event last night, we do have signed copies of The List of Suspicious Things and This Motherless Land on the website and in store now! - Michael

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Indie edition of Natalie Haynes new book? Grab yourself a copy of No Friend to This House here! bertsbooks.co.uk/product/no-f...

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No Friend to This House (11th September 2025)

Visit the post for more.

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

You hear that little voice in the back of your mind telling you to buy a book? Listen to it. - Michael

You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books. - Aldous Huxley

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

First book of the day was "Project Hail Mary". We've definitely talked about this before, but I don't think I can undersell how amazing this book is. - Michael

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Posting out some preorders today! - Michael

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

To add to this great thread …it also illustrates the power people have when they come together united by a shared cause and reminds importance of listening to communities

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

First book of the day, Elif Shafak's "There are Rivers in the Sky"! - Michael

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Morning all, looks like a good day to buy a book. - Michael

You can make anything by writing. - C S Lewis

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Ed Foster. @fo5tered.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A Wren on a Holly hedge in the Park 2 years ago 🪶 #birds #Wrensday

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

#jamesjbradley.uk Apols - just given credit to a James J Bradley in US!!

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Our own #jamesjbradley.bsky.social and #olton-mike.bsky.social did some brilliant work on this. Reassurance that together we can amplify community voice and make that difference #solihullld.bsky.social Team work

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phd candidate, history @uchicago // @ucberkeley // writing about waste, landfills, politics, and California

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Boundary Comission Review report out Biggest proposed change for Olton not going ahead as this did not reflect our local community. We made our voice loud and clear with local residents voicing opposition alongside local Cllr’s and Solihull Lib Dem’s Together we can make the change

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Lemon almond blueberry loaf cakes hit the spot this weekend

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is so good to see. The gut wrenching pain following the loss of your baby can stay with you for many years and remains a in the main a taboo issue. I have suffered miscarriage and will never forget the babies the might have been www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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British parents to gain right to bereavement leave after miscarriage

Exclusive: Women and partners who suffer pregnancy loss before 24 weeks to be entitled in England, Wales and Scotland

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is the very worse of tyranny. Nothing more than ‘punishment’ for Ukraine not bowing down to Putin. UK and EU must work to fill this gap left by US. #StandWithUkraine US has suspended all military aid to Ukraine, White House official says, in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The UK should be "supporting" Zelenskyy and not "fawning over Putin", Sir Keir Starmer tells Nigel Farage 👏

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Thanks for sharing @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. This is must read. People need to wake up and see what is really happening in the UK. It has happened in the US - it can happen here

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Those of us pushing back against Farage are constantly undermined by Labour's pandering to him, and its destruction, one by one, of more hopeful visions of the future. Read this excellent column by @johnharris1969.bsky.social to see just how far it has gone. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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In Pontypool, I saw the looming threat of Nigel Farage – and how Labour is playing into his hands | John Harris

Instead of bowing to rightwing populism, Starmer should take it on by rebuilding towns – and giving people the security they crave, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

It's only a matter of time now before the fascist Reform Party owner Farage calls for the UK to leave NATO. It must be clear to everyone now that he is the British arm of Putin's attack upon the West. An agitator for hire. A racist grifter who wants to see the UK reduced to an irrelevant sideshow.

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

To whoever made this in Elmdon Park, Solihull. Made my day. Really made Milos day #randomactsofkindness

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We’re open, I’m back, and will be spending the morning working out what I’m meant to be doing. - Michael

I love buying books and waiting years to read them - a gift from a past self

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Oh no - another one!! 😉 I love marmite. I love crumpets. Just not together !

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Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Ok, my husband and I see eye to eye on most things. An area of disagreement is his love of marmite on crumpets. Is this combination a yes or a no??

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