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Paul Devine

@twain33.bsky.social
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Retired, living the life of Riley.

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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What a ragalfart.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Ambiguous.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist” The US has taken over the royal we, assuming that they speak for all. In addition, the country is starstruck and they do not get it, the USA is not central to rest of the world.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
24022 too long.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The Wheatsheaf, frequented by among others Orwell and Dylan Thomas.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Must be a bloody long nail, growing since 1939, excluding the various Work in Progress installments.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
To the Tower, of course.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The clue is in the word human.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Brilliant book, well deserved.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Or she is a clothes rack. Judging by Trump’s face someone just put a light bulb up his arse.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Don’t forget the dolls house.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Astonishing, it surprises me how many people who despise Trump and Musk are heedless when it comes to social media choices. Or should that be headless?
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I remember when Tony Palmer reviewed the Beatles in The Observer, mid 1960s, that was considered noticeable. The cultural categories were starting to lose their relevance. Lady Chatterly’s trial was a big game changer too.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
All of a question of taste in our relative times in terms of high middle low culture. Does the distinction still exist? In any case, for starters, Abba and punk, that covers a range of choices.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Indeed, bonny😀, although babies may be bony.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Do we say “former pharmacist” or “former fighter” a in ex “fighter pilot”? It can’t be simply alliteration because “bony baby” is said.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@lauri-a-niskanen.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The left is rising, and the far right is reeling. Will I finally see the Finland I dreamed of? | Mike Watson
My adopted home has been a dark place of late. But in last week’s local elections, voters raised hopes of a more progressive future, says educator Mike Watson
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
@lauri-a-niskanen.bsky.social
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I do indeed, we are very active members of a Wake and Ulysses Zoom study/reading group, hosted by Glasgow University.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Got your book. By the way, we have a mutual friend (boom boom!), Peter Chrisp.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A tit bit: Svevo lived in Charlton for a long while. www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-p...
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Ettore Schmitz | Writer | Blue Plaques
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Trump is doing his best to meet this bloke’s wish. I hope Trump is not colour blind and presses the wrong coloured button.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I enjoyed this In Our Time episode on Merleau Ponty. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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In Our Time - Maurice Merleau-Ponty - BBC Sounds
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Len Deighton is indeed still and probably still cooking. I haven’t read anything of his for many years but I devoured his books during 1960s and 70s. I recently watched the Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin on the BBC, cracking stories and the films hold up more than ever, with good old M Caine.
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Paul Devine @twain33.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
David, brilliant band. When You Walk in The Room is an iconic 60s record
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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
UK Joyceans/Modernists: because of the UK's unique copyright legislation, access to jamesjoycecorrespondence.org was blocked -- until now. The Joyce letters are now open to UK users, which will make a huge difference for all of us. #jamesjoyce #correspondence #editing
jamesjoycecorrespondence.org
James Joyce’s Correspondence
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