don't conclude anything without cheese. author. journalist. restaurant critic.
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11 Nov 2024
Chilling, essential reading.
10 Nov 2024
Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing.
The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos.
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8 Nov 2024
Brilliant review with, like the film itself, a brilliant ending.
8 Nov 2024
My review of the re-release of Point Break (1991) (dir. Kathryn Bigelow) is up here: theguardian.com/film/2024/no…
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7 Nov 2024
Tune into the latest episode of the #ReadSmart podcast, where @georginagodwin speaks to #BGPrize2024 shortlisted author Richard Flanagan about Question 7: open.spotify.com/episode/6jC… #nonfiction
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7 Nov 2024
Attention EATERS! The @timesscotland @thetimes paywall is down for the next 24 hours and you can read all my reviews for FREE!!!! Go here: thetimes.com/profile/chitra-…
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4 Nov 2024
We’re hosting three events in the bookshop this week! Are you joining us in person or online? 🎉
Tues 5th: @poetdavidwhyte with @Chitgrrl
Wed 6th: @pollyrowena with Caro Clarke of @PortyLiterary
Thurs 7th: @TendaiHuchu with @Young_E_H
Info/sign-up: theportobellobookshop.com/ev…
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26 Oct 2024
Can't wait for what I know will be a profound and moving conversation.
24 Oct 2024
On Tuesday 5th November at 7pm, @poetdavidwhyte will be here to discuss his new book ‘Consolations II: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words’ with @Chitgrrl. Sign up to join us in person or online: theportobellobookshop.com/ev…
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22 Oct 2024
Good to see at least one refugee being treated decently.
22 Oct 2024
Paddington Bear given official UK passport by Home Office theguardian.com/film/2024/oc…
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17 Oct 2024
Very few people realise that the vast majority of hospice and palliative care is provided by charity - not by the NHS.
I think this is a national scandal.
Please RT if you do too 🙏
17 Oct 2024
In this interview with @skynewsniall, Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) emphasises the need to prioritise quality end of life care.
Regardless of Parliament's decision on assisted dying, fixing the funding of our struggling hospice and end of life care system is essential.
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12 Oct 2024
Love this.
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8 Oct 2024
What dreadful news.
7 Oct 2024
📣About Push the Boat Out 2024. You may have seen an update from Summerhall Management Ltd confirming that it has been presented with a winding up petition by HMRC. The company plans to appeal the decision but its operations will be impacted while this legal action is underway🧵
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7 Oct 2024
1. Could we stop saying "natural gas"? It sounds almost wholesome, but it's one of the most potent drivers of climate breakdown. The term is
a. meaningless
b. fails to properly to distinguish it from other sources.
The obvious alternative is "fossil gas" or fossil methane".
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26 Sep 2024
"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity." aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/26…
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26 Sep 2024
Thrilled to be the first guest alongside @HanLavery in this brilliant much needed Scottish arts podcast by the actual legend @Nicola_Meighan.
26 Sep 2024
(1/2) So I’ve started a Scottish Arts & Culture podcast, it’s called A Kick Up The Arts, & it comes in 2 parts.
The first is a weekly round-table chat in local arts spaces with fab guests: episode 1 starring @Chitgrrl & @HanLavery @ByLeavesWeLive is here! akickupthearts.org/2024/09/0…
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20 Sep 2024
Starting to think & dream about how we're going to top this year's @BookPaisley with another edition in April 2025!
Scottish writers, publishers, agents, DM me with your programme suggestions!
RTs/SHARES WELCOME!
13 May 2024
Our 2024 Paisley Book Festival video is here! We feel it really captures the excitement and amazing atmosphere the festival had this year. It also really celebrates our amazing audiences, volunteers, staff and authors. Enjoy! 📚✨youtube.com/watch?v=vPenw1Bg…
📽️: Studio 27
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21 Sep 2024
Into this.
21 Sep 2024
Sat writing morning: bit tired of all the talk about daily gratitude journals & writing thankful lists. How about- this is the life you've been given & the cards you've been dealt. Some of it you can change, some of it you can't. Make the best of it- and try to help others too.
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21 Sep 2024
Oh. My. God.
20 Sep 2024
News!!
ARUNDHATI ROY’s first work of memoir — and it’s a tour de force. Coming next September
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20 Sep 2024
Can't wait.
19 Sep 2024
The first advance copy of Shattered arrived this afternoon and I took it straight round to show Hanif —
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19 Sep 2024
In light of new allegations about Mohamed al Fayed I thought I’d repost this investigation we did on @Channel4News a few years back: channel4.com/news/new-allega…
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