@HarrySword

Writer. Monolithic Undertow. Enthusiast. @WhiteRabbitBks @orionbooks Agent @natgalustian https://xitter.cf/t.co/08flOJiWXX

Cambridge
Joined May 2010
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Anything can happen when no one can share news of what's happening. And anything can be said about it later.
Just in: France's Prime Minister asked telecom companies to prepare to block social media platforms. "I wish to have the ability to temporarily suspend access to these services in case of a repeat of urban violence," he wrote. @blast news broke the story.
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my substack on the joys of rick stein bogstandards.substack.com/p/

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‘If you're going to use butter then use it. Don't play with it. It's not a toy.’
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This is actually a condescending view of working-class people. I grew up in a working-class immigrant family and we ate at Red Lobster and The Cheesecake Factory for "fancy nights out." But even we understood that the White House should not look like the inside of a Red Lobster. Working-class people are not culturally illiterate just because their experiences are shaped by their limited means.
Does Obama not understand that to most Americans the Cheesecake Factory is a very nice and fancy restaurant?
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‘A life without butter. It is
not a life’
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Budgens is the invisible supermarket. They don’t even need to advertise it. They know how good they are. It’s unbelievable. Go.
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My life has been changed forever 🌯
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Every year the same. Clocks go back - *time itself* manipulated- ‘for farmer’. And every year the farmer next door stays in bed. Luxuriating in slumber; delighting in nod; feasting on lethargy. His fields? Fallow. His livestock unattended; his fine machines rusting. RISE MAN! Sew, gather *make hay*
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TĂŒrkiye’ye gelip Big Mac yemek.. vizyonsuz it
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The loneliness of the long distance Bhuna
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I want a disheveled Gary Oldman delivering one of his beloved Beckett monologues (with a theme tune sung by Mick Jagger doing the world’s worst Mick Jagger impression) and occasionally firing Chekhov’s pistol at Hugo Weaving while swearing in a performatively off-the-cuff way.
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I *love* Swiss Cottage. Insanely, thrillingly- almost erotically- boring.
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Seriously Partridge night last night. Drove my eldest to a party in Diss. No point driving back home as over an hour away and by the time I get back I’d need to turn around. Solitary curry. sheer 1987 in every regard. Lamb tikka vindaloo; saag; keema naan. Only customer. Sideways rain
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Another East German classic for dinner last night: Karlsbader Schnitte. Toast with tomato paste, ham, sliced gherkins and cheese. Then Worcester Sauce (versions of which were produced in the GDR) on top. Washed down with "GrĂŒne Wiese" (Green Meadow): Blue Curacao & orange juice.
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And how - exactly- does burning buildings improve the state of classrooms? Smug idiocy.
to anyone breathless over burning belleĂ©poqueslop: 1883 isn’t ancient history and if you want to get upset about the condition of building take a look at some of the schools
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Je suis tellement triste. Ce magasin c'est Sat Elite, un magasin de Jeux VidĂ©os indĂ©pendant situĂ© boulevard Voltaire. J'ai vĂ©cu 15 ans lĂ  bas, je passait trĂšs rĂ©guliĂšrement, aprĂšs l'Ă©cole ou le collĂšge, dans cette boutique pour parler avec les gĂ©rants ou admirer avec mes potes tous les items qu'ils avaient, qui allaient de l'original Banjo kazooie sur N64 aux editions spĂ©ciales japonaises de la switch en passant par les gamecubes et wii d'occasion, Ă  des prix bien moins dĂ©mesurĂ© que ce qu'on veut nous faire croire. Voir que ce magasin Ă  Ă©tĂ© pillĂ© me rend extrĂȘmement triste car ça signe trĂšs probablement sa fermeture. Si vous connaissez un peu le boulevard Voltaire, vous savez que c'est loin d'ĂȘtre la seule boutique de jv qu'il y a pu avoir dans cette rue et c'est malheureusement une des seules qui reste, car elles ne parviennent plus Ă  rester attractives face aux gĂ©ants de l'e-commerce ou les grandes surfaces. L'Ă©norme majoritĂ© de ces boutiques Ă©taient/sont tenues par des personnes avant tout passionnĂ©s car croyez moi bien que le profit facile ne se situe pas dans ce genre de business (regardez les nombreuses fermetures de Micromania pour le comprendre). Il suffit de voir les avis google pour savoir que c'Ă©tait une boutique apprĂ©ciĂ©e, tenu par des passionnĂ©s, pour des passionnĂ©s et non des arnaqueurs ou des voleurs. Ayant perdu des annĂ©es de stock d'items rares, anciens et d'occasion, qui faisaient la particularitĂ© de cette boutique, je pense malheureusement que c'est la fin de Sat Elite (en tout cas tel que je l'ai connue), et je suis abattu Ă  l'idĂ©e de savoir que la prochaine fois que je passerai Ă  RĂ©publique, je ne pourrai surement plus rendre visite Ă  cette boutique qui est une belle partie de mon enfance.
đŸ‡«đŸ‡· INSOLITE : Les pilleurs ont dĂ©robĂ© des CARTES DE COLLECTION et de FIGURINES !
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‘
.BECAUSE
we shoot to kill
and we always will
’ I love the fact that ‘because’ is the most important word in this song. youtu.be/eVxt7zM1BrU?is=cgvC

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Worscht mit Weck 📍Metzgerei Schreiber, Kleinmarkthalle, Frankfurt, Germany đŸ‡©đŸ‡Ș Taste Germany: tasteatlas.com/germany Frankfurt has plenty of sophisticated food, but one of its longest lunchtime queues forms for hot Fleischwurst served on a paper plate. Metzgerei Schreiber opened in the Kleinmarkthalle in 1954, while Ilse Schreiber—known locally as Wurst-Ilse—turned the tiny stand into a city institution. The order is deliberately simple: thick slices of hot sausage, a bread roll and plenty of mustard. “Worscht mit Weck” is Frankfurt dialect for sausage with a roll, and here it has fed market regulars, office workers and curious visitors for generations. Credits: @hamoni_germanay
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every so often I revisit AC/DC ‘Stiff Upper Lip’. It’s a masterpiece of minimalism. The production is *perfect* - so dry; so warm. You can smell the dust roasting gently on the valves
Phil Rudd doesn’t play a single fill. Not one. Whole album. youtu.be/MRl8s2LqBA4?is=v-48

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