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James Smart

@Smartbadger

Sometimes I threaten to tweet more | Books, travel and music | Writer, editor | London | Lonely Planet, Guardian, etc

 London, England
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Joined February 2009
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Matt Singh@MattSingh_10 Jul 2024
Dumfries and Galloway both had a bad week
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ClaireN@RoadTripJones26 Mar 2024
Tough thing to ask given how many people are struggling financially, but for anyone out there with a spare £ or more, please consider supporting our real-life (and/or Twitter) friend @FaheyDaniel with treatment costs: gofund.me/6c184261 Thank you ❤️💙

Donate to Dan Fahey, organized by Tom O’Dell

My best friend Dan, whom I've known for 20 years, has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 grade Glioblastoma tum… Tom O’Dell needs your support for Dan Fahey

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From @nytopinion “Long Covid is a physical affliction, but chronic illness, stretching over months and years, has a way of picking apart your mind and breaking your heart,” writes Giorgia Lupi, who has been living with the condition for over three years. nyti.ms/4ai2wdl
Opinion | 1,374 Days: My Life With Long Covid (Published 2023)

Opinion | 1,374 Days: My Life With Long Covid (Published 2023)

Chronic illness has a way of picking apart your mind and breaking your heart.

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Monica by Daniel Clowes review – a thrilling kaleidoscopic journey theguardian.com/books/2023/o…

Monica by Daniel Clowes review – a thrilling kaleidoscopic journey

A woman sets out to uncover the truth about her mother’s disappearance in this genre-hopping celebration of visual storytelling

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All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow review – a mesmerising debut theguardian.com/books/2023/a…

All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow review – a mesmerising debut

Longlisted for the Booker prize, this is a darkly vivacious tale of family, fraught friendship and neurodivergence

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Gary Lineker forced to withdraw from his job because of claims of impartiality over his views on the government's asylum system BBC chairman Richard Sharp has continued in his job after his role in helping to land Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan
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Jarvis Cocker dressed in the style of British Rail tickets. A thread🧵… 1. Northampton (Rail Day Rover)
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What a chart! This chart visualizes the frequency of compound insults (e.g. poophead, scumwad) in Reddit comments in the shape of a prefix and suffix matrix. This is super helpful in creating new swearwords too. Perfect for the social media age. Source: buff.ly/3nBj88F
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.@Smartbadger on why cross-cultural design matters. ow.ly/WFC150IRcZv
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'This eloquent, heartfelt debut announces a writer of real talent': James Smart reviews The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom theguardian.com/books/2022/m…

The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom review – a powerful new voice of gay working-class life

A Norfolk fishing town is the setting for this heartfelt debut exploring trauma, forgiveness and revenge

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I did a Radiohead/Westworld thing
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Imagine if Omicron isn't that bad and all we end up achieving by implementing mitigations is reducing cases, taking pressure of hospitals, reducing long covid, protecting unvaccinated kids, buying time for people to be boosted and reducing the number of people dying from Covid.
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This is absolutely brilliant. And mind blowing.
Brett Roberts (@brettroberts) profile pictureBrett Roberts@brettroberts13 Oct 2021
Easily the best ocean depth animation I’ve seen…
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The Guardian
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In. by Will McPhail review – only connect theguardian.com/books/2021/j…
In. by Will McPhail review – only connect

In. by Will McPhail review – only connect

The cartoonist’s debut graphic novel is a fresh and moving account of a withdrawn young man waking up to the world

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Watch Scotland’s stories unfold in front of you on these road trips. trib.al/JeRxFdZ
The 5 best road trips in Scotland, from the Borders to the Highlands - Lonely Planet

The 5 best road trips in Scotland, from the Borders to the Highlands - Lonely Planet

Once you experience the beauty of Scotland's wild landscapes, they'll stay with you forever. Try these 5 spectacular road trips in Scotland.

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Tom Hall@tomhalltravel14 May 2021
SHAME on everyone involved in this ignorant destruction of a piece of London, the UK's and the world's history. Big Ben, Liberty Bell, Bow Bells cast here. @RobertJenrick disgraceful. All for a pointless theme park of a hotel.
Rupert Bumfrey 💙🖤🤎💚💜 (@rupertbu) profile pictureRupert Bumfrey 💙🖤🤎💚💜@rupertbu14 May 2021
The Death Of The Whitechapel Bell Foundry Many of us have followed this developing tale over the past few years courtesy @thegentleauthor @SavetheWbf @TowerHamletsNow and @MayorJohnBiggs continue to ignore the wishes of their electorate - developers✔️ spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05…
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Image from Rupert Bumfrey 💙🖤🤎💚💜 (@rupertbu)
Image from Rupert Bumfrey 💙🖤🤎💚💜 (@rupertbu)
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Everything you've ever wanted to know about Stonehenge by @Smartbadger fal.cn/38EuI
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The Deepest Point On Land Reaching 11,500 feet (3.5 kilometers) Below Sea Level Found In Antarctica 🥶 forbes.com/sites/davidbressa…
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Hours of daylight as a function of day of the year and latitude. Took me a second to read this chart. Totally worth the second of effort. A marvellous animation. Source: buff.ly/33E1d5T
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