@Valster11

Avid reader and literature researcher. Research interests in Charlotte Smith, Romanticism, Mills & Boon romantic novels.

Joined October 2009
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Brad
@BraddrofliT21 May 2025
As many nations ban books... Finland has started teaching school children how to identify fake news and propaganda as a part of its curriculum. Be like Finland.
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@NizMhani17 May 2025
🚨BIG NEWS🚨 Major UK retailer, The Co-Op, votes in favour of banning ALL Israeli goods from its stores all over the country. Thank you @coopuk for standing on the right side of history BOYCOTTS WORK DIVESTMENTS WORK SANCTIONS WORK #SanctionIsraelNow
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I found this Homemade bookmark in a copy of "100 Years of Lenni and Margot" which I bought from a charity shop in Matlock on Saturday (sorry, I can't remember which one) - I'm guessing this is precious to someone as it has been laminated. Happy to post it back if I can the owner.
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I should add, the text about furniture is on the back of the piece of paper
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Just been out to Matlock to have a little walk round. Anyway, long story short, I bought 15 more books.
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Harry Eccles
@Heccles9411 May 2025
This is absurd. How about, instead of using the social care sector as a stick to beat migrants with (who we should actually be thanking), we actually invest in the sector? Social care needs investment, not xenophobia. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025…

UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans

Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK

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Oh go on then, it's been a while but... Here we have 2007's Innocent on her Wedding Night by Sara Craven, the tale of Laine, who we first meet limping home after losing all her money in an ill-advised business venture, only to find that in the time she has been away...
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As mentioned, Daniel is barely ever there (apart from one crucial scene where he has to be, around page 170. Trust me, it wouldn't have worked without him.)
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Anyway, not bad this one, and it's up to you how you read it: literary masterpiece questioning the implications of a flawed narrator at the mercy of her unreliable memory, or just the ramblings of a thick-as-mince heroine who somehow bags a billionaire. I enjoyed it anyway.
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Today's reading - a sharply observed description of the first four days in the lives of the passengers travelling in first class on the Titanic. I won't tell you how it ends...
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Roshan Rinaldi
@Roshan_Rinaldi16 Mar 2025
And now,... a short lesson in proper forest management from an expert:
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Just let this sink in. Trump took away Ukraine’s alert system that warned them of an incoming Russian missile. Trump removed this lifesaving alarm system knowing fully well women, children and men would die. How is this acceptable?
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