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Such a fun time in Cambridge this evening when professors Dame Mary Beard and Andrew Wallace-Harrell interviewed author Robert Harris about his latest book Agrippa. @wmarybeard @Robert___Harris
Wednesday Wisdom
This statement appears in many forms across many media but it's simple meaning is no less powerful than
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Books and reading #147
Another entry taken from the diary (1918) of that great English novelist Virginia Woolf.
Fall, Leaves, Fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
- Emily Brontë
#seasonalsunday
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Books and Reading #146
Prescient words from his essay "The Magic of the Book" by the German-Swiss poet and novelist written in 1930!
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Books and reading #146
Warm words from the Turkish- British novelist Elif Shafak
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#mindfulmonday
I love some of the nuanced phrases found in the Irish language.
From the glorious Minster to 600 year old shops, the City of York is showing her wares in the Sunday morning sunshine.
After a long drive I'm in the beautiful northern city of York and looking forward to the @rainbowbookfest here tomorrow. #fridayfun
Books and Reading #144
The English author Virginia Woolf kept a diary in which she often wrote comments about her own reading or writing. This was her diary entry for 8th April 1921
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There's all those busts of them, but what did the Roman emperors really look like? We lift the lid -- on Instant Classics: youtube.com/watch?v=DKF4lpR9…
#wednesdaywisdom
Subtle but powerful quote from that great American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner Richard Feynman. I find myself reading it often.
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My September reading! 1 exceptional non-fiction, 1 new historical novel, 3xAgatha Christie style, 3xMM stories, 1 x brilliant short story, another murder mystery, a wolf tale and a great contemporary novel #bookstagram
Books and Reading #142
Asking for a friend - actually, lots of friends! #bookstagram #fridayfun
