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Peter May

@authorpetermay

Author, Lewis Trilogy, China Thrillers, Enzo Files and various standalones. “The Black Loch” out now. Sixteen million books sold worldwide.

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Peter May
Peter May@authorpetermay·
Join me in conversation with Scottish Television's Nicola McAlley, to discuss my new album and my books, in an event hosted online by the University of the Highlands and Islands on April 1. Reserve your free ticket here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-the-…
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Dr Tessa Dunlop
Dr Tessa Dunlop@Tessadunlop·
‘Ex-pat’ 🙄 Tut. @dailytelegraph is so inconsistent. @IsabelOakeshott is an economic migrant in Dubai like all the other working Brits. Unless they are suggesting Britain is full of, er, ex-pats?
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Undiscovered Scotland@UndisScot·
WHERE IN SCOTLAND? Where is this? This is part of an image that appears somewhere on Undiscovered Scotland. Please reply with your answers. We'll award kudos to the first correct response before posting the next in the series tomorrow.
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Peter May@authorpetermay·
Proud of what? You did nothing. You inherited the fruits of centuries of racial and linguistic evolution. And don’t forget the Normans who introduced huge amounts of French into what became the English language we know today.
Proudofus.uk@ProudofusUK

They said English culture doesn't exist. They said it in English. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The most spoken language on Earth. Born on this island. Fifteen hundred years ago, three tribes crossed the North Sea. Angles. Saxons. Jutes. They brought words we still use today. Earth. Water. Fire. Love. Mother. Father. Child. They called their language Englisc. They called this place Engla land. Land of the Angles. Then the Vikings came. They didn't just raid. They settled. Became neighbours. And when you live next door to someone, your languages merge. Sky. Skull. Knife. Window, the Viking for "wind-eye." They. Them. Their. Those aren't English words. They're Viking. Ordinary people chose them because they worked better. Then came 1066. The Normans conquered England. The new rulers spoke French. For three hundred years, English had no official status in its own country. But the people never stopped speaking it. The farmer called it a cow. The lord called it beef. Pig and pork. Sheep and mutton. That class divide is still on your plate tonight. English didn't die. It swallowed ten thousand French words and came back stronger. Today. One and a half billion people speak this language. Every pilot on Earth speaks it. Half the internet is written in it. No academy designed it. No king commanded it. It was built by ordinary people. On this island. They said English culture doesn't exist. They said it in English. You're the reason these stories reach millions of people. Not sponsors. Not ads. You. proudofus.co.uk/support Be Proud Of Us. 🇬🇧

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Farzad 🇺🇸 🇮🇷@farzyness·
I wish more people in the US realized just how much optimism the United States creates for people all over the world. The country is far from perfect, but it's so unbelievably amazing.
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Any population is a snapshot in time - of race and culture. It has evolved to that point and will evolve to something else in the future.
Peter May@authorpetermay

@DurhamWASP What utter pish you people do talk.

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Mark W.@DurhamWASP·
“Britain is basically English-speaking and Christian and white, and if one starts to think that it might become Urdu speaking and Muslim and brown, one gets frightened and angry.... Such feelings are not only natural, surely - they are right.” Charles Moore
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Peter May@authorpetermay·
No one’s asking you to apologize. It’s not your fault that the British Empire was one of the most brutal and ruthless in history.
SpongeBob@Jack_the_westi

@authorpetermay I’ll never apologise or being born British 🇬🇧

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