Shakespeare&Company

@i_am_mill_i_am 2022…with a vengeance? 🥴😖

@i_am_mill_i_am Adam here: FEEDING TIME received a review from an elderly novelist that declared “I’m sure it will be glowingly received and may even win a prize or two…but then I’m an old man.” Absolutely delighted that he was wrong on both counts, so…err… I win!😝

@john_self Amit Chaudhuri has a very interesting essay on this kind of thing in his collection The Origins of Dislike. TLDR: the abandonment of words like “masterpiece“ by critics/academics, essentially allowed them to be appropriated and redefined by marketing departments.

Just saw a book that hasn't been released yet described as "a modern classic" 🙃

And Picasso?

@memorialdevice If the Paul Daniels magic set isn’t on there it’s an unfollow from us! 😉

We will get our breath back then in early December do another top 50 best Christmas presents list based on the ones we missed and the brilliant suggestions from the MD Community 🙏

@RoughTradeBooks @TroubledStriker 😮Hang on… Have EMF reformed again?!

@AgnesCPoirier Is that “should” as in you think it would be a good idea for France to follow, or “should” as in you expect France to follow soon? 🤞 for the second. 🙂

Italy is thinking of a super covid pass for triple vaccinated in order to save Christmas. From Monday, the third dose will be available for anyone aged 40+. France should soon follow. #Covid #SuperGreenPass

@leebrackstone @reversediorama My god, does that mean another podcast in which we dive even deeper into the abyssal trenches of the human unconscious? 🤿 Better get training! 💪

Edit of new novel successfully concluded last night. (Well my bit at least.) Now it’s in the court of ⁦@reversediorama⁩ …

@OhGodWhatNowPod @sturdyAlex @IanDunt @minnierahman Might we suggest Witchfinder General as a great English Civil War film.

Out for Patreons, @sturdyAlex @IanDunt & @minnierahman convene to dive into the Autumn Budget. Does levelling up really mean levelling up? And, historian MICHAEL BRADDICK joins to discuss his book 'A Useful History of Britain'. Sign up & Listen: patreon.com/posts/57975316

@i_am_mill_i_am A ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ tweet Andy! Or IS it?

@i_am_mill_i_am Women Talking is one of the most underrated novels of recent years.

@PennyRed No time to even worry about it! 😉

Question for people with young kids, from a person with no kids: how do you feel about being invited to events/to hang out when there’s every likelihood you’ll be too busy with babies to come? Is it nice to be thought of, or is it just one more stressful thing to say no to?