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Rob McManus

@rfpmcmanus.bsky.social

One should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of ones life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

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Jonathan Coe@jonathancoe.bsky.social · last wk.

Ever since I first saw it, this scene has epitomised Amerlcan elegance for me. I wrote a short story about it for Radio 4 (never broadcast) and it's why I drink Gibsons even though nobody who works in a bar these days knows what they are. A perfect scene - RIP Eva Marie Saint.

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Janine Gibson@janinegibson.ft.com · last wk.

This is as magnificent as an obituary as the life of its subject demands. Jeffrey Archer, perjurer, fantastist, charismatic grifter went to prison yet died ennobled; but somehow I still feel nostalgic for this specific breed of untrustworthy wrong'un www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

Jeffrey Archer obituary: MP, peer and multimillion-selling author

Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare, politician with a ‘gift for inaccurate précis’ who became a prolifically successful writer, dies aged 86

thetimes.com

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last wk.

Made the mistake of spending 10 minutes on LinkedIn in. It gave me the same feeling I used to get when reading personal statements on undergrad applications (UCAS forms). “If so many good people have done so many good works, how can there be any problems left in the world?”

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 3w ago

Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published

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Aidan O’Brien@aidanobrien.bsky.social · last mo.

Benoit Blanc: while at first glance this appears to be an open & shut case of a simple Co-yo-tae’s inexplicable compulsion to catch a singular road runner, it has unravelled a scheme of corporate malpractice & maleficence that… Foghorn Leghorn: I said, boy, boy I said, are you mocking me, boy?

Andrew (🎃)@athomashemlock.bsky.social · last mo.

[Benoit Blanc during a Reacher Christmas episode crossover] Listen, son, I myself am of the conviction that violence is the crude weapon of an incurious mind, but I will admit that my gigantic friend here makes the most convincing argument I've yet heard on the virtues of expediency through force.

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy 58th anniversary of the party Joan Didion gave to celebrate the publication of Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, at which Otto Preminger dropped acid, Harrison Ford and record label boss Earl McGrath got wrecked and played living artworks, and 13-year-old Griffin Dunne watched... 🧵

Front cover, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, featuring a psychedelic montage of brightly painted faces and figures, presumably designed to represent a trip
The Empty City@davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So: have just seen Coyote vs. Acme And yes, a really good film about litigation - actually one of the best films I have seen about practical litigation. As well as a really good film generally. May write it up if there’s enough interest.