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2 years

At least once a day, I think about Brooklyn Beckham’s photography book

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At the moment, the UK feels like when Scar and his mates took over the Pridelands in The Lion King

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I moved to a small village five months ago and still haven’t met a hot plaid-shirt-wearing carpenter with sexy arm muscles, who fixes people’s kitchen cabinets to make ends meet even though his real passion is carving intricate sculptures

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Pride of Britain award for this fella. Bless him, he tried #TheTraitors

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2 years

This is the best thing I’ve seen all day

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@emily_murnane "it's out of focus but you can tell there's a lot going on" is my favourite caption of all time

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5 years

Do any of you have piles of old birthday cards, tucked into drawers at home? Trying to work out if this is a British thing or just my family.

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1 year

One of my favourite things about Bake Off contestant reveal day is Rahul posting cute, wholesome comments under each announcement, what a sweetheart

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8 months

Paul is definitely the kind of fella who schedules meetings that could be emails #TheTraitors

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2 years

Just waiting for the BBC to announce THE QUEUE, a four-part drama starring Keeley Hawes, Samuel West and Toby Jones, who each play characters in the queue to see the Queen’s coffin and find love, community and friendship while they wait

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1 year

Guys I’ve just discovered that book vending machines exist and I’m very excited about it

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2 years

This is Dickens’ finest work

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2 years

Angela Lansbury, setting unrealistic expectations about publishing since 1984 💔

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3 years

Everyone, stop what you’re doing and type “Betty White” into Google. You can thank me later

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2 years

I FOUND MORE (paging @AnnieBarber1973 )

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5 years

Wasn’t sure whether to post this, but fuck it. Seven years ago today, I dumped my emotionally abusive bastard of a boyfriend and made him cry. It was the best decision I ever made. Today, I worked on my seventh novel and had the best nap in the world.

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2 years

I’m just a girl, standing in front of the BBC, asking them to put the remaining episodes of The Traitors on iPlayer #TheTraitors

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2 years

I grew up in a working class household. A love of reading was instilled in me from an early age, mainly by my mum, who is also a massive bookworm. The idea that books are only for a ‘certain type’ of person needs to get in the bin sharpish

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1 year

Listen, if this guy could get cast as a TEENAGER in Grease, you can do whatever you set your mind to

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1 year

A woman on here nicked another woman’s two-year-old tweet about her husband putting some daffodils in the fridge because he thought they were spring onions, I am never ever leaving this site

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3 years

New commissioner of the Met

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2 years

I just want @MarianKeyes to have her own show where she knits and recommends books and talks about her lovely family, is that too much to ask

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3 years

When you see “Wordle 226 X” trending and you got it in three

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5 years

My gran is in the hospital right now, for a variety of reasons. While I was visiting her, I noticed the bookcase in the day room (for both patients and families) only had four books. It really kicked me in the guts to see it so empty. So I did this.

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7 years

@mushenska Rachel/Joey, for sure. It was a stalling tactic for a Ross/Rachel finale but it was awful. The One Where Ross is Fine is amazing though.

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8 months

The feminine urge to move to the wee white cottage in the middle of Glencoe and spend your days reading, making huge pots of soup and spending time with your group of animal friends

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3 years

Did anyone else really love bringing home brochures from the travel agent’s when they were kids, or was I just weird?

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5 years

Sister Michael has broken out the champagne. Clare has grilled a sponge. Michelle’s Swiss roll has custard pissing out the sides. James has no clue what he’s doing. The Derry Girls Bake Off is everything I wanted and more. #GBBO

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2 years

I feel seen

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2 years

I think about this at least once a day

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2 years

What’s your most mundane celebrity encounter? I’ll start: my mum once saw Su Pollard buying lace doilies in Blackpool

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1 year

I love Barbara

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2 years

I debated whether or not to post this but in the end I decided, why the hell not? On Friday, I found out that my eighth book didn’t sell on sub.

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2 years

Cannot stop thinking about this

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3 years

@littlemaddles He looks like a man who knows how to build a bookcase and I really appreciate that.

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8 months

Proof, if we ever needed it, that Diane is the most iconic contestant on The Traitors #TheTraitorsUK #TheTraitors

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2 years

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when you open a box of paracetamol, you always pick the side with the little leaflet

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2 years

@Babyeh66 “Less than one star”, oh my good god 😂

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2 years

What if I wrote a rom com about a woman who arrives in a tiny but friendly village in Scotland because she wants to figure out what to do with her life and she ends up falling in love with a wildlife cameraman?

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2 years

Me when I started watching The Traitors: what on earth am I watching Me, three episodes in: WHO IS GETTING MURDERED NEXT I HAVE TO KNOW #TheTraitors

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2 years

Carol’s Twitter is a gift to the universe

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4 years

The first rule of being a pet owner is that if your pet stretches, you have to say “ohh big stretch”, no matter the size of the actual stretch.

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2 years

UPDATE: the Daily Star lettuce is now having a party and some of its friends have turned up, including a banana

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3 years

TV idea: The Great British Write Off. Like Bake Off, but it’s a bunch of authors sitting at desks, working on their WIPs, drinking coffee and shouting FOR FUCK’S SAKE whenever their laptop decides to do a random update

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2 years

I really wish they’d make a Hallmark movie set in the UK so that instead of the characters having a romantic moment while they choose a Christmas tree in a snowy forest, they can be shown standing in the queue at Argos, waiting to pick their fake tree up from Collection Point B

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3 years

Let’s make one thing clear: enjoying uplifting books with happy endings is more than okay. They’re not ‘damaging’, they don’t lack ‘truth’ and they certainly don’t ‘narrow reading choices’. They offer a chance to escape into a happier world, which is more essential now than ever.

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2 years

Since it’s movie week, I’d like to remind everyone of the time Anton did an Austin Powers number and Craig told him to “get rid of those ridiculous comedy teeth”, to which Anton replied “actually they’re mine” #StrictlyComeDancing

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3 years

When Bruce Springsteen sings “I’m sick of sitting round here, trying to write this book”, I feel it deep in my soul

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2 years

It’s an absolute crime that Bake Off didn’t do Halloween week when Helena, the ultimate spooky Goth queen, was a contestant #GBBO

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8 months

You cannot convince me that Aubrey wasn’t plucked straight from an Agatha Christie novel, what an icon #TheTraitors

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2 years

Writing a book is very, very, very, very, very hard, isn’t it?

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2 years

Thank fuck for books. And authors. And all the talented people who put their hearts and souls into creating them and bringing them to readers. They’ve been my whole life and I truly don’t know what I’d do without them

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3 years

This may be my favourite Twitter exchange ever

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2 years

My advice for anyone who’s going through this is: - give yourself permission to feel crap. Because you will and that’s ok - eat lots of Jaffa Cakes, they cure everything - take as much time as you need before starting a new book. Write for fun, even - stay strong 💕

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10 months

Dolly Parton has given over two hundred million free books to children worldwide through her Imagination Library, she can wear whatever she wants

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10 months

77-year-old women shouldn't be on stage pretending they're 20. They should be at home spending time with loved ones and family. We need to stop normalizing this behavior. Do you agree or disagree?👇

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3 years

Never change, David Tennant

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1 year

Once again, I am politely asking for a four-part drama series about Esme’s life in Sixties London, centred on her Camden boutique and friendships with glam rockers #SewingBee

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2 years

I’ve just read that Liz Truss’s term as Prime Minister is being described as a Trussterfuck, and I’ve never loved a totally made up word more than this

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2 years

Every time I watch The Split, I wish I’d done a law degree so I could stride purposefully over Millennium Bridge

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4 years

Anyone else really enjoying @BootstrapCook on #DailyKitchenLive ? So lovely and engaging.

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2 years

This is my favourite mug of all time

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2 years

COMING SOON TO ITV: a stressed-out private detective moves to a seaside town hiding dark secrets beneath its pretty exterior, and teams up with a straight talking DS to solve crimes

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10 months

Do you say “big stretch” every time your dog does a Big Stretch or are you normal

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3 years

This is the best purchase I’ve ever made.

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2 years

Happy new Only Murders in the Building episode day to all who celebrate

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2 years

So, here I am, telling you about my book that didn’t sell, in the hope that, if it’s happened to you, you don’t feel quite so alone. (Also, any commercial fic editors who fancy reading a rom com about movie romantic gestures, let me know 😂)

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5 years

Would any of you judge me if I got a box of brownies delivered to my flat every month?

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3 years

I want a movie about these two and I want it now

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3 years

My mum’s friend was interested in getting some chickens. A friend of hers said “here, my chickens have just laid some eggs, would you like some chicks?” Bizarrely, two of them turned out to be ducks?? No idea how, the woman doesn’t even own a duck. Anyway, meet Minnie ❤️

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2 years

Why? Because I don’t think we talk enough about what happens when a book you love and have poured your heart and soul into doesn’t sell. It happens, more than we think. Every author has that project that didn’t find a home and it’s devastating

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2 years

This is the best writing meme in the world

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I really love our new doormat

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2 years

How normal is it to be obsessed with a chair? Because I bloody love this one

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1 year

So what are we all wearing to the truth finally coming out about a very well-known children’s author? Jeans and a nice top? What’s the vibe?

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3 years

I would love to be good enough to go on Bake Off, Sewing Bee or Pottery Throwdown, but since I’m not, I’ll watch the shows in my pyjamas and make comments as if I’m a world renowned baker/dressmaker/potter. #PotteryThrowdown

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2 years

But we don’t see the other side very often. The one where you pour every ounce of love and attention into a book but, for whatever reason, it doesn’t sell. And it can feel pretty bloody lonely. Like you’re the only one it’s happened to and people will think you’re a fraud

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2 years

Anyone else waiting for the Bookseller announcement that Prince William is releasing a book called HEIR because I am absolutely waiting for this

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2 years

Got some news I really hoped I wouldn’t get at the hospital, so I’m feeling really upset. Please leave nice pet pictures/other nice things under this tweet

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7 years

@samyasays @mushenska Definitely, one of my personal favourites.

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4 years

I’d better shave my legs.

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4 years

Eight years ago today, something magical happened: I dumped a man and made him cry. Not just any man. A toxic, gaslighting bastard who’d enjoyed making me miserable for so long. Today, I’ll read a book, watch Derry Girls and remember that moment with a great big smile.

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3 years

It me

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3 years

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer dating is the uplifting third act plot twist 2021 needs

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3 years

One day in July, I kicked someone out of my life. Someone who tried to pick apart everything I was, who never believed I’d be an author, but also asked for a signed copy of my latest book. Today, I won’t think about them. I’ll write my eighth book, eat great food and be happy.

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4 years

I wrote my first book on scraps of till receipt paper while working late shifts at a DIY store. I didn’t expect it to go anywhere. Then, through some extraordinary twist of fate, it did. I’m now writing my eighth book and have a lovely agent. NEVER give up. You can do it.

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5 years

Can we all agree @MarianKeyes is the coolest human being alive? Marian Keyes: 'I'm giving every woman I've met Three Women by Lisa Taddeo'

Marian Keyes: 'I'm giving every woman I've met Three Women by Lisa Taddeo'

The author on Naomi Wolf, Nora Ephron and why she finds comfort in reading crime novels

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1 year

Today, I am mainly thinking about Danielle Steel’s massive book desk

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2 years

No matter what happens on Twitter, I hope we never forget the time a woman named Carol went into full on Miss Marple mode and accused a Love Island contestant of nicking her daughter’s handbag in Sainsbury’s

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A year ago today, I started going walking, and I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that it put me back together. I was ill for four months in 2022 and going out for my first walk felt like the whole world was opening up for me again. Here’s some photos I took along the way

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2 years

Excuse me this is my emotional support video of someone making a chess board out of chocolate

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2 years

TWENTY. TWO. BOOKS.

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3 years

Remember when Martine McCutcheon got crushed to death by a cheese wheel in Midsomer Murders?

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2 years

@Sarahshugs I agree with you. As much as I’ve had a laugh at it, I think it’s a shame that it was allowed to go out a long time before it was ready.

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2 years

As an author, sometimes it can feel like everyone is moving forward and achieving their dreams apart from you. We see the six-figure deals, the 24hr pre-empts, the TV rights going to Reese Witherspoon.

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Things are shit and we’re all bored, so I’m doing a giveaway. Six books, six winners. RT and follow to enter! Winner announced 02/05

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5 years

Your Agatha Christie character name is the first name of one of your grandparents plus the surname of your favourite teacher. Mine is Rita Trousdale.

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6 years

Find someone who loves you the way Karen loves berets and a Bakewell tart. #GBBO

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1 year

What if, instead of a hot girl summer, we have a hobbit girl summer, eating two breakfasts a day, wandering around the Shire and hanging out with our travelling wizard friends

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2 years

Sandwiches taste better cut into triangles than rectangles: a hill I will die on

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2 years

Today, I found out: - I definitely have PCOS and I’m being referred for further help - my heart and lungs are fine after having Covid - I don’t have diabetes In short, the NHS is fucking amazing

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