Maurice Murphy played principal cornet with the Black Dyke Mills brass band...
He was also principal trumpet of the LSO and played on the most iconic film intro - Star Wars.
Never underestimate a brass bander.
🤪 had to Google - totally forgot about half-man half- biscuit
Back in the day, I went for the role as firefighter, got through a few rounds, but while 'rescuing' a 12 stone dummy in the BA chamber I managed to stomp right across it. While wearing full kit. Carrying a heavy canister of water.
I Didn't get in.
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Music is the best cure ...here's one of my favourites from the original Rat Pack.
Wishing all the best to you, dad and family 🙏
New story on the Substack:
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Front cover of Meera Syal's new memoir "Vigilauntie" which is out later this year.
SIGNED BOOK NEWS!
You can now pre-order a SIGNED copy of "Vigilauntie: A Memoir-Innit?" by Meera Syal
Touching, compelling & very funny this book shows us the stories that have shaped the life of one of Britain's best-loved comedy legends.
ORDER HERE!
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This is good: thanks everyone who's buying IMAGINE A FRIEND.
Please leave a review if you can.
Good news for anyone outside the UK. I can now send unframed prints to the EU, US and Australia from within those countries. No customs charges, no import surprises. Just prints.
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Have they no Eminem Rosé?
A Mirage: a fake oasis in a desert
A Farage: someone who will try to convince the thirsty it's real.
Is this the mane news?
Kent have it on lease from Scotland - it's up for renewal , if they don't sign up again it'll be towed up the North Sea and reattached to Aberdeen
Reading matters
Why does fiction matter?
Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people.
A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives.
⏰📚💙📚🎧 #books #reading #fiction
The Rest is History parts 1&2
"I like the way the pages run sequentially"
"Couldn't put it down; there was a sticky deposit on the cover. Never going back to that bookshop"
"The front cover really caught my eye as I passed the poorly stacked shelf"
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A grid of nine illustrations of brutalist buildings
The National Theatre has joined my Brutalist Collection.
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My lovely “better half” @gailmyerscough.co.uk has had one of those (boo!) slow weeks. She’s an amazing designer with a fabulous online shop containing beautiful stuff! Here’s her website www.gailmyerscough.co.uk - go on, treat yourself! Reposts most welcome!👍👍
This week we are chatting with Detective Fiction and Thriller Author, Dominic Piper!
@dominicpiper.bsky.social
#author #authorlife #booksky #bookcommunity #writingcommunity #writers 📚💙📚💙📚
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960 years and 8 days after the battle of Stamford Bridge
👇 do go if you can.
37 years and 5 days since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Egypt, 58 BCE
Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers
Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne
The Last Queen
$3.99
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960 years and 2 days after the Battle of Hastings...
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The Rest is History parts 1&2
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"Totally different from the norm.."
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.. and timetabled to arrive in time to see extra time.
Round up: the usual suspects.
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Westminster Abbey- London (as seen from the Empire State Building)
