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Anyone else gobsmacked by incompetence of E.ON Energy UK? I inherited them when I moved. Left as soon as I could after a string of mistakes, double billing, & broken promises. I settled my final bill with them in March - closed my account. they’ve just sent me a bill for 108k!

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Fascinating piece in the The Guardian about a co-housing project for older women - how it happened and how it works. Inspirational and trailblazing theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

A 9,000-year-old skeleton was discovered inside a cave in Cheddar, England, and was affectionately dubbed "Cheddar Man." DNA testing confirmed that a living relative lived approximately half a mile away, tracing their lineage back nearly 300 generations. In 1903, while

All the time I was working with Rebecca Stott on her memoir about growing up in the Brethren IN THE DAYS OF RAIN she hoped her book would shine light on its oppression of women - and this excellent and powerful article helps do just that. Very moving to read.

thebellinticehurst.com/whats-on/ Ticehurst (Sussex) Literary Festival launches next weekend. Writing workshops, comedy and talks by writers including Alex Preston Alex Preston, @Jyoti__Patel and me. Do come. It's going to be a great weekend. You can book a ticket for a day or for weekend.

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, a 15-foot-long dugout canoe was unearthed in the depths of Wisconsin's Lake Mendota. This ancient vessel, shrouded in mystery, offers a unique glimpse into the past as it was meticulously scanned and carbon-dated, revealing its origins to

Dark Earth: Rebecca Stott A spellbinding tale. Two sisters fighting for survival in a post-Roman London where violence and superstition stalk them. Filled with folklore, myth and evocative world-building, this is an immersive and endlessly vivid novel #HWACrowns23 #Gold #histfic

Very honoured that Dark Earth has been long listed for such a fine prize. Thank you. Dark Earth was five years in the making - it is moments like this when all of that dreaming and research and world making - glorious experience in itself - feels even more special.

Nicolaz Cruz rachelhengqp Elizabeth Lowry @Kiran_MH Kim Sherwood Rebecca Stott Damian Dibben @TheSallyGardner View complete list on bookshop uk.bookshop.org/lists/2023-gol…

If you are in #Lewes next week come to my talk for Lewes Lit on 6th century abandoned #Londonium and my novel #DarkEarth. Tues. 21st Nov. Tickets available here: wegottickets.com/event/591497

‘ I never dust. After four years it doesn’t get any thicker. You just have to not lose your nerve’. Quentin Crisp. Here’s a little radio piece I made about dust. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00….

My 7-yr-old neighbour has just been in to fix my vacuum cleaner. His curiosity about fixing things knows no bounds. I made a BBC Points of View radio programme about him - oh and about #childhood #curiosity more generally. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00….

"If we want to enter the past we have to try to see the world through our ancestors’ eyes, believe what they believed, feel the things that they feared, their superstitions and their religious beliefs." Rebecca Stott, author of Dark Earth, says. More at bit.ly/HistoriaInterv…

Does anyone in the world of 18th-century French art history out there know who the children are in this Drouais portrait?

Birders do take a listen to this morning's Point of View on R4 - anyone who's been captivated by the song of a Nightingale, indeed any bird that catches you in the moment, will understand Murdoch's 'there is nothing now but Kestrel' bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

A nightingale painted onto a garden mural in Pompeii AD 60.

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Iris Murdoch: 'I am looking out of my window in an anxious and resentful state of mind, brooding .... Then suddenly I observe a hovering kestrel. In a moment everything is altered... There is nothing now but kestrel.'

So sad. Such a terrific programme to have been part of. Such a terrific programme to listen to. A highlight of the week. Nothing else on radio like it… thanks to superb producer Adele Armstrong

Sadly this was my very last programme on BBC A Point of View as at the end of March the programme is being laid to rest after 17 years on the wireless....