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Timothy Balding

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Author, humanist. Out now, 'The Spectator', on the poisoning of a nation's psyche by tabloid media. All published novels at tinyurl.com/3v3kfkt9

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'He looked down into the water and watched the lines that went straight down into the dark of the water.' Ernest Hemingway may well have written 23 drafts of his stories (so he said), but he still left lines like this😉 Still, I am enjoying immensely rereading some of his work.

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For the attention of the next person who says that the EU is 'doing nothing' about the wretched Orban's continuing authoritarian slide. I'm sure the people of Hungary, on their way to the polls early next year, will have this in mind, among other things. euronews.com/my-europe/2025…

For the attention of the next person who says that the EU is 'doing nothing' about the wretched Orban's continuing authoritarian slide. I'm sure the people of Hungary, on their way to the polls early next year, will have this in mind, among other things. euronews.com/my-europe/2025…
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Farrukh I told the background to this story in my 2019 novel, 'The Zucchini Conspiracy' - and answered Macron's question about the missing piece of the Tapestry being hidden still by the English ... The UK and France Foreign Ministers began negotiations in 2018, or thereabouts ...

<a href="/implausibleblog/">Farrukh</a> I told the background to this story in my 2019 novel, 'The Zucchini Conspiracy' - and answered Macron's question about the missing piece of the Tapestry being hidden still by the English ... The UK and France Foreign Ministers began negotiations in 2018, or thereabouts ...
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Krasnov: You're trying to destroy Ukraine, aren't you? Putin: Of course! Krasnov: It makes me look a sucker, you know. Putin: Call me some bad names. That'll gain time. Krasnov: And then? Putin: Nothing. Just send the usual idiots to pretend to negotiate again. Krasnov: A deal!

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Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич) Still we don't know: Is this a Potemkin set up, a sham, a pretence, a manipulation? Or is there any truth in this narrative? Even his Supreme Thickness must have understood that the glory and gratitude of the world which he craves await him if the US enables a Ukraine victory.

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The much-decried EU-USA trade agreement as promoted by President Trump turns out to be a lot of hogwash. Who could have thought it 🤣? The EU has contradicted pretty much all of his claims, which they say are without foundation. The details: euronews.com/my-europe/2025…

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A dramatic decline in book reading is taking place here in France, one of the most literary nations. A Senate report reveals that 6% fewer people read 5+ books in 2024. The figure is 15% down since 2019 for young adults, who spend 28 mins a day reading and 5 hours with screens.

A dramatic decline in book reading is taking place here in France, one of the most literary nations. A Senate report reveals that 6% fewer people read 5+ books in 2024. The figure is 15% down since 2019 for young adults, who spend 28 mins a day reading and 5 hours with screens.
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Back from a comical 12-hr 'X' ban. Censored for suggesting our foreign secretary should use force to silence JD Vance's uncontrollable whining, in England, on the lack of European free speech. Rather ironic that - to be silenced by an American corporation in such circumstances🤣

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So, it's all set. The Wild Goose Chase will take place in Alaska. May all the saints protect Ukraine from the American clown's appeasement and capitulation to the Russian butcher.

So, it's all set. The Wild Goose Chase will take place in Alaska. May all the saints protect Ukraine from the American clown's appeasement and capitulation to the Russian butcher.
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"Great wit and erudition ... it's fun, playful and philosophical, a very enjoyable read!" A video review of my latest novel, 'The Spectator', up today on the Youtube book channel of author Andy Miller. youtube.com/watch?v=GQ8GpD…

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A fellow author here kindly wrote that he/she found the 'Foreword' to my latest book, 'The Spectator', "brilliant and fun" - and that he/she now felt compelled to acquire and read the whole novel... Well, I tell myself, if it can work once ...

A fellow author here kindly wrote that he/she found the 'Foreword' to my latest book, 'The Spectator', "brilliant and fun" - and that he/she now felt compelled to acquire and read the whole novel... Well, I tell myself, if it can work once ...
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Dozens of storks flew over our house today. Here's one beauty. Heading (already?) towards Spain and then Africa for winter, I guess. As if it weren't hot enough here... Storks almost became extinct in France 50 years ago - only 11 couples remained in 1974. There are now 2,800!

Dozens of storks flew over our house today. Here's one beauty. Heading (already?) towards Spain and then Africa for winter, I guess. As if it weren't hot enough here... Storks almost became extinct in France 50 years ago - only 11 couples remained in 1974. There are now 2,800!
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Everything today has been so perfectly set up and orchestrated for an historically epic political and diplomatic catastrophe that one could almost be persuaded that it can't possibly happen that way. But where is the emergency exit? (Ukrainian cartoon, by Maksym Palenko).

Everything today has been so perfectly set up and orchestrated for an historically epic political and diplomatic catastrophe that one could almost be persuaded that it can't possibly happen that way. But where is the emergency exit? (Ukrainian cartoon, by Maksym Palenko).
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Seems like a good day, if ever there were one, to advocate reading my Donald Trump novel, to counter your depression over the turn of world events. As Mark Twain wrote, and this lady reviewer confirms: "Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand." amazon.com/dp/1935830678#…

Seems like a good day, if ever there were one, to advocate reading my Donald Trump novel, to counter your depression over the turn of world events. As Mark Twain wrote, and this lady reviewer confirms: "Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand." amazon.com/dp/1935830678#…
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For those people who have not had the will, courage or time to follow today's dramatic events in Washington, D.C., I am happy to resume for you what has happened: Nothing. Bla-bla at its finest, but no solutions to anything at all, as far as an observer can tell.

For those people who have not had the will, courage or time to follow today's dramatic events in Washington, D.C., I am happy to resume for you what has happened:

Nothing.

Bla-bla at its finest, but no solutions to anything at all, as far as an observer can tell.