Fiona Sturges
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Interviewer & arts reviewer @guardian @FTweekend @independent @theipaper "Rampant feminist snowflake" - Piers Morgan "Well known lunatic" - Man on the internet
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At Conversations with Nick Cave. Best question so far: “Hi Nick. I live in your old flat in Hove. Do you know where the stopcock is?”
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*taps glass* Announcement to people who drink: please don't "hilariously" recoil in horror when someone says they don't drink, and then ask them why not (it's none of your business). And definitely don't try to get them to have a drink anyway. (Are you actually insane?) 1/2
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Posh white actor, Laurence Fox, shouts down brown woman in audience for observing racism in M&H's press treatment. "It's got boring now," he jeers, before deciding she is in fact racist towards him. Christ alive. Get in the bin, Question Time
#bbcqt
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To clarify: in Texas, a man (an abusive spouse, say) can report a woman for having an abortion & be paid $10k. And a woman could get a longer sentence for aborting a baby conceived via rape than her attacker will for raping her. Yet still we’re told the patriarchy doesn’t exist
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Also, to people who drink: you do not have the monopoly on fun. There endeth my announcement. 2/2
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I’ll tell you what. Mark Lanegan *really* doesn’t like Liam Gallagher
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@rosstmiller
If there's a horse on screen, it'll be whinnying madly just to let you know there's a Horse On Screen. Horses are, in fact, very quiet.
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@StuartEdwards
This is an excellent question and I wish more men would ask it. Cross the street to avoid walking behind a woman. Give all women space. Never run close to them when jogging, esp in the dark - I'm endlessly astonished at how many men do this. Offer to walk female friends home.
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Yesterday morning I submitted a piece to an editor at a monthly magazine. Roughly two hours later, she told me to send over my invoice - which was paid into my bank BY THE END OF THE DAY. In over 20 years of journalism, this has never happened before. More of this please.
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Orlando Bloom's early-morning routine. Another one for the "Oh do fuck off" folder.
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It's quite something to have Tory MPs and their media cheerleaders gunning for the BBC over a presenter who did not break the law.
Meanwhile, in Westminster, there have been over fifty cases of alleged sexual harassment and assault, which is, in fact, illegal.
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This is what Andrew Weatherall told me about what he called "the showbiz pole." What a wonderful, smart, funny man he was.
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Two years ago my kid saw me give up a 2hr commute that made me atrociously grouchy in favour of working happily at home in comfy clothes and surrounded by pets. Crucially, I am present rather than absent. What a terrible example that is.
Parents who work from home ‘setting a bad example’ for their children, says businesswoman
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Why does it not surprise me that Assange is a nose-over-the-mask kind of guy?
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Call for an instant fine for public figures (male) who pronounce their solidarity with women "as the father of girls". Empathy shouldn't come from having sired girls, fellas. Stop making it about you.
Well done our fearless
#Lionesses
! And congrats Spain. It was not to be this time, but you have done us proud & - as a father of two girls - I know you have inspired so many along the way. This is not the end. You can hold your heads high & know we are immensely proud of you. 🏴
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Overheard: man walking daughter (aged 6 or 7) back from school
Man: "You need to be a good girl. Bad girls don't get flapjacks, they're only for nice, quiet girls."
Girl (yelling): "I don't want your stupid flapjacks."
I'm with the kid. Shout loud and fuck those flapjacks
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What daft thing do strangers say when you tell them your job? When I say I’m a journo, there's always some wag who says they'll have to be careful in case something they tell me ends up in print. At which point I strain every sinew not to tell them they’re not that interesting
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Deeply – and I mean DEEPLY – annoyed to read a 40-year-old female character in a book described as "ageing" by the 66-year-old male author.
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The Noel Clarke story makes women angry because we all have these stories. Every one of us. We are not shocked – we are tired.
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Dearest Twitter. I'm bored of my own cooking. What dishes do you cook that are so delicious and straightforward that you make them almost weekly? (Anyone who has mushrooms in their ingredients will be blocked and reported). 🍽
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Radio people, please stop asking freelancers to come on shows & talk unpaid. I've been asked several times in past fortnight & it's exasperating. Your meagre budget is not my problem. If the producer/presenter is being paid, I deserve to be too. Time is money & so is my expertise
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This is what happens when the pubs are closed for too long. The Royal Oak in Poynings, near Brighton, has a new name.
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The language in the reporting Trump's misogyny is v revealing. These aren't lewd comments & it isn't banter. He's describing sexual assault
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Some news. As from tomorrow, I will have a new colleague who I'm assured by the rescue centre is excellent at interviews and an absolute whizz at transcribing. Meet Mop.
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You thought a white columnist lecturing black football players on how to protest racism was bad? You ain't seen nothing yet. Ladies and gents, we give you ... Liz Jones in a fat suit.
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Just received the PR for the new BBC Sounds podcast slate and every single one of them is hosted or narrated by a celebrity 🤦♀️
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Such contempt from a man who couldn't be arsed to attend crucial Cobra meetings about the virus last Feb and instead buggered off to a country retreat with his girlfriend for a fortnight. I haven't had more than two consecutive days off in a year, and nor have most of my pals.
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Mind gently blown by the discovery that the letters in 'typewriter' are all on the same line on a 'qwerty' keyboard. This was to make life easier for typewriter salesman who would be able to type the word 'typewriter' in front of buyers without having to search for the right keys
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Men who say "females" instead of women are definitely serial killers and you can't persuade me otherwise.
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Today I had an unpleasant but routine op in hospital. After I'd woken from the anaesthetic & had a cuppa, a nurse came over & said they'd found XXXX & I'd probs need major surgery. As my eyes popped & I gulped back tears, she looked down & said “Oh God these aren’t your notes."
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I had a little rant in the other place about the absolute state of artist/celebrity interviews, and thought I'd throw caution to the wind and post it here. I do a lot of interviews and, in the right circumstances, it's the best part of my job. But sometimes it's really not.
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@MrMichaelSpicer
While watching films, my daughter and I play a game of 'sexist bullshit bingo' on this theme. Most popular scene: Important Conversation Between Men Takes Place in Pole-Dancing Club.
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OK, Twitter pals. I'd like to make more pasta dishes. Currently, we have carbonara; pesto pasta with bacon/peas; simple tomato sauce; sausage and tomato sauce; spag bol. Please could u share your go-to pasta recipes? (Anyone who mentions mushrooms will be blocked and reported.)
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@RoseStokes
When my girl was 6 months old I made a recording of her laughter and kept it on my desktop. She's now a funny, smart 15yo who takes no shit and I love the teen years more than anything. But I still listen to that recording and get a surge of joy every time. It's crack, basically
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To the woman on
#r4today
talking murder stats, this isn't just about murder. It's about catcallers, kerb crawlers, gropers, stalkers, creeps who ask you out at the bus stop or whisper insults as you walk by, stare at you to intimidate you, or follow you to your front door.
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I see
@RollingStoneUK
is **still** commissioning writers and then ghosting them to avoid payment. This is not OK. Writers shouldn't go near this magazine, and neither should musicians/actors and their publicists.
Hate calling stuff out on here, it's so not me, but with my emails now being ignored, I dunno what else to do. I invoiced
@RollingStoneUK
in early Dec for an interview I did with
@rickygervais
&
@StephenMerchant
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I don't mean to be a party pooper but the anger from the men in that council meeting is vile, all directed at a woman who is remaining calm. This is not just the stuff of small parishes. See the Tokyo Olympics guy who feels women talk too much at meetings. Pure male entitlement.
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I wrote about the festival of fractiousness that is BBC1's Question Time for
@guideguardian
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"I'm in Corfu. Yeah, it's beautiful. Back next week," says the woman on the phone outside my house in Brighton.
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Who knew that a request for recommendations for a ready meal to take to my ailing mother would get me reprimanded for not cooking the food myself, and also called a pig. You gotta love this place. It's absolute off its head.
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Great British Railways? HONESTLY. Am just off to drop a parcel at the Great British Post Office, before coming back for a cup of Great British Tea, and writing an article about a Great British Novelist at my Great British desk. It's like we're all living in an episode of Trumpton
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Keep your grubby hands off Channel 4, you grasping, interfering monsters
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My piece for today's
@guideguardian
on how celebrity podcasts have become the bindweed of the audio industry and why it's time famouses found a different hobby. (With thanks to
@RenayRich
and
@HelenZaltzman
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@GamesNosh
What compels you, a thirtysomething man whose business is on "hiatus", to try to shame a clever, talented, successful and rich young woman with a brilliant future ahead of her, hmmmmm? Honestly, I can't imagine.
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I love PWB but this isn't right. Privilege is about where you're born, who you're born to, your education and that of your parents. Many don't write bc they can't afford to take time out & they don't think it's an option for people like them. Encouragement is, itself, a privilege
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Actually laughing at the idiotic, back-of-an-envelope notion that nightclubbing coppers and a sprinkling of streetlights will sort out centuries of male violence, misogyny and sexual entitlement.
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Why are older women treated so shoddily by popular culture while men of the same age are showered in respect and opportunity? My (slightly irritable) arts column for
@Independent
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An email arrives asking if I (a freelancer) would like to host a panel discussion at a prestigious university in a different county on a Sunday (hello rail replacement bus!) during a Bank Holiday weekend for NO FEE. God, I'm so sick of being cross about this.
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Transcribing an interview and wishing the dickhead interviewer would stop interrupting, stop doing that shrill laugh, stop with the excruciating sing-song voice, stop agreeing with everything the subject says and just generally shut the fuck up. The interviewer is me.
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Man dates woman. Man and woman split up. Man now LIVID that woman's career has taken off without him.
Doug, who now has a fiancé (but possibly not for long), does not cover himself in glory here.
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I see the Daily Mail is blaming women again for men murdering them. The reason? Doing well at work. Seriously, just fuck off.
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Well. I was just asked to do a 10-minute spot on a radio show where I would deliver reviews of three to four podcasts.
Fee offered: £30 😱😱😱
Brief reminder for those handling budgets: ARTS JOURNALISM IS A PROFESSION NOT A HOBBY. PLEASE DON'T INSULT US WITH YOUR RISIBLE RATES
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It is a parent's responsibility to feed their children, Nadine. We shouldn't promote a culture of dependency.
Hungry hog. 🦔 They still need feeding, so do still put out dried kitten food or wet or dry dog food.
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So we're all compiling a Corona shitlist, right? So far I've got the Wetherspoons guy, the Sports Direct guy, Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein, Trump (obvs), the "we survived the Blitz" crew, unswerving joggers, my cat
#neverforget
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He goes on: "His manner was strongly reminiscent of a child ruined with indulgence, but one with [a] predilection for cruelty and an ocean-sized, burning-black-hole need for attention... In my 31 years on earth, I had never encountered anyone with a larger head or tinier balls."
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‘Where are u? I’m here’ & he replied that he’d texted to cancel & I hadn't replied. Turns out he'd texted the wrong Fiona, a client he’s never met, saying ‘Sorry, but your minge will have to wait,’ and, yes, poor the other Fiona, but I’ve been laughing now for about an hour 2/2
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Not "romp",
@DailyMirror
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I am *VERY* excited about this. This is my interview with Quentin Blake, with whom I spent a lovely afternoon, and for which he's drawn this fabulous cover. Quentin draws Quentin drawing! Out tomorrow in print 💕.
In this weekend's
@guardianreview
- our cover has been illustrated by the one and only Quentin Blake, alongside a rare interview with him. Plus the best contemporary historical fiction to read after Mantel, and Anne Enright speaks about her new novel, Actress.
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This government gives no shits, does it? The ENTIRE COUNTRY is waiting on a briefing that has a direct impact on our health, education, family life and ability to earn a living. But sod it, let's just keep them all waiting.
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Men shouldn't get involved in politics. It's clear they're just too emotional.
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“We must stick to the facts,” says Nicholas Witchell, a man who has spent 15 years sitting in BBC studios burbling utter bollocks about a family he doesn’t know.
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I try not to do political tweets but JESUS CHRIST THIS LYING SHOWER OF SPINELESS, FECKLESS, SHAMELESS SCHOOLBOYS. THIS DISGUSTING SPECTACLE BEGGARS FUCKING BELIEF
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This hilariously unhinged, even by Liz Jones's already demented standards.
The Daily Mail on Kate Middleton being hospitalized is honestly one of the most mental pieces of journalism I've ever read.
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The government thinks I should retrain and become a critic or newspaper journalist. Absolute genius.
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I see the "I don't watch TV" crew are out to play. Is there any other medium that prompts people to announce their non-engagement in such superior tones? You don't hear "I don't read books", or "I don't listen to music" because that would clearly be daft. So why is TV different?
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I have received news this morning that a wealthy and beautiful young pop star is launching a new podcast about happiness and how we can all find it, and now I'm just off to smash some furniture.
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When you open the door for a stranger and they don't say thank you, do you shrug and forget about it, or do you yell "No, no, thank YOU" after them, while quietly worrying they'll come back and smack you? Asking for me, obviously.
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A short story: I just went to my hairdresser to have my fringe trimmed, only when I arrived he wasn’t there. Now, because my hairdresser & I go back years & we are both puerile, when booking fringe appointments we call it a ‘minge trim’. Anyway, I just texted him saying (1/2)
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Public announcement for all you brill podcasters: if you have a NEW pod coming up, or a NEW SEASON of an existing one, or an upcoming episode that's particularly topical, please tell me about it. Am always looking for ace new pods to cover in my
@FTLifeArts
column
#podcasts
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I tackled the problem of ageism in music, how older women are written about and some of the reviews of Madonna's latest for
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Turned on
#BRITs
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This digested read of Matt Hancock's diaries by
@JohnJCrace
is very funny. "I call Winston Churchill to let him know I think Dunkirk will be fine. No reply. But I don’t do this for the thanks."
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"The public have moved on" 👀
The Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
arriving with wife Carrie at St Paul’s Cathedral for the Platinum Thanksgiving Service is booed by some in the crowd
@BBCNews
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I am very un-keen on PR people trying to give their true crime TV series/podcasts a visibility boost by citing the current news stories about murdered women as a topical peg on their press releases. I don't care how solemnly it is framed – this is not okay.
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"Look what you made me do"
#UPDATE
| Statement from AC Helen Ball following
#ClaphamCommon
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"We absolutely did not want to be in a position where enforcement action was necessary. But we were placed in this position because of the overriding need to protect people’s safety."
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For
@Guardian
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Just had a press release about a new pod featuring "inspirational" women. Fine, but every single guest also happens to host their own podcast series, in which they talk to "inspirational" guests. Podcasting is eating itself.
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Good grief, this is a shocking story - about how reality TV exploits contestants and then abandons them in their hour of need. What a brave woman
@lspraggan
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@camillalong
@trifleking
It's the FT's most-read piece of the last 24 hours so clearly plenty give a shit.
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Just (stupidly) glanced at an article entitled "Things You Should Stop Wearing After 40", which apparently includes bright colours, short skirts, tops with logos, denim, sequins, chokers/short necklaces, leggings & long nails - to which I say GO FUCK YOURSELF *buys sequinned bra*
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Matt Hancock is crap at his job
Can you write a sentence without using the letter "E"?
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So much to unpack here – the idiotic machismo, the horrific Johnson rear end, the fact that this ridiculous dolt is our PM. But "helping with nappies"? Are mothers ever described as "helping" to raise her own children?
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I do hope the Cummings Q&A goes as swimmingly as the Prince Andrew interview *plumps sofa cushions*
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It seems that Nick Cave's eldest son, Jethro, has died. My God, how much can one family endure? My heart breaks for them. RIP.
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I interviewed Patti Smith for today's
@guardian
about art, writing, performance and the pandemic – and she was, of course, an absolute mensch ✨
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To qualify this: there will likely be non-celeb pods coming down the pipe on Sounds, but they don't get marketed in the same way, which is a shame as that's where the gold lies. This is why I rely on this place and on producers telling me what they're working on.
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It's taken 14 nagging emails, three sets of forms, and 10 weeks to extract the piffling £30 owed from a certain Murdoch-owned radio network which asked me on to one of their programmes to talk about a thing in which I am an expert. Next time I'll be sure to say no.
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Please not more clapping. Clapping is useless. Money is what the NHS needs. And more staff. And for people to stay at home. And for Covid protestors to be carted off for some character-building community service. And for Pearson et al to put a bloody sock in it. But clapping? No.
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Never not funny. Happy birthday, KB 🎂
In the 90's, before Twitter, one had to express oneself through the letters page of Time Out
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According to the Telegraph, Gen-Z - who, as an aside, are being shafted economically in every way possible – are going to sink the economy by ... only working the hours for which they are paid. That makes them shirkers, apparently.
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I don't know who was more distressed, her or me. In any case, she was lovely and apologised approx 857 times. So you know, today I've had an op and an almost-heart attack. (Am also very sorry for the person whose notes they actually were)
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