Frances Liardet
@FrancesLiardet
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Novelist, translator, archaic glassworker. Baked 1000 loaves for Sands stillbirth charity. Mother. Speaks broken Egyptian Arabic, learning Syrian slowly.
Joined February 2019
CEOs like @BNCB are driving climate chaos and we need them to do better. #InsureOurFuture
https://t.co/lFmhoHgomU
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Cheese and onion quiche with chips £7.49 (Morrison's cafe) Semolina tartelette with wild mushrooms and truffle cream, smoked pancetta and aged sherry syrup £3.59 (House of Commons restaurant) Something is seriously wrong when MPs get soup kitchen rates for gourmet meals.
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After staying up all night shooting it, here's my shot of Jupiter at "Opposition". This is the closest its been to Earth in 59 years.
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This is a wonderful novel!
Congratulations to Joanna Quinn whose glorious, gorgeous #Thewhalebonetheatre will debut at Number 4 in the Sunday Times bestseller list! Huge thanks to everyone who has loved, supported and shouted about it!
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Look at these photos, @tedcruz Look at every single one. Some were just taken yesterday. These children, these teachers, were alive yesterday. Then think of those who had to give DNA so their unrecognisable loved ones could be identified. Then look the families in their eyes.
This thread will be dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. As a parent, my heart is broken seeing these faces and their ages. My condolences to their families during this difficult time 🙏🏻 Xavier Lopez, 10. He was a 4th grader at Robb Elementary.
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The government claim that up to 3 April 2020 it was “unlikely” that there was pre-symptomatic and/or asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19. Let us consider the evidence. THREAD (1)
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Irish painter Padraig McCaul ‘Off the Beaten Path’ Oil on canvas. I have posted his work before but then forgot. I was reminded earlier by another Irish painter who loves his work. Thanks my twitterarty. Back tomorrow. Helen, Dr S, Toots and Max 😊🐶🐶👨🏻🍳
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This is how the Marcus Rashford mural in Withington looks this morning ♥️
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The rarest orangutans are about to get wiped out by a gold mine in Indonesia. @JardineMatheson @MO_HOTELS time to take IMMEDIATE ACTION to save the Tapanuli orangutan from your greed.
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Today we are launching #SaveOurBooks - visit the campaign website to find out more https://t.co/AQKwQaSJnW
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Cross Channel Shelling, Eric Ravilious, 1941. It depicts the port of #Dover in #Kent during the early years of #WW2. The original artwork is in the collection of @WhitworthArt.
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The Government has announced plans to impose a catastrophic 50% funding cut to arts subjects at higher education (HE) level in England, including music. Have your say in the consultation before 6 May 👇 https://t.co/GHXysNZp3W
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The Government has announced that it plans to impose a 50 percent funding cut to “high cost” subjects at higher education (HE) in England, including music. This is because music and the arts are not...
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Ancient and beautiful Cycladic art. Marble statuettes of musicians; the ‘Harp-player’ and the ‘Flute-player’, 2800-2300 BC. From the Aegean island of Keros. Photo: National Archaeological Museum Athens.
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It’s remarkable how mid-17th century Flemish artist Michael Sweers’ portraits have a humanity that enables us to feel that we could actually engage with his subjects ~ here are details from Young Maidservant / Boy in Turban Holding a Nosegay/ & Head of a Woman
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