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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

From standup to stanzas: Frank Skinner’s terrific guide to poetry πŸ”—

Now embarking on its second series, the podcast is a terrific listen: bursting with enthusiasm for its chosen poems and constantly amusing about Skinner’s relationship with them.

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Aston Villa - Liverpool finishes 7-2. Outstanding night for Villa! ⚽️

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Aston Villa v Liverpool. Villa leading 4-1 at half-time! Hat-trick for Ollie Watkins πŸ˜ƒ ⚽️

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🎡 My Top weekly artists: Juliette Gréco (80), Michael Kiwanuka (34), Glenn Gould (28), Pet Shimmers (22) & Doves (10) via tweekly.fm

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Watched: Hacksaw Ridge, 2016 - β˜…β˜…Β½ πŸŽ₯

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Bread today turned out surprisingly cat-like. Tasted good but not sure what made the loaf collapse. 🍞

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How the Indian Premier League clean bowled English T20 cricket πŸ”—πŸ

Two hundred million people watched the IPL season opener in Abu Dhabi … more than the Super Bowl audience and not too far off the Champions League final.

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Why Radiohead are the Blackest white band of our times πŸ”—

Radiohead released Kid A 20 years ago today. It pointed a new direction for rock music – and mirrored radical Black art by imagining new spaces to live in amid a hostile world
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Baking won’t get me through a Covid winter but a bossy, breathless Melvyn Bragg just might πŸ”—

In Our Time, I often think, is like going to an amazing free university at the top of Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree
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For my second night of cooking Meera Sodha recipes I’ve gone for vegan chilli cornbread with broccoli. And baked black-eyed beans.

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Watched: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, 1993 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… πŸŽ₯

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Cooking Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi. And sticky jasmine rice.

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Watched: The Social Dilemma, 2020 - β˜…β˜…Β½ πŸŽ₯

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France divided over calls for Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine to be reburied in PanthΓ©on πŸ”—
The Guardian

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Clive James: ‘The poems I remember are the milestones marking the journey of my life’ πŸ”— β€” Excerpt: What makes great poetry? An exclusive extract from the late critic’s final book The Fire of Joy celebrates the poems he loved most. πŸ“š

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