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Denise Barrett

@wizardwords7

Freelance wordsmith in lifestyle, culture and the arts. Author of https://xitter.gq/t.co/ishEN1kpeh, a tribute to all things arm-candy, from 16 century to contemporary.

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Joined October 2014
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Jane Austen fight club: experts go head-to-head arguing for her best leading man theconversation.com/jane-aus… via @ConversationUK ' Breeches at dawn' It has to be Alan Rickman. Sorry Darcey ......
Who was Jane Austen’s best leading man? These experts think they know

Who was Jane Austen’s best leading man? These experts think they know

The winner is down to you!

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Johnny Depp’s new film about Modigliani is in danger of downplaying his importance as an artist – an art expert’s verdict theconversation.com/johnny-d… via @ConversationUK

Johnny Depp’s new film about Modigliani is in danger of downplaying his importance as an artist –...

Depp’s film is an enjoyable romp, but it does the artist a disservice in favouring the more sensational aspects of his life.

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Just Read!, by @alistairforrest open.substack.com/pub/alista…
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GOOD READ! I love Graham Norton. He’s simply the best television host. Intelligent, naughty and very amusing. He can write a mean novel, too. Spooky, tragic, cliffhanging and in some parts, sad. I’m glad I picked it up! @grahnort #grahamnorton #Akeeper #sundaytimesbestseller
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VIVA LA DIVA! Last week I went to a preview of the new V@A exhibition, DIVA. It’s dazzling! A constellation of icons including that greatest showman, Sir Elton John. Here's sensational soprano Maria Callas, Read the full DIVA article on my blog at Handbaghomage.com
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How a 400 million year old fossil changes our understanding of mathematical patterns in nature theconversation.com/how-a-40… via @ConversationUK NATURE BY DESIGN!
How a 400 million year old fossil changes our understanding of mathematical patterns in nature

How a 400 million year old fossil changes our understanding of mathematical patterns in nature

The arrangement of leaves on most plants follows a mathematical pattern – new research sheds light on how it evolved.

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Before and after the Nakba: Palestinian literature of resistance and love for a lost homeland theconversation.com/before-a… via @ConversationUK

Before and after the Nakba: Palestinian literature of resistance and love for a lost homeland

Generations of Palestinian writers and poets have expressed their feelings of grief and loss.

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IN THE PINK! The only way to shoot cherry blossom is way up close. #CherryBlossom #inthepink #Pink #closeupshot #springtime #inthepink #Pink #closeupshot #springtime #springflowers
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Gleb Pavlovsky obituary: the man who turned Vladimir Putin into Russia's action man theconversation.com/gleb-pav… via @ConversationUK
Gleb Pavlovsky obituary: the man who turned Vladimir Putin into Russia’s action man

Gleb Pavlovsky obituary: the man who turned Vladimir Putin into Russia’s action man

Pavlovsky became the ultimate insider – until he fell out with the boss he had helped make all-powerful.

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I just subscribed to What Editors Want whatedswant.substack.com/sub… Great opportunities!
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Replying to @Number10cat
Look, he's living with his rescuer now 🤎 xitter.gq/Gerashchenko_en/status…
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I posted yesterday about a cat saved from the rubble in Turkey who refused to leave his rescuer's side. The rescuer's name is Ali Cakas and he adopted the cat, naming him Enkaz - "rubble" in Turkish. May they have a happy life together! 📷- jcacs_1/ Instagram
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The dolls house furniture made by a soldier blighted by WWI – Museum Crush museumcrush.org/the-dolls-ho…

The dolls house furniture made by a soldier blighted by WWI

Helen Beckett, Curatorial and Collections Engagement Coordinator at Touchstones Rochdale, on a recently donated collection of 1930s dolls house furniture made by a WWI veteran When we had an enquiry...

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beyondthepoint.co.uk/silver-… very pretty
Hilary Mantel was one of the great voices of historical fiction – and so much more theconversation.com/hilary-m… via @ConversationUK
Hilary Mantel was one of the great voices of historical fiction – and so much more

Hilary Mantel was one of the great voices of historical fiction – and so much more

A short guide to the Wolf Hall author’s remarkably varied back catalogue.

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A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow. hakaimagazine.com/features/a… via @hakaimagazine

And Then the Sea Glowed a Magnificent Milky Green | Hakai Magazine

A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow.

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Pink grapefruit gimlets 🍸💕💫, by @TigersSendEmail tigersarebetterlooking.com/p…

Pink grapefruit gimlets 🍸💕💫

Joy!

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This silly-looking pose allows animals to stretch and cool down. slate.com/technology/2022/08… via @slate

Who Sploots?

And how you can sploot, too.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley at 200 – how the poet became famous after his death theconversation.com/percy-by… via @ConversationUK
Percy Bysshe Shelley at 200 – how the poet became famous after his death

Percy Bysshe Shelley at 200 – how the poet became famous after his death

He had a scandalous reputation in his lifetime but in death became angelic.

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Denise Barrett @wizardwords7 I’ve just started practising TM again after a serious lapse and I’ve been wafting on a cloud of comparative calm. I’m now firmly back on the wagon. This is a fab book by #DavidLynch, who's a serious TM advocate! #filmdirector #TM #calming
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