@gotpenmustwrite

Writer of over 200 books/Publishing consultant/Educationist/Views my own.

 Bexhill-on-Sea
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Joined October 2013
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My latest post on how we bridge the gap between ourselves in this age of anxiety. Oh, and my own poem, ‘Common Ground’ shortlisted for the Hastings Book Festival prize! mikegould.online/post/common…

Common Ground: how we bridge the gap between ourselves and others

Finding shared space and empathy The act of writing can bring its own anxieties. Even as a relatively successful writer, each new project brings self-doubt or expectations that can't always be...

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Tom Moseley@moseleytomOct 15
The NUJ's just put this statement out on the BBC's decision to scrap You and Yours:
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Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @bbcnickrobinson
On the basis of the bit I watched, he’d have got as far as “right to” before being interrupted again. But - while I think there definitely *should* be a Jewish state, called whatever its citizens wish to call it - can a state be said to have rights? Honest question.
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Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @bbcnickrobinson
That's the issue though isn't it? Nick thinking he has a gotcha here when people who aren't just after a quick soundbite know it's more complicated.
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Tony Thorne@tonythorne007Oct 9
Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @MichaelRosenYes
Ditto (in almost every respect), but teaching and writing were always under-rewarded in financial terms for most of us. What is depressing is how overpaid senior academics, HE managers and consultants are now, while junior staff immiserated.
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Replying to @DrMatthewSweet @BBCFreeThinking
"Inform, educate and entertain"
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Tony Thorne@tonythorne007Oct 6
Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @ChrisHillidge
It's just another slur in bad faith by toxic bigots
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Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @thatmarkperkins
Just finished a marathon session of Canal Boat Diaries. Some of us know how to live.
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Ally Fogg@AllyFoggOct 4
Randomly found myself listening to Somewhere in My Heart by Aztec Camera & what an unparalleled banger that record is. Honestly think it might be *the* definitive 80s pop song. It’s nigh on perfect, That’s all. As you were.
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Mike Gould@gotpenmustwriteOct 4
My 9 albums #my9albums my9albums.com/s/bF8xXTwvI7

My 9 albums

The Slider, Making Movies, Knife and 6 more. Pick yours on my9albums.

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My 9 albums #my9albums my9albums.com/s/bF8xXTwvI7

My 9 albums

The Slider, Making Movies, Knife and 6 more. Pick yours on my9albums.

my9albums.com
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The transitions between each section are incredibly smooth. It’s so good that I got completely absorbed in this arrangement and almost forgot about the original soundtrack.
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Wow. Don’t always have much time for Syed but this absolutely smashes Pep & City. Totally correct on Pep’s hypocrisy, regardless of the latest revelations. ‘Greatest manager of all time? No, Pep is either a fraud or myopic’ thetimes.com/article/eaaae03…
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Matthew Syed@matthewsyedSep 30
Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @NikBoyle
Superb episode
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C_R_5@c_r_5Sep 30
Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @NikBoyle
Is this a piece of your brain What do expect to see out of a [place name] window, the Sydney opera house, herds of wildebeest... You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and sky It's not big enough to drown a mouse I know nothing... Quotable, decades later!
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Tom@sonofswissSep 22
Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @red_mutant_eyes
No Rumours totally checks out. I was 15 in ‘93 and remember FM being seen as terminally uncool 80s mum pop, anachronistic to Britpop, Mick a pompous celeb joke. I didn’t even hear Rumours till my 20s! I bet if the NME did this list now for Gen Z’s, it’d be top 10 at least
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Replying to @gotpenmustwrite @JamesMarriot
Stout fellow. Decline is evident.
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James@JamesFlSep 20
Could I perhaps ask why this Earl Spencer stuff/horseshit is the top story on BBC News for like the fifth day in a row while extremely serious things are happing in the world?
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In fact you did!!
Mike Gould@gotpenmustwriteSep 20
Replying to @MichaelRosenYes
No doubt someone’s beaten me to it but ‘Charlotte’s Website’ ??
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