Dave Parry

Busy hoarder trying to slow down, simplify & appreciate the journey

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

30 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took an image of our home planet from 6.4 billion kilometers away. Carl Sagan eloquently described what that image meant for humanity.

[Paul Holdengraber @holdengraber]

🌴 DAVID HOCKNEY🌴
Born on this day, in 1937

“A Bigger Splash”
(1967)

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

I'm begging everyone who hasn't yet to read this book. The premise, about a man living in an infinite house, is terrifically inventive, and it goes in a direction you don't expect. No other living author writes with such a keen sense of horror & beauty. The book of the decade.

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with The Salt Path: the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. It became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.

But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.

@chloehadj

Read: https://t.co/SjsMngcXyM

[Jeremy Banning @jbanningww1]

Remembering all those who went over the top at the Somme 109 years ago today. ‘The day of hope and slaughter’ as one survivor memorably named it. A day like no other #Somme #WW1

[Taff Gillingham @Taff_Gillingham]

This wonderful account, by a former member of the Sheffield City Battalion, was written after the 40th anniversary in 1956.

To me it always sums up the veterans’ view of returning to the battlefields...

Quiet Corner on the Somme

Gaston Boule, aged 22,...
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[Sue Knows Best @sues86453]

I love this so much! Great job dad keeping it all in the family.❤️❤️

[Anthony Holloway @aj_h]

"Venus and Mercury Below" - Capturing the bright light of Venus with Mercury in the dip in the tree line below. Next to the Lovell Telescope @jodrellbank

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

From fresh voices to a fifth-time nominee, here's everything you need to know about the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist.

https://t.co/T1l6rG83Li

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist.

Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: https://t.co/IL8S162F8L

[John Nichol ✈ @JohnNicholRAF]

Final #Christmas RT #Competition!
RT for chance to win signed THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR; the perfect Chrimble pressie for you or your loved one!
OR, if you DEFFO want a copy, it's a mere ten of your earth pounds:
https://t.co/znEKrK5gIv

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

‘Sometimes you encounter a book and cannot work out how this miraculous event has happened’

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #BookerPrize2024 is Orbital by Samantha Harvey. 🌌✨

Discover the book: https://t.co/Jx491BCyuj

[Vintage Books @vintagebooks]

We are over the moon that Samantha Harvey’s stunning novel, Orbital, has won the #2024BookerPrize!

[John Nichol ✈ @JohnNicholRAF]

1/#TheUnknownWarrior journey home in 1920:
7th November, a grand medieval casket, of 2" thick oak from Hampton Court @HRP_palaces which would eventually contain the body (yet to be selected) was taken to Westminster @wabbey to be photographed before being transported to France.

[Dave Parry @DaveParry1967]

@CWGC Was visiting Berriedale Old Cemetery today & found this grave as the sun went down - a stunning, windswept location

[Guardian Opinion @guardianopinion]

It’s the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares | Jonathan Freedland https://t.co/dBLNcTcHD0

[Dr Tiffany Murray @tiffanymurray]

He's back....

[Dave Parry @DaveParry1967]

@austennerd Yes, there was a moment of realisation which caught me completely off guard… heartbreaking

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

A huge thank you to our #BookerPrize2024 judges Edmund de Waal, @mrsjaneymac, @justine_jordan, Yiyun Li and @thenitinsawhney.

Here's what they had to say about the books on this year's shortlist.