John Samson

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@Soilfit @MichaelBerkele2 @ClareWalker10 Delightful selection, wonderful interview, superb scientist.

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@andrewhunterm Square ball from the Cubist

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@FernBrady @NeilDrysdale Hello Fern, heard you on Daisy Buchanan's podcast. Great listen. There are several young person's books featuring an autistic girl protagonist, written by Scottish author Elle McNicoll, eg A Kind of Spark.

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@chronicknitting @Damian_Barr Also the Glasgow school which Charles Rennie Mackintosh attended.

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@VictoriaCoren Superb humourist. A piece about an ageing 007 opened with: "Bond tensed in the darkness and reached for...his teeth."

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@GlasgowAlbum @JoeBangles11 @NicolaSturgeon The Comte of Monte Christo

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@tomkinghorn The Postman Always Asks Twice ('cos he can't believe he's neither in Capri nor Ischia)

[Andrew RC Marshall @Journotopia]

Outside Lviv station, which is thronging with exhausted refugees fleeing war in eastern Ukraine, an accomplished pianist is playing “What a Wonderful World.” It’s hauntingly beautiful.

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@Myl5sDouglas @Damian_Barr Privet parts, surely

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@Damian_Barr The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin, footnotes as deft as his footwork of old.

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@tomkinghorn Our pleasure. Delighted to spend time with the Kinghorns again after so long, both of you looking so well.

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@BassettRex Atonal?

[Patrick Kidd @patrick_kidd]

So much loveliness in this colour film of England's Test in Brisbane in 1962. I could happily watch a full day. Benaud bowling with his shirt unbuttoned to his navel, glorious Dexter out for 99, Sheppard signing autographs while wearing a dog collar...

https://t.co/2pPT4BbV2X

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@tomkinghorn Delighted to read this. Are members still being kept out of the Covid-19th Hole?

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@tomkinghorn @BassettRex Thanks, will do.

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@BBCNowShow @NewsjackBBC Charcoal sourdough because black loaves matter

[Damian Barr @Damian_Barr]

This would so have been me. 🌈

[Gyles Brandreth @GylesB1]

Life is all about priorities

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@VictoriaCoren @megelsareenog Why should you never recite 'Tam o' Shanter' in Mandarin?

Because Chinese Burns is torture

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@BassettRex Genre? Lei, roulette (got lucky with last two, think they were in your last crossword).