Emma Duncan

Columnist, The Times. Recommendations of slightly obscure novels more than a century old gratefully received

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

@KathrynPorter26 @LcpEnergy Hi Kathryn, could you follow me so I can DM you?

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

@whippletom Fabulous story, beautifully written

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

@whippletom He will be relived to hear it

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

@whippletom Fabulous piece. I’d stake the life of my first-born on your wife having written it

[Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE) @SaveOurWildcats]

Two litters of wildcat kittens have been born in the Cairngorms 🎉

Following the release of 19 wildcats last summer, two females have successfully given birth in the wild, marking a huge milestone in our efforts to restore wildcats in Scotland ➡ https://t.co/BaKPwSBVLb

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

If Britain were a stock I’d be buying. The fundamentals are good and governance is bound to improve after the election
https://t.co/soTWCorB6F

[Sebastian Boyd @Sebaboyd]

As an old Wykehamist, I'm uncomfortable with all this talk about Rishi Sunak's middle-class upbringing. Picking on posh kids is a socially-acceptable form of bigotry, but bigotry nonetheless.

Can we all go back to being rude about Etonians instead? Those guys totally deserve it.

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

@christopher6460 Thanks

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

How badly Britain has done compared to the G7 since the Tories came to power
https://t.co/dA4tiPPZKz

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

@geographyjim Hi Jim, could you follow me so that I can DM you?

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

OMG!!!! This is fucking genius!

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

@SteveAkehurst @greenmiranda Hi Steve could you follow me so I can DM you?

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

This, by contrast, is one of the very biggest issues in modern British education today.

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

this is actually rather smart and at times very very funny

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

I’ll explain.

Dear Barron,

Your father will not attend your graduation.

Not because he’s on trial for 34 felony charges in New York.

Not because he tried to hide his dalliance with a porn star while your mother was pregnant with you.

Not because he’s been denied leave by the judge. He hasn’t.

It’s because he didn’t bother to attend the graduations for any of your step siblings. Not the Powder Ranger, not Fredo, not the love of his life, not the one he doesn’t remember.

Sadly, it’s who he is. If it’s not about him it doesn’t matter.

I imagine you must be relieved to not have your graduation turned into a fundraising spectacle or a campaign rally.

Enjoy your special day without the circus.

Regards,

Jack

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

This is the most moving piece I have read for a long time https://t.co/8lUWCTkrZC

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

The Kate Middleton Photo Scandal has now got me seriously questioning this. 😒

[Margaret Thatcher @realmrsthatcher]

Wogan: "They don't seem to make any concession to the fact that you're a woman."

Thatcher: "No. Why should they? I don't make any concession to the fact that they're men."😂

[Emma Duncan @emmacduncan]

How we got into the local-government finance mess and how to get out of it

https://t.co/gT6mFzZThm

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

"Are you yourselves not afraid?" he asked the judge and court officials: "Are you not afraid to watch what our country is turning into?...Are you not afraid that not only you, but also your children and your grandchildren, will have to live in this absurdity, this dystopia?"