Tim Lees

Novelist, short story writer, Brit in Chicago. Married to a lovely woman. Supplier of treats and official door-opener for a small dog.

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@DrTimothyErick @RadioFreeTom If everybody's worrying about healthcare, they're not noticing the other things happening...

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@Bonn1eGreer And Brexit had nothing to do with it?

[Doinkadect Klomberbatch @Doinkadect]

Is this the first time the UK’s been looking for a new Prime Minister, James Bond and Doctor Who at the same time

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@JoyceCarolOates Probably why he (and a good many others) have kept working into what's normally considered old age.

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A new Harrison! https://t.co/EQyA3PRorH

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@EllenDatlow Yeah, but we don't believe in science anymore these days, do we?

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@CrookEleanor @AuthorGFAllen Harry Mathews wrote some wonderful stuff. Nice to see him get a namecheck!

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@beyond_capital Reminds me a little of the description of drifters come to LA in Nathanael West's Day of the Locust -- where the vintage is truly violent.

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@TheBabylonBee This is complete nonsense. Proof of Illinois residency is only required to get a DISCOUNT -- the same policy as the Chicago Art Institute, and umpteen other institutions. But go ahead, get all steamed up about it...

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@savage201411 @EricIdle Or would want to be within earshot. I certainly don't.

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@Richard_Kadrey Wow. We've certainly seen that in action. And I guess we're just starting to see the results, too.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

NO billionaire has ever worked as hard as someone who needs two jobs to make rent and has to go home and take care of their kids and clean their own apartment. not even close.

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@DianaCialino As ex-junkies go, I'd trust Keith Richards or William Burroughs long before I'd trust RFK Jr. It's not just the smack that's the problem.

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@JeffSBrayAuthor Geese. And they don't let up.

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@LottieResister @JoyceCarolOates The idea of different races emerged when people decided, if they branded one race as inferior or subhuman, they could enslave them and make money out of them. Always follow the cash...

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So -- what's old Frankie been up to lately, then?
https://t.co/mTn2owpfGl

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@JoyceCarolOates Contrast with his evident contempt for women.

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@WalshFreedom He could have been a great stand up comedian.

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

If a days’ old baby arrives in our care, chances are they might be assigned Joseph as their carer. He’s helped raise Toto, Korbessa and Lemeki to name a few, and each one requires a completely different approach.

As he says “We have to learn their favourite things, what they like and what they don't like. I remember when Toto was a tiny boy and he started to scream in his room in the night. In the wild, elephants sleep outside with their babies. I realised that to be inside was new for him. I started to bring him out in the night, while people were sleeping. Sometimes I brought his mattress out, so we could sleep under the stars.”