Vansa David

I am but a boson warping the space-time continuum. Proud to be allowed to breathe the same air as @peeyuka

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@PhilipPanass @bookworm_Kris Discounts can only be offered by online behemoths because of massive economies of scale.And a squeezing of margins paid to authors, the people who write the books.Nobody asks movie theatres for discounts,they're large corporate retail chains.why ask a bookstore for one?

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@PulpLibrarian I like this book! I found the last scene quite moving

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@tranche_cheddar @JoseMLuna Exactly!Was just going to respond with that-I disliked the first movie because it ruined the sharpness of the book by actually making her a deeply misunderstood careerwoman instead of a shallow tyrant.This one seems even worse

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@VidyaKrishnan That's actually not true about Indian Express-they've been doing an entire series on the LPG crisis, since the middle of March.Have covered all of this,it's been on the front page of their paper,the online editions,journalists have tweeted about it.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@Tyler_A_Harper @nataliapetrzela There's an excellent book on this by Virginia Nicholson!It's called 'How was it for you'.Focuses in her area of expertise which is the Swinging 60s in London but actually covers this really well.I blogged about it here:https://t.co/T8w2G4puYm

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@RitikaChopra__ @IndianExpress This is amazing, and why I keep continuing to subscribe to IE. Great work, thank you for this.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@RealEmirHan I think The Americans has some absolutely amazing sequences set to excellent music, 2 involving Fleetwood Mac songs. Also The Bureau has amazing set pieces, with great soundtracks.I also thought One Tree Hill had some excellent needle drops,one set to Run!

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@27Yeep As you've said, it was...quite obvious from her performance,and her even saying"the name of my dead son",that's she's overwhelmed by the thought that this is a..fictional version of her child on this stage,including Shakespeare's bit of improv when he clocks Agnes in the audience

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@hrstylearchive What stood out for me was what a lovely person Jean Marais was,and what an absolutely perfect boyfriend.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@shivani_1970 @nehavermani From what I remember of my school French, rice is riz and roti is roasting - rotisserie chicken for instance.Pois I think are peas.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@AAnonimatvm @WeirdMedieval Please give the History Extra podcast episode on Assassins a listen, if you haven't already, not really a " militant death cult"! More like a minority that came up with a way to protect themselves.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@fasc1nate So Humpty Dumpty being an egg is only after John Tenniel decided to draw him that way?

[Neha @nehavermani]

No William Dalrymple, the greatest intellectual/historian for many, was hurt in this podcast where Meera Visvanathan patiently breaks down how trained historians understand, peel layers of, & write about the ancient period. Watch the entire interview on YouTube.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@PulpLibrarian Interesting. I started reading Michael Kohlhaas after reading that The Axe was inspired by that, this book also seems inspired by that!

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@aron_seb85252 @Baddiel Not at all. She married Kingsley Amis many years after this was published.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@WeirdMedieval Absolutely!I think about this so often!I would love to be at the..start of it all.Writing,double entry bookkeeping,religion,the idea of writing down an imaginary story.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@ElliottBlackwe3 I love this book so much. So delightfully inventive.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@bensonpeter20 @SketchesbyBoze @OUPAcademic True,it sounds odd though it's not incorrect.I think 'The Swann Way' is much worse though!

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@SketchesbyBoze @OUPAcademic Ill-served by Scott Moncrieff?!That's a very strange thing to say about a truly great and beloved translation that was probably what introduced Proust to many people.

[Vansa David @vansadee]

@internetarchive I haven't been able to log on all day,and I haven't been able to work all day because it's making me so anxious!!So no pressure,but please reassure your devoted fanbase that everything's ok and will be back on track soon!