Nick McLoughlin

Is Julia Donaldson just Pam Ayres with a good artist?

RIP #YNWA

One of the biggest losses from England not playing in the World Cup Final is the absolute shit Trump would have received from the England fans. #worldcup

Hate UFC, but happy to hear the rapist lost again last night.

This is a bit of a cringey desperate post but needs must….😢 I’ve just lost a couple of thousand self publishing a book - I’m a hybrid author (published traditionally and self published) and I decided to self publish my book I was most passionate about to have total control. BUT….

Moroccan keeper happy with that win, but definitely wants more - he still hasn’t found what he’s looking for! #worldcup

I’ve written about Jimmy Fallon and how he wrecked his legacy with one dumb interview with a sex attacker. Free now on Womansplaining.

Presumably Curaçao only qualified because of the increased number of teams and the fact that the best 3 teams in their confederation (USA, Mexico, Canada) qualified automatically as hosts. But still, the population of Slough - so fair effort really.

‘Married at First Sight UK rape allegations serious, says UK government.’ Just in case you weren’t sure! Wtf 😳

www.maptap.gg May 17 95👑 99🎯 96🔥 97🔥 96🏅 Final score: 965 My best yet 🥳

www.maptap.gg May 10 96🔥 71🫣 97🔥 84🌟 98🎯 Final score: 907 Siberia is big!

Who (other than Slot) believes that Kerkez offers more than Robertson, or that Gakpo offers anything? #LFC

Plastic measuring jugs. Why do you need to be an expert in braille to read the markings? I’m out on the balcony holding the damn thing up to the light just to see I’ve got the right amount of milk to make my pancakes! Yeah, I know, wars, fascism, manosphere, global oil price etc, etc, but still 🤷‍♂️

Hoping for Vance to all of a sudden decide he’s a PSG fan and offer a changing room motivational speech on Tuesday. #LFC 🤞

Fantastic news. With the bots, the fascists, the White House, and the Kremlin all pushing for an Orban win, the wise people of Hungary saw through the lies and propaganda and chose democracy and closer ties with Europe. Thank you 🙏. Hope.

Bos/Hertz are the dirtiest team I’ve seen in quite a while. #wales

The best solution for all concerned. What a fantastic player he has been for Liverpool, and (almost) always with a smile on his face. Respect. #ynwa www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

‘In cities like Paris, Marseille and Lille – where incumbent Socialists steered clear of the far-left because of accusations of sectarian anti-Semitism in its ranks – left-wing administrations were comfortably returned.’ BBC news on French Local Elections

Any suggestions for next year? 🤣 📚 💙

‘Melania Trump chairs UN Security Council meeting’. How is that even a thing? 😳

What was that judging? 😳 #half-pipe #olympics

The switch zero 😳 ⛷️ Mac Forehand! #olympics

@nickmacwrites.bsky.social Just finished 'Slings and Arrows' which I read in just two days. Very enjoyable. It perfectly captures the period. Here's my full review: bit.ly/49SlmJK #Booksky 💙📚 #Books 📚 #Literaturesky

The 25 books I read in ‘25. Top 3 fiction: Kudos Intermezzo Greengates English Journey by JB Priestley was the best nf book I’ve read for years. Thoughts? 📚💙 #books

Spot the cat 🐈‍⬛

Schools should open young minds, not close them. That’s why we’re continuing our campaign against faith schools. Want to know more about faith schools? Read our blog: Six hard-hitting facts about faith schools. humanists.uk/2024/10/11/s...

I had only previously read Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (at school), but picked this up recently and absolutely loved it. Beautifully but simply written, it is a powerful novel about faith, honour, and human weakness. Really terrific.📚💙 #books

Morning.

Picked up these beauties recently in a second-hand bookshop. The cover art on the Edna O’Brien is by Alan Aldridge, who illustrated album covers and books for The Beatles, Elton John, and The Who, among others. 💙📚 #books #art

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I couldn’t wait any longer. I’ve been dying to get stuck into this lovely book by the wonderful @regretteruane.bsky.social for a while now, so I moved it 47 places up my physical TBR pile and I’m going in. 📚💙 #books

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Lombok, Indonesia - full of the nicest, most apparently content people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting - a joy 😊

Current read 📚💙

Wow ⚽️. My nerves are shredded. #lionesses

My latest read. Priestley’s utterly brilliant travelogue of his 1931 trip around England. Fascinating, wise and remarkably prescient - social history at its finest. 📚💙#books

Noah (17) has had his pencils out again. 1.5 hrs. No art at school, never had a lesson, and prepping to study Maths and Physics at uni next year! This looks pretty decent to me. Thoughts? #art

Well after 30 years on my TBR pile I finally read Middlemarch. Is it the best English novel. IMHO no. But I did really enjoy it. Why is it not at the top of my all-time list? 1. It’s 200 pages too long. 2. Ladislaw is not the man for Dorothea. 3. There is no humour in it at all. Thoughts? 💙📚 #books

Lovely run this morning. Just me and the marmottes. 🏃‍♂️🦫 (yes, that’s a beaver, but there’s no marmotte emoji) #run

Considered by some to be the greatest English novel, Middlemarch has been on my TBR pile for, oh about 32 years give or take. I’m finally going in. Have you read it? Where do is it sit in your all-time list? 📚💙#books

The final Auster 😢. I’ve been putting it off because his novels have been a part of my life since I read NYT as a student 30 odd years ago, and I didn’t want that to end. It’s a long way from his finest work, but it is unmistakably him - and for this reader, this time, that was enough. RIP 📚💙 #books

@nickmacwrites.bsky.social @writersguildgb.bsky.social The ability to write a novel sourced from the day-to-day of ordinary life and produce a story with such shine is no mean feat - yet this is precisely what McLoughlin has done with his debut novel. Slings and Arrows is an excellent read.

It’s that time of year 😊. #peonies #nature #garden

Current read: Pym’s rejected seventh novel. Written in 1962 and sent initially to Cape the following year, it was finally published posthumously some 20 years later. 💙📚 #books #Pym

I’m very much looking forward to this, the next book on my reading list @nickmacwrites.bsky.social - Slings and Arrows, here I come!

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