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John Haines
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Chartered Civil Engineer (retired), London, Military History, Wargames, Guide and Trustee for the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. AKA JustsomeguyJohn. "If you're always curious, you'll never be bored." Vincent Price.
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I hope you've read Jacqueline Reiter's post on my blog this week. 'Quicksilver Captain', her biography of Sir Home Popham. Jacqueline also writes excellent fiction. A short story of hers is included in 'Tales of Empire', - FREE next week from 1st to 5th October. mybook.to/TalesofEmpire

Amazon.com: Tales of Empire: Four stories by authors exploring Britain's Age of Empire eBook : Williams, Tom, Vanner, Antoine, Hampson, Penny , Reiter, Jacqueline : Books
Amazon.com: Tales of Empire: Four stories by authors exploring Britain's Age of Empire eBook : Williams, Tom, Vanner, Antoine, Hampson, Penny , Reiter, Jacqueline : Books

Amazon.com: Tales of Empire: Four stories by authors exploring Britain's Age of Empire eBook : Williams, Tom, Vanner, Antoine, Hampson, Penny , Reiter, Jacqueline : Books

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Given that I've recently seen pictures on social media showing vampires dressed for an evening of dance, I've blogged about my tango-dancing vampire hero from 'Something Wicked' - the original and still the best. tomwilliamsauthor.co.uk/something-wi...

Something Wicked
Something Wicked

I saw a picture somewhere on social media posted by an author who is writing their first vampire book. I can’t find it now, but it showed a couple (presumably vampires) in a dance hold. It will be ...

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The GBeebies account is now blocked by over 6000 people. With a little bit of effort, they could end up in the top 20 list of blocked accounts! Only need about 8000 blockers to get there! Now there's an effort with making.

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Probably time to renew #ProofofCat

Two cats, next to each other on a table. One is ginger and white, one tabby and white.
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IT IS TIME The man looked up from his beach chair. "Really?" He said. "I've only just retired." Death held up a timer. A single grain was about to fall. And then... It didn't. CURIOUS Vetinari shrugged. "I've only just discovered drinks with little umbrellas. I'll let it fall in a bit" 1/17

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John Venn was born OTD in 1834. 🧪 #HistSTM

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[Someone writes book that confirms your suspicions about something] "This person is an expert. The matter is now settled, exactly as I suspected" [Someone writes a book that challenges suspicions about same thing] "YOU JUST WANT MONEY! YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED! EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS IRRELEVANT!"

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another good one:

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John Haines
@johnhaines.bsky.social
Chartered Civil Engineer (retired), London, Military History, Wargames, Guide and Trustee for the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. AKA JustsomeguyJohn. "If you're always curious, you'll never be bored." Vincent Price.
120 followers152 following165 posts