I am still on the Twitter. Handy for work and shit. Recently posted about spare tickets I had for an Arsenal Women match in case any of my 'Twitter friends' could use them. Received five requests, all from people who followed me after the tweet, most of whom just seem to RT competition entries.

A new song from Press Club is a thing to celebrate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_bB...

PRESS CLUB - CHAMPAGNE & NIKES [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

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I had delayed watching Kinds of Kindness till it was available to stream because a) it is nearly 3 hours long and b) I got the sense from reviews that it wasn't all that good. Turns out to be hilarious and, for me, the best Yorgos movie since Dogtooth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOL...

KINDS OF KINDNESS | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures

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The CMAT episode of Take 5 is every bit as good as you'd hope. Her passion for the songs she chooses is highly infectious. (For the uninitiated, Take 5 is an Australian radio show were guests, often musicians, are asked to pick five songs on a specific theme.) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Irish singer CMAT has been taking the world by storm - ABC listen

Irish singer CMAT has been taking the world by storm. Shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize and counting Elton John as a fan, her country-twinged songs capture heartbreak with a healthy dose of humo...

An eleven-page contract just to speak at a university for one hour seems entirely reasonable and not a waste of my time at all. Likewise the promise in that contract that I'll be automatically enrolled in a government-approved pension scheme at some later stage.

Was thoroughly charmed by this nostalgic weekend read, The Old Powder Line by Richard Parker, a children's novel from 1971. A teenage trainspotter boards a steam train from a platform that shouldn't be there and goes back in time. The author then plays around with timey-wimey stuff in a clever way.

Although I had no part in editing Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O'Neill, I did publish it in the UK, and it is without question one of the finest books I worked on during my career in the book world. So I am more than a little chuffed to see it on this list. theconversation.com/best-austral...

Best Australian books of the 21st century: as chosen by 50 experts

We were dismayed to see no Australians on the New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century – so, with the help of 50 experts, we created our own, all-Australian list. You can have your say, too!

If you get the opportunity to see My Favourite Cake, grab it, just as you would with actual cake. What, at first, appears to be a rather sweet film about a widow finding love later in life reveals itself to also be a subversive commentary on the Iranian regime. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN-h...

MY FAVOURITE CAKE | Official UK [HD] Trailer - In Cinemas 13 September

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