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edwardian-girl-next-door · 1 month

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Tuesday, March 28th, 1933

"It is the finest spring ever known -- soft, hot, blue, misty."

~ Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary

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the-cricket-chirps · 5 months

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Nancy Cunard

Cecil Beaton, 1927

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desdasiwrites · 6 months

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– Neil Gaiman, Coraline

#book quote of the day #neil gaiman #coraline #coraline jones #halloween reads #halloween book recs #horror #middle grade novels #novellas #British author #award winning books #book recommendations

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 9 months

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#Aldous Huxley #quotes #quote #text #hell #my gif #gifs #my edit #gif #existential crisis #memento mori #reflection #British author #Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell

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sassafrasmoonshine · 4 months

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Maxfield Parrish (American, 1870-1966) • The Man on the Moon • Bookplate for Dream Days; Section: A Departure) by Kenneth Grahame • c. 1898 • Oil on board

"As we turned to go, the man in the moon, tangled in elm boughs, caught my eye for a moment ".

Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame (British, 1859-1932) • John Lane, London and New York, Publishers • 1898

Source: Project Guttenberg e-book

#illustration #art #illustrator #maxfield parrish #american illustrator #fine art illustration #bookplate illustration #late 1800s illustration #kenneth grahame #project gutenberg #man on the moon #sassafras and moonshine blog #illustration art #british author #dream days

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vavandeveresfan · 4 months

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Happy birthday, Sherlock Holmes!

The only Sherlock for me is the perfect casting of Jeremy Brett. And the perfect Watson will for me always be Edward Hardwicke.

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Happy birthday, Holmes!

#Sherlock Holmes #Sherlock Holmes' birthday #Holmes and Watson #Dr. John Watson #Jeremy Brett #Edward Hardwicke #Arthur Conan Doyle #happy 170th birthday Holmes #sleuth #amateur detective #mystery #mysteries #British author #British character

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unabashedqueenfury · 6 months

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Reign 2013-2017/04-16

Mary and Francis

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nazirya · 6 days

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On the subject of the 8th Letter, Screwtape writes to his pupil the mechanisms of God's Will.

✒️"Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon the universe from which every trace of him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."

Screwtape teaches a devil how to tempt a human soul. Referring to God as the Enemy who also tempts his will upon humans, they must act when the soul desperately seeks a blessing in the absence of God,

▫️"Sooner or later He withdraws,. leaves the creature to stand up on its own legs. .it is during the peak periods that it is growing into the sort of creature he wants it to be. Hence, the prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please him best."

In the time of unanswered prayers- should the devil do best in cauterizing one's faith and sealing the human's virtue as it's accursed own,

📍"Our goal is the absorption of its will into ours, the increase of our own area of selfhood at its expense."

L.VII

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hjellacott · 1 year

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J. K. Rowling's works in chronological order.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997. (The Harry Potter Series Book 1)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1998. (The Harry Potter Series Book 2)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999. (The Harry Potter Series Book 3)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000. (The Harry Potter Series Book 4)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2001. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Quidditch Through the Ages, 2001. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003. (The Harry Potter Series Book 5)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005. (The Harry Potter Series Book 6)

The first it girl: J. K. Rowling reviews Decca: the letters by Jessica Mitford, 2006. (The Daily Telegraph article)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007. (The Harry Potter Series Book 7)

The fringe benefits of failure, and the importance of imagination, 2008. (Harvard Magazine article)

Harry Potter prequel, 2008. (A short story, Wizarding World Supplement)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, 2008. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Gordon Brown - the 2009 time 100, 2009. (Time magazine article)

The single mother's manifesto, 2010. (The Times article)

The Casual Vacancy, 2012. (First non Wizarding World novel)

I feel duped and angry at David Cameron's reaction to Leveson, 2012. (The Guardian article)

The Cuckoo's Calling, 2013. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 1)

The Silkworm, 2014. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 2)

Isn't it time we left orphanages to fairytales? 2014. (The Guardian article)

Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and Importance of Imagination, 2015. (Non-Fiction)

Career of Evil, 2015. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 3)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, theatre play premiering in 2016.

Short stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists, 2016. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Short stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies, 2016. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Hogwarts: An incomplete and unreliable guide, 2016. (Wizarding World Supplement)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016. (Screenplay)

Lethal White, 2018. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 4)

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, 2018. (Screenplay)

A love letter to Europe: an outpouring of love and sadness from our Writers, Thinkers and Artists, 2019. (Non-fiction, co-authored)

Troubled Blood, 2020. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 5)

The Ickabog, 2020. (First non-Harry Potter children's book)

The Christmas Pig, 2021. (Second non-Harry Potter children's book)

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, 2022. (Screenplay)

The Ink Black Heart, 2022. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 6)

The Running Grave, 202?. (The Cormoran Strike Series Book 7).

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quaintrelledragicorn · 8 months

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A vulgar word, well placed and said with just enough vigour, can express far more than its polite equivalent.

Pip Williams, Dictionary of Lost Words

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iancumminsauthor · 1 year

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Time Travel Theories

I believe that most people, if asked, would say that time travel is impossible. Thankfully that has not stopped people from reading countless books and watching numerous films and television shows based on the possibility. Just imagine a world without ‘Doctor Who’ or ‘Back to the Future’.

The reasons that people don’t believe it’s possible include well-known issues like ‘The Grandfather Paradox’ and ‘The Butterfly Effect’.

The Grandfather Paradox asks what would happen if you went back in time and killed your grandfather when he was a child. If you did that, you could therefore have never been born, and so could not travel back in time to kill him. It’s difficult to get around that one but the paradox is illustrated well in The Time Traveler’s Wife (the author, Audrey Niffenegger, is American – hence the spelling).

The Butterfly Effect originates from the principle that the smallest change in events can have far-reaching effects in the future. In particular that the flapping of the wings of a butterfly could affect the path of a tornado. So, any actions that a time traveller takes will influence future events.

But recent research at the Los Alamos Laboratory and the University of Queensland has demonstrated that, in the quantum realm, there is no butterfly effect. Apparently, quantum bits travel back in time and correct themselves. So, there is no butterfly effect and time automatically corrects itself. You can read more about this here.

No, I don’t understand it either. But I do recognise that my life has been significantly influenced by seemingly random events that have placed me in a particular place at a particular time, and that if I had not been there, my life would have been significantly changed. Such events, since the release of a certain film, have come to be known as ‘Sliding Doors’ moments.

I visualise it in terms of a river. If I divert part of the river, it will have an effect for a certain distance. But eventually, the river will resume its path. A vast simplification – but it will have to do for now.

So that’s my justification for putting so much time and effort into writing a book based on time travel.

It’s called “My Time Again – A Time Travel Novel” and you can find out more, read a sample or even order a copy online.

#time travel #paradox #butterfly effect #sliding doors #grandfather paradox #time river #doctor who #back to the future #time traveler's wife #my time again #time travel books #what if #new novel #kindle books #paperback #british authors #british author #new books #fiction

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edwardian-girl-next-door · 6 months

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"There was an emptiness about the heart of life;"

~ Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway

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the-cricket-chirps · 5 months

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Cecil Beaton, Nancy Cunard, 1929

Cecil Beaton, Nancy Cunard, circa 1920s

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desdasiwrites · 11 months

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– Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

#book quote of the day #julia armfield #our wives under the sea #horror #sapphic books #lgbtqia+ literature #cover love #romance #horror romance novel #British author #pride month #book quotes

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thedepartmentofdiscoveries · 1 year

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Toyah Willcox 1984.

Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958) is an English musician, actress, and TV presenter. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Willcox has had eight top 40 singles, released over 20 albums, written two books, appeared in over 40 stage plays and 10 feature films, and voiced and presented numerous television shows.

Between 1977 and 1983, she fronted the band Toyah, before embarking on a solo career in the mid-1980s. At the 1982 BPI/Brit Awards, Toyah was nominated for British Breakthrough Act, and Best Female Solo Artist. Toyah was nominated a further two times in this category in 1983, and in 1984. Her hit singles include "It's a Mystery", "Thunder in the Mountains" and "I Want to Be Free".

#toyah willcox #toyah #1984 #the best of british #british musicians #british musician #punk #post punk #new wave #neo progressive #progressive rock #synth pop #80s #1980s #british singer songwriter #british tv presenter #thespian #british author #eye of horus

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thewondermentofillustration · 1 year

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Alek Sass (1878-1922) - Muted Strings, The Lone Hand.Vol. 5 No. 27 (1 July 1909)

#Alek Sass #Alexander Willams #Australian illustrator #illustration #vintage illustration #1900s #1909 #poems #Habberton Lulham #British author #bohemian #pen and ink

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