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Writer. Therapist. Cricketer. Cricket blog -

England, United Kingdom

Joined February 2012

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@NickScribbler

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8 months

Friends, psych colleagues: I have finally managed to publish my first academic paper... do have a read if it's your thing. 'I still haven't found what I'm looking for: Early relational–developmental deficits and the search for repair through the erotic'

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I still haven't found what I'm looking for: Early relational–developmental deficits and the search...

Background This heuristic study explores the client's experience of seeking to repair early relational deficits through their sexual practices, preferences, desires and relationships. Aims The aim...

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6 years

@caitlinmoran Wanting to acknowledge that we've learned a lot in recent times (MeToo etc) and wanting to understand more and change attitudes more but being afeared of being ripped to shit for previous crappiness.

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Bazball is fascinating in that it makes you question what sport is actually all about. Are we comfortable with losers walking off smiling? Does joy outweigh success? If success isn't everything, why are we competing?

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Lovely email that, @Aggerscricket . Beautifully done. My own Dad passed away on 1 June and his digital radio was one of the vital items that always had to be within reach at the hospice (glasses, water, radio). Cricket was always our glue and @bbctms at the heart of it.

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This is very interesting. This is what we need when the likes of Swann, Vaughan, Tuffers etc are on comms - it'd be so much more fascinating than listening to attempts at humour, discussions about dinner, golf etc.

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Some nuggets of genius from Graeme Swann 🙌 Read the full interview: #EnglandCricket #cricket #ESPNcricinfo

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@tommo_tv @VinehallSchool Cringe. Not only awfully conceived but hideously written. Surely no copywriter involved here. Just someone who went to public school and now teaches at one.

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The British appetite for quietly gleeful schadenfreude in full view on the train as a couple of women who yakked loudly non-stop all journey, including about the rudeness of fellow passengers and the ugliness of other people's babies, miss their stop.

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@DrJessTaylor It's horrible. I can't stop looking at those poor kids and wondering what they're thinking and what they're learning about their own importance.

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@JamesAHogg2 Magnificent. You can tell it's Victoria Wood from the wonderful wordplay and the rhythm of the speech. It's like she took Alan Bennett and turned it up to 11.

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@caitlinmoran Reading this thread has been an interesting exercise. I entered it cynically and exited it feeling the warmth of these comments and somewhat cheered. I think there's an element of 'Ah, so people do notice.'

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4 years

@TVpsychologist Whether you're right or wrong (prob the latter - you're not their psych, you're just looking on through the media prism), you chose to publish an article read by millions and which will be to the detriment of the people involved. It's awful and brings psych into disrepute.

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Kids, this is all it takes to make your Dad feel great and important in your lives. Keep asking him.

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Delighted to see the @hantscricket v @Gloscricket @CountyChamp match brings together Hammond and Organ. I expect both sides to pull out all the stops.

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@wmarybeard Oh, this makes me so cross. You make interesting programmes and are generous and civil on twitter and you get this in return.

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@Baddiel Couldn't get past 'passive attack' and thinking this is what Massive Attack called themselves when they couldn't be arsed.

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@RevRichardColes I hope the producers ended it with 'Thanks Richard, it's in the can'.

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@alexandrakuri Main takeaway from this tweet is the outstandingly pleasing use of the word walloping as a pejorative modifier.

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4 years

This is a video of terrible beauty.

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Almost every type of dropped catch [dolly] imaginable in one video. We particularly enjoyed the penultimate one. 🤣 Enjoy!

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@LizJonesGoddess @caitlinmoran @LucyMangan Is this an elaborate way to gather material for a column? "I was the victim of a Twitter pile-on and all I did was make a simple statement straight out of my arse." Then lefties, Brexit, Rule Britannia, migrant invasion, is Diana really alive etc.

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@Jessicae13Eaton Yes. And this must start at home and in the classroom. Laugh at a child's question and it shames them into not asking again. Every child's every question should be take seriously. This is a biggie for me. Don't know why we think we can laugh at kids for not knowing.

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@robjeffecology @PippyG82 @scottygb I think they can be both!

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@PhilMitchell83 @TonyGal01205164 @x_TaraS_x @BACP Phil, I don't want you to stand up for me, a man, in this way. You can't improve things for a whole gender by making life worse for one child. She needs looking after. Her views won't have been magicked up out of nowhere.

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@DanRebellato Beautiful. I had the same with my 13 y.o. daughter the other evening. Doesn't happen much these days so I lay there wondering how to absorb as much of the feeling as possible.

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@rossj80 @Aggerscricket @ECB_cricket @bbc5live Please make this the right answer.

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@RevRichardColes 'OK, that's a wrap'.

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2 years

After considerable research, I can confirm that 2:20 mins of Viv Richards batting is the very best way to start the day.

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7 years

@FredBoycott Seriously, you're going to be this person...? Stick to the comedy tweets about nets.

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2 years

@AdamRutherford £5 surcharge for the paper cut please sir.

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5 years

I'm going to put you down as a 'Maybe'.

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You think I give a shit about "their" anger?! My anger is as fucking deep as the universe is wide. My wrath will be as harsh as the surface of the sun. You are stealing my childrens future. You can fuck the fuck off and so can they.

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@ZoeParamour I think it's right. Based on the cabinet, fairly likely they only have one friend but that friend will have several homes.

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6 years

I think this is the funniest thread I've ever read on Twitter. Yer actual LOLs and tears. It just keeps on giving.

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Accidentally said "Many thank you" to a woman in a shop.

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Well. After many barren years, I managed 97 today and am relieved to know I still have it in me. Much obliged to my extraordinarily supportive team mates at @WaltonOnTrentCC . I will spend the next few days reliving each shot and planning my assault on 2021.

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@AatifNawaz She's miles out. If this gets batters to stay in their crease, great. Then we won't have to talk about it any more. This is an uncomfortable reset period because yes, this does look ugly - but soon batters will stay put, bowlers will stop searching for it and we'll all carry on.

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5 years

Last night, I attended the @WisdenAlmanack dinner as writing competition winner - a wonderful experience. With the permission of @the_topspin , I have published the winning piece on my blog. (If you've got the yellow book, it's on p85!)

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2 years

What do we think - Woakes and Fisher out, Robinson and Parkinson in for the third test?

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4 years

@sixchannelsnd @peterdaou @KeyDecision1 Remind me which crimes have an on-the-spot sentence of being groped then beaten while standing still?

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I have arrived home after my first long spell of bowling (10 overs straight off) after a 10-month layoff, at the age of 47. The involuntary noises coming from me with every movement are just another level.

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@BBCWomansHour @DrJessTaylor @RVT9 That was lively... Very odd interviewing at times - abundantly clear that @Emmabarnett disagrees. But absolute clarity from Dr Taylor and plenty of food for thought for everyone.

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From this month's excellent @WisdenCricket , a look at Derbyshire ahead of the season. Includes some timely views on the 18-county debate - "I get very frustrated when the club is seen as disposable...in fact, as club captain it's hurtful.' Billy Godleman. 1/2

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This longish read is really excellent on the theory behind the mystery that is 'how does therapy work?' It applies more to psychodynamic/relational-developmental approaches but it's really very clear on explaining some of the theory.

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@NoContextBrits I really enjoyed this the first time I saw it this morning when @dank_ackroyd came up with the idea.

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5 years

@Baddiel Have you folded that paper mischievously or has Sterling had some work done?

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@Baddiel REES-MOGG. Laudanum.

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@RevRichardColes Very nice. They really ought to have invited you too.

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@TheCricketerMag He bowled some beauties for sure but I lost count of the number of genuine half-volleys Cook patted back in that footage. Can't see Rohit and friends being so kind... Lots of potential though, so let's hope I'm as wrong with this as I have been with everything in the Stokes era.

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@Ed_Dorrell Ah, the little extras....or 'teachers' as they used to be known.

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@DrJessTaylor "Anyway, isn’t it the biggest compliment to anyone to be wanted instead of needed?" Yes. And how at odds with our current romantic love tropes. 'You complete me' culture is damaging to pretty much everyone - except greetings card makers and wedding venues.

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@Ben_Wisden This is the kind of thing that makes you a dangerously influential cricket writer.

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4 years

Well. Six years. Began to think I'd never see the finish line but here we are. Lordy, that was a hell of a ride.

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@GeorgeDobell1 😄😄 We used to have a similar neighbour. It was only after a few weeks of being in equal parts annoyed and impressed by his stamina that we realised he was single but with an extensive DVD collection.

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@Jessicae13Eaton Yes. I can't remember a time when political leadership was so abysmal across the board.

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@theanalyst @BenDuckett1

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7 years

@RevRichardColes Good. But it does mean yr Twitter will go ballistic & we'll have to share you. We'll talk of how we followed you before you hit the big time

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3 years

Can't remember the last time I was genuinely blown away by a novel. Even if 'astonishing', 'spectacular' etc on the blurb. Not to say they haven't been enjoyable - but never quite as good as the hype. I'd love to know what novels have genuinely astonished/delighted people?

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5 years

@parmarlfc @claranellist @dougienisbet @jack_in_labour @YannisGourtso @emilymoonlight Thesaurus for Christmas?

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@KP24 Oh, come on. 1. County cricket has been having a belting season. 2. Stokes is in a different class. Are you sure you didn’t bang your head when you fainted at the sight of the left arm spinner coming on?

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@henrymoeranBBC It's known as an Infinihit. The umpire makes this signal above his head and the players resign themselves to spending the rest of their lives on the field of play. The Infinihit is sponsored by Sisyphus Bouldering Services.

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3 years

Ha-ha. Magnificent!

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Whooops 😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

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Ah, cricket. I think I may have just taken my first hat-trick today (my memory's too bad and the I've been playing too long to be sure) and I bowled, by and large, like a buffoon. But I got it, and we won.

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Finally got round to reading this with the time and attention it deserves. An excellent piece - and reassuring to therapists when sometimes you feel you're not 'doing' enough - actually you are 'being ' enough.

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There's something quite magnificent about this.

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@jeffsimmermon Cyplops.

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I am reminded that this day five years ago was one the most special days of my life...

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@marit_cmarit @DrJessTaylor You give them too much credit. It's pure, vile abuse. Hard to believe until you read it. There is no engagement on any issues in the (not yet released) book.

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2 years

Looking forward to Stuart calling back any batsman who gets caught off a filthy inadvertent long-hop; or is accidentally run out from a straight drive; or caught by keeper off short leg's back; or stumped off a clueless keeper's pads; or is LBW when a crap ball pitches and shoots

@StuartBroad8

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So the Mankad is no longer unfair & is now a legitimate dismissal. Hasn’t it always been a legitimate dismissal & whether it is unfair is subjective? I think it is unfair & wouldn’t consider it, as IMO, dismissing a batter is about skill & the Mankad requires zero skill.

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@emmajd81 @mrjakehumphrey I guess I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

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5 years

This is excellent. Can anyone think of another sport having a world cup that would benefit from this kind of massive exposure to inspire the next generation of players and spectators?

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England v Scotland record viewing .. “peak of 6.1m watching on tv and 37.8% share of available audience making it the UK’s most watched women’s football game of all time.”

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@MOxlonge @Nekrotikk @HollySaynor1 @Hermesparcels Well, that was a welcome end to your exchange of disagreeing tweets. Bravo.

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@SdPerumal @Therapists_C I don't think this is complicated: the answer is yes. The more interesting question is, why would they think they couldn't?

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@Jessicae13Eaton Horrendous. Unthinkable until you see it. Also so sad that the tiny spark of joy and playfulness she was trying to hold on to has been eradicated in a moment and probably for good. Very upsetting.

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@DrJessTaylor Sometimes we confuse strong with invincible, so it's a shock when we're reminded that the strong ones are still human, still have vulnerabilities and still get hurt. We should remember this in all our dealings with everyone, no matter how impervious they may sometimes seem.

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@guardian Well, that under-delivered to an impressive level.

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@TheCricketerMag It's called the 'pretend that edge was deliberate' shot.

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@Pandamoanimum 🤮 Horrendous. I'd never have a relationship with someone who didn't use the subjunctive on their twee bathroom wall witticisms.

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@oldandrewuk The Head's responses to the pile-on have been remarkable. Extremely impressive.

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@janemerrick23 Or 'The mothership' as my wife calls it... this would also be her dream vaccination location. Probably need about four hours in there for recovery... (Her work below)

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@DrJessTaylor These pics are so disturbing.

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@JohnHarrison30 @caitlinmoran Good of you to even it up a bit though mate.

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@Positivteacha @Chris_Newman91 @DrJessTaylor Another element that makes this hard for men - IMHO - is that although this allyship requires us to speak up at times, it also requires us to shut up a lot of times. This is hard when we are used to having our voices heard and our ego stroked. We want our absence to be noticed.

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I was very pleased to be asked to write about my home county for @WisdenCricket magazine. It seems particularly relevant not just with the county season around the corner but also with the old 18-county debate firing up again - something I address in the piece.

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@robelinda2 Great stuff. How was the LB not given?!

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@bowdie Really, 'get some cool running water on that burn for 20 mins'. I accept that this may have compromised the sharpness of the tweet.

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@jonathanliew Very pleased to read this. Whether three minutes or three years later, getting together to talk is (almost) always the thing to do. Well played you two.

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@NHoultCricket FFS. No, cheers @englandcricket , I really feel like my support of the England men's team, getting up and staying up at all hours for the Ashes etc, has been amply rewarded by your dropping of England's best two bowlers.

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@JacobLunn11 Your tweets remind me of that joyous period, aged 14-21 or thereabouts, when I managed to find a game to play nearly every day of the week! Enjoy all these games.

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@FollowingFX @Sime0nStylites TBH, they're pretty cool with it (the funds, not the complaint). The autonomy is worth it.

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@BeckyBarnesB 😁That looks like my MP, Heather Wheeler. Absolutely zero chance she'd have the gumption to speak up like Theresa May did.

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@JamesL1927 Wow. From zero to 😢 in 2 mins. Hell of a performance.

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Well, this is exciting - a mere 33 years after I last represented my county (U17s), I will do so again this week.

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v Notts @StainsbyHallCC 24/5 - 1pm Banks @IlkestonRutland Cassar ex @DerbyshireCCC Wall @SheffieldColCC Brear @spondoncc Wood @StainsbyHallCC Bolstridge @DarleyDaleCC Kettlewell @ElvastonCC Azhar Ali Campion @WaltonOnTrentCC Tallis @StainsbyHallCC Raf Ali @DerbyCongsCC

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@deathofbuckley BootTruss BootTruss Gnarly

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@stigmainthebin I would say, though, that there really should be things on a therapist's website that some people like and others really don't. This means the therapist is being authentic and the client has a better chance of finding a good match.

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I don’t think I’ve ever done a thread before but…THREAD… As a school governor and as a parent, I would recommend all parents read the government guidelines - - about the return to school.1/

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@AdamRutherford No EMF? That's Unbelievable.

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Good grief - I've just been reading Goodnight Mr Tom to my youngest, then I read this beautiful tweet! 😭

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The Boy Noah had us collecting treasure on the beach but the real treasure was the day itself which will sing in my memory for a long, long time.

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Picking up 13 y.o. daughter from rehearsals: Her: I got to try on my nun costume today. Me: Oh, that's a good habit to get into! Her: Me: Her: 🙄 Me: 😬 Her: Please don't ever make that joke again. Me: *Drives her to her next activity.

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@Jaimi_Shrive @DrJessTaylor Yep. This 'world of work' shtick is so antiquated and snobby. Some kids should turn up in overalls and hi-vis and say they're preparing for the world of work.

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@GeorgeDobell1 Oh. That's a shame for Robinson and distinctly unadventurous from England. Presume the deck must have some grass on it. I look forward to Overton's 27-6-51-1.

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@RevRichardColes Ah, the Dot Cotton years.

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Poor old Curtis Campher -he wasn't up for that interview. The way his face changed at the end of it and a 'I got through that by the skin of my teeth' exhalation. Whatever's happened, it makes his knock all the more remarkable.

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@AdamRutherford @AnnieRothNews Is there a finer way to start a Thursday morning than setting A Rutherford off on one of his favourite specialist subjects. NB Please do Mastermind on this.

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@DrJessTaylor @BBCNews I don't think that headline lasted for long. This is it now:

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