Adam Roberts
arrroberts
A lot of gloom on my lefty-peeps timeline this morning, for obvious (UK political) reasons. But I’m more optimistic, at least medium term. I don’t see we’re facing another generation
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My 13-yo son and I invented a new type of chess last night. Starting board: he white, me black, black to move first. The rules: White to mate within 20
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This is the Royal Navy armoured frigate HMS Agincourt, launched 1865. She had five masts capable of full sail, a steam-driven propellor, and her hull was covered with 5-inch thick
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From Wikipedia's entry on "Locked Room Mysteries". I'm guessing: suicide, made to look like murder for the insurance. The gun was on a string threaded through the transom, and an
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Honestly, for two pins I'd write any of these titles. And for four pins I'd write them all.
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I threaded about Labour and anti-Semitism earlier this year. I can't hand-on-heart say that what's happened since means I'd write a different thread today. I wish I could.https://twitter.com/arrroberts/status/1098151465070268416 I know
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