FIFA now saying that the USA will play an over-60s side from Uttoxeter** in the ⚽️ World Cup final. All other matches declared void. **who won’t pass ESTA criteria

It's like a conversation, where no-one stops to breathe

Got a sweet potato, spinach and paneer curry on the hob, which smells delicious but needs another 30 mins. So having a bit of an ale and listening to new music daily.

Packaged up a copy for a very special person: my Godmother, Maureen. She’s 96, and I wish I had 25% of her energy and joie de vivre.

Good morning, people in my phone. A blank screen that somehow matches my mind. Enjoy whatever this week entails. Try to be good, please.

Just thinking that the last time I wasn’t able to watch an England World Cup match it was the 1966 final. So let’s call that a good omen.

What shall we call these snow leopard cubs?

Kind of ironic that whatever company this is almost certainly espouses AI in all its forms, yet hasn’t got a setting on that AI that says “forget it, lads, the old fool isn’t picking up”.

Reviews are great and I’m grateful for every one I’ve ever had. It’s also great to get direct messages from people who have loved or who are loving my work. Here are two that made my day #BookSky #shortstories

@visionsofjojo.bsky.social please remind me of the 🍎 TV show you raved about… 🙏

An MA in Creative Writing is beyond many these days for many reasons but how to find out what to study to become a better writer? Join @andrewwille.bsky.social and me on 7th September and we will give you all the ingredients of a DIY MA. Link here. Please share.

Hello.

My country twice voted a rapist, racist, facist, murderer and thief into power. He pardons criminals for bribes, sells our allies out to the benefit of our enemies and at least 30% of this country thinks that this is fine. I will spend the day mourning.

Me: My pal just published a thing! Bk Club Friend: Would I like it? Me: Yes. Short stories, spanning 100 yrs. Lots of dialogue between engaging characters. Clever structure. Beautifully tender moments. Angst and anger. Love set against hatred. Politics and personalities. Reader, she borrowed it.

Well look here 😁🥰📖 @nigelstewartbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Whoop, whoop! Look what the postie brung! 😊

When you're giving the footie a miss. This arrived today. Big fan of @nigelstewartbooks.bsky.social

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Fondly remembering Brian Clough calling Poland’s keeper “that clown” in 73/4.

What time is the Belgium match?

That was well defended. And a near post nightmare. Fucking hell.

Haven’t switched on yet but getting this out of my system early. Oh shut the fuck up Shearer.

Finished a proof-read and critical appraisal of one of my old novels. It’s next up for re-publication, probably in late July. Took three pretty full days, but fixed typos, mistakes and continuity errors. Next step… order a physical proof. It’s called Secrets We Hide From Ourselves. #BookSky

Good morning, July. I’ve been reading about you and learned that you’re named after Julius Caesar but were previously called Quintillus - the 5th month in the Roman Calendar. Your birthstone is the Ruby; your birth flowers are Larkspur and Water Lily; and, on the 7th it is World Chocolate Day.

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Watching Nigella Lawson, who’s in Italy. Am whipping myself into a Firenze.

Got the IoW Cure set on again and Pictures of You came on, as did all the memories of a much missed friend whose death prompted so much of what I wrote in Colouring In.

A carver chair from my grandparents’ dining furniture. My ma told me it’s from the 1930s

They’re even having #hydrationbreaks in the tennis now. What is going on?

Took out a £1 for 3 months sub on The Times and it has a Photo of Day feature. This was my favourite. Smiles like this are always winners here at Casa Nigello.

Share a random film GIF 🎥

#BookSky #Prize Win a signed copy of Small Scenes in the Scheme of Things. The last story has a lyric: “You’re always tryna see yourself, through the eyes of someone else, too shy to say that you need help, you and everybody else.” What song? Who by? (Will need a post address)

Good Morning, I suppose.

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Time I wasn’t here. 💤

Good game that. Proper contest by teams playing to win. Excellent.

They’re not wearing gloves, Lee

Hmmmm.

“Oh fuck it’s on ITV” is becoming one of my most frequent #worldcup outbursts.

What’s it like inside your head?

I love recipes that say “mix everything well with your hands”.

Just a heads up #BookSky

Good morning, from the Antarctic Wastes of my manor. 🥶

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Gordon Ramsay advertising Uber Eats. The deepest and darkest of kitchen nightmares.