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Writing books about music, love, London, which will one day see the light of day. Recovering music journalist. Fangirl.

[noah-wyles]

she's the best of us

[theleila]

I’m sure I’ve reblogged this but holy crap Emma Thompson just keeps getting hotter (and swearing at AI increases this hotness).

[theleila]

In which blather on about Joshua Idehen, The Last Dinner Party, Haute & Freddy, The NME, and cutting lots of characters from the current draft of The Book.

theleila july dispatch

sliding in at the end of the month...

[velvetcloak]

Letter coat by SCAD Student Designer Riley Flynn

[prettyasapic]

Taskmaster cosplay

[throo]

Wh-what do you mean it’s from a birthday cake

[throo]

We could have been eating him

[just-french-me-up]

the urge to write is like a cat meowing for dear life for someone to open the goddamn door, who then shows utter disinterest in said open door

[alphacrone]

texas giraffe update:

💖 catch me if you can, suckers 💖

[theleila]

Reblog to be found fat and happy.

[florencemachines]

Costume appreciation series: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) dir Stephan Elliott

Costume Design by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner

[robertreich]

Abolish ICE.

[carpe-mamilia]

One million pounds to the writer of this caption in the Guardian please

[penny-anna]

what the hell is going on

[penny-anna]

i believe in you Binface. you can do it. this could be your moment.

[penny-anna]

Please god it would be so funny

[penny-anna]

there is no downside to voting for Count Binface. its not taking away from other candidates bcos they aren't any and the more votes he gets the stupider Farage looks.

[penny-anna]

for people out of the loop:

Nigel Farage is the leader of Reform UK, a far right party who are currently in the process of a serious bid to become the UK government. they are just straight up evil.

Count Binface is an intergalactic space warrior with a bin on his head. he likes to run as a novelty candidate in general and mayoral elections. a big thing he likes to do is run as a candidate against the incumbent prime minister:

(Also pictured: Boris Johnson, Elmo)

Anyway, in brief:

Nigel Farage is currently in the midst of a big scandal about his finances

He has decided to deal with this by 1) making a show of nobly resigning from parliament and then 2) immediately running in the resulting by-election

He has stated that he is letting 'the people' judge his actions and implied that if he wins that will prove that he has been exonerated in the court of public opinion

His goal was presumably to get a big resounding win over the other parties, proving that The People still love him.

the other parties have thus far decided that this is a 'vanity election' and, well, there is one very easy way to ensure that he will not beat any of them, and that is simply not to play.

and as a result the only person who has so far confirmed they are running against him is Count Binface. no matter the outcome this makes Nigel Farage look like, u know, a fucking clown.

[butterflyslinky]

So what happens if Count Binface actually wins? Does he join Parliament? Does he have to take the bin off his face?

[penny-anna]

I've seen some people saying he would have to give up his title but it would seem that is no longer the case as of 1999; so, no, he can keep his ceremonial bin if he wishes.

Important to note also that Count Binface is the alter ego of comedian & political satirist Jon Harvey who seems to be an intelligent individual with reasonable politics. As I said no real downside.

[penny-anna]

The no hats rule clearly does not apply to him. He is not wearing a hat. It's a bin.

[fidelcostco]

can't believe the only options are 30 minutes early or 10 minutes late. if only there were some other way. but what can you do

[mushroom-soup-is-my-religion]

[eroscestlavie]

This just pissed me off so baaaad 😂

[dirkgentlyfan22]

dirk gently is an elle woods variant

[theleila]

[iusedtobecharming-deactivated20]

Do we have a franz kafka diary entry for july 1st, i want to know what he thinks!!!

[rehearsing]

happy too tired July everyone

[theleila]

Oh hey, I’m too tired too!

[theleila]

Me: It’s editing time, bayyybeee!!! Let’s whip this book into shape! First draft, get ready to be torn A-PART!

Also me: I have a brilliant new book idea… a magic world-building celebration of London’s diverse, many-layered history, and The Knowledge. It needs all my attention! And. So. Much. Research!!!

(Y’all come at me with all your cool London neighborhoods by different ethnic populations and/or their cool mythology and magic)

[noah-wyles]

she's the best of us

[vulpes-aestatis]

Baby sphinx trying to be like mama and waylaying travelers, but all its riddles are completely non-sensical like the ones a 1st grader would tell

[thecactifindahome]