Martin Veitch @Martin_V

Freelance writer, speaker etc, mostly on tech. Bob Dylan, (mostly English) literature, changing London, Spanish travel & culture, classic pubs. London and Zoom Joined May 2008

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🇭🇷 @luka_thfc

4 months ago

KINSKY IS PLAYING TOMORROW

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Martin Veitch @Martin_V

4 months ago

@blusea33 @dieworkwear Old Town.

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5 months ago

@amwilson_opera Bob Dylan: Chronicles.

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5 months ago

@djtaylorwriter *Thirladean*, I suppose.

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@MirandaFrance1 @TheTLS Yes. But... (as well as the sound cats make) Miau is the acronym for the main character's four-point reform plans for his ministry, IIRC, so I'm guessing the new translation finds a way around that. Can't recall but I assume there's also a feline link to his character?

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9 months ago

@MirandaFrance1 @TheTLS Bold move to go Miaow over the Penguin Classics' Miau?

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Run Geordie Run 🌏🌎🌍🏃🏻 @rungeordierun

11 months ago

It took me 174 days of running across the USA to raise for charity what Isak earns in a week for not training/playing. That’s a tough one to reconcile. #nufc

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Martin Veitch @Martin_V

2 years ago

Suella Braverman's excuse for sending government documents to her personal email account is technologically challenged. Split-screen software function on a large screen or adding a second physical screen would have worked just as well.

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2 years ago

I was already aware that I own shirts older than Lamine Yamal. Today, I found a to-do list item that was older than him.

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2 years ago

I just saw this sickening news about the best football journalist since Brian Glanville and it's another kick in the shins. People mock the 'mainstream media' but good luck understanding this world without excellent writing, deep domain knowledge and editors who care.

Henry Winter @henrywinter

2 years ago

Some personal news: I’m leaving @thetimes @TimesSport⁩. Been made redundant. I’ve loved my eight years there, great people, I thank them for the platform and I leave as current @SportSJA and @WeAreTheFSA Football Journalist of the Year 👍

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Martin Veitch @Martin_V

2 years ago

Clearly, the editing of the Royal Family portrait is the greatest new story of our time. I only wish the mainstream media could pursue it in more forensic detail.

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2 years ago

@ndboulton 'Slightly foxed' as book dealers say, but it's the thought that counts...

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3 years ago

@LeeNugent I can forgive everything our AI overlords do to us but I draw the line at four-person chess.

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3 years ago

"Some followers live in private group homes, where they can brainstorm ideas, engage in philosophical debates and relax playing a four-person variant of chess known as Bughouse." Odd sentence in an otherwise fascinating story re. OpenAI's equally odd week. wsj.com/tech/ai/openai…

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3 years ago

Dominic 'Potemkin' Cummings is one of those people who uses words/references that others in the meeting won't understand so they all have to Google them. Classic British pass.-agg. meeting behaviour.

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3 years ago

Four excellent tickets for Lloyd Cole in Newcastle on Friday - shout if you're interested.

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Martin Veitch @Martin_V

3 years ago

Sad to hear the wonderful India Club on the Strand is closing. File near classic dead caffs such as the New Piccadilly, Centrale, Lorelei, Presto, & Gaby's Deli. Add pubs like the Pillars of Hercules & Carlisle Arms. Call those files The Last of London and fear for the future.