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Interesting. The @guardian informs us Saudi princes are "exempt from UK immigration controls": http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk... Via @davidleaigh3

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RT @JaneyGodley: am coming to London 16-25th June am closing @ComedyCafeLDN 21/22 June looking for other gigs- thanks

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RT @GarethSouthwell: @juliangough What a gentleman you are, Mr Gough. Thanks for the word out. Soon we shall have everyone kitted out in nihilistic wordsmiths.

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If you want Franz Kafka on your iPhone cover, @GarethSouthwell (of this parish) is the man to talk to: http://society6.com/woodpig...

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Memes like this are immortal. #fivewordTEDtalks

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Husstenhasstencaffincoffintussemtossemdamandamnacosaghcusaghhobixhatouxpeswchbechoscashlcarcarcaract... Excuse me. (PPI: "Gesundheit.")

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Speaking of classic design... The logo for our local bakery is superfine. (Zeit für Brot = Time for Bread.) https://twitter.com/juliang...

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And thank you @ccferrie for reminding me of Pádraic Ó Conaire's Scothscéalta: http://www.johnsbookshop.com/easyedi... (A copy so old it may well be mine.)

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Oh, lovely. Hadn't known this. @STomaselli tells me Flann O'Brien's brother, Mícheál Ó Nualláin, designed 2 of these: http://hitone.wordpress.com/2010...

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Does anyone in publishing with access to Nielsen data know what % of Faber's last "New Irish Short Stories" sales were in Ireland, vs UK?

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And these triff 1970s covers are courtesy the noble @fustar, who knows far more than I about Irish book design: http://hitone.wordpress.com/2010...

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My story (I think I'm allowed say) is set near Berlin, & on the internet, in the near future. So a 1950s Irish schoolbook look startled me.

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RT @Boston2Berlin: @juliangough "Books To Pee On". Won't be picked up "at random" IMHO.

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RT @bglendenning: @juliangough Did you have any specific fecal-brown "Irish" book cover in mind? http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images...

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‏Another ringing endorsement! RT: @spongepaddy Looks a bit bleak and depressing. Better than ould fellas with caps and no teeth though.

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Because most Irish literature is published by English and US houses, the design of Irish books can be a little... Off? Out of date? Odd?

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RT @davidsonjenn: @juliangough Has a definite retro, almost Mad Men-esque vibe. Feels serious, but not necessarily a bad thing either!

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RT @ShirtnTie: @juliangough Reminds me a little of The Soundings cover? Or an Irish textbook like the Táin - like it though! Will be ordering!!

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RT @safarikent: @juliangough Is it a bit overly retro? When was the last the we saw a crane in the city? Or is it lifting the church away? Hard to tell

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Oh, & even if - especially if! - you've never tweeted me, feel free to offer an opinion. (I don't know 4,500 of you.) http://www.juliangough.com/journal...

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Brilliant! Thanks for your feedback. That's quite a reassuring bunch of opinions, actually.

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RT @aoifemcl: @juliangough It doesn't give any clues about the contents, but that's fine. I like the design and I'd be drawn to this in a bookshop

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RT @krady: @juliangough It looks a little Cliff Notes but I guess that's ok.

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I won't jog your elbow by giving my opinion. Just interested in how it comes across to a neutral book-buyer. What kind of book it projects.

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Question I've been meaning to ask: What do you think of the cover of Faber's forthcoming New Irish Short Stories? http://www.juliangough.com/journal...

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The enjoyably complex history of the endless global battle between "Realise" and "Realize": http://grammarist.com/spellin...

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RT @WhatTheBit: Just got fired. I'm apparently "too expensive". This is what I get for having over half a decade of experience. Anyone looking for a writer?

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RT @ContinentSimian: @juliangough Damn this standardisation. I long for a simpler time, when intuition flubrigged anstiparion.

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(Chatting with @ContinentSimian about good old days, before dictionaries & standardised English, when Shakespeare could just make words up.)

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RT @JohnMoynes: @juliangough This explains why nothing I wrote last year makes sense anymore.

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