Etienne @EtienneJS

Art historian. Edinburgher. No gravitas. Lover of Amsterdam, Montreal Canadiens, fantasy fiction, Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling and various Breugels. Edinburgh, Scotland Joined May 2016

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Etienne @EtienneJS

a month ago

What on Earth is the world coming to when you can't rely on England to bottle a penalty shootout?

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To celebrate completing The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions. Winner selected randomly from entries across my social media. Just retweet & you're in!

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5 months ago

Watching my Canadiens from Edinburgh, Scotland #nhlnshowcase

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Etienne @EtienneJS

6 months ago

“Oh Christ. What has Trump posted now?”

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10 months ago

The Lyceum theatre not fucking about and promising no quarter will be given.

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10 months ago

The only things that can defeat my noise cancelling headphones are jet engines, bagpipes and, as I discovered today, Spanish people talking at ‘normal’ volume.

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Etienne @EtienneJS

11 months ago

My friend wee Bob - or Dr. Robert Fell to give him his Sunday name - is having a book launch next Friday (25th) at 4pm in the Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile. I'm reliably informed there will be a bar Do pop along if you're in town and have an interest in folklore.

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12 months ago

I've spent years having 'gunshots fired in my vicinity'. I've yet to release a press announcement about it.

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Etienne @EtienneJS

a year ago

Oh, thank the lord. I was worried that the BBC may spend all of their time on the two teams actually playing in this match but here's the obligatory and jarring England segment. Phew. #CROITA

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Etienne @EtienneJS

a year ago

Okay. So: Germany beat Brazil 7-1 at the World Cup in 2014 so by my reckoning, we're actually more than twice as good as Brazil*. *At the time of typing. #Euros #ScoGer

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Etienne @EtienneJS

a year ago

The biggest lie @facebook ever told.

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a year ago

Found out today that the Kasabian song that I'll sing along to when it pops up on Deezer is in fact called 'Shoot the Runner' and not, as I'd thought previously, 'Shit Piranha'.

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Etienne @EtienneJS

a year ago

Oddly, 18 year olds don't tend to vote as much as angry pensioners with a rose-tinted view of the past do. I do wonder what drove this announcement?

Alex Wickham @alexwickham

a year ago

Oddly, 18 year olds don't tend to vote as much as angry pensioners with a rose-tinted view of the past do. I do wonder what drove this announcement?

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Etienne @EtienneJS

a year ago

Thoughts and condolences to the disposable barbecue and crate of beer-wielding hordes who headed to the Meadows this morning without factoring in the random capriciousness of Scottish weather.