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Feb 19Liked by Jane Ratcliffe

We love Mike!!!

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Mike is one of the greats in the Substack community — generous, encouraging, hard-working. Loved reading this.

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Great interview. Thanks for sharing your wisdom Mike.

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Feb 19Liked by Jane Ratcliffe

It’s hilarious as he likes everything I don’t! People are worried about the algorithm right?! 🤣😂🤣

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"A Wizard Of Earthsea" has been my favorite book too since I was 13 years old! I must have read the whole Earthsea cycle at least 57 times.

Great interview.

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Feb 19Liked by Jane Ratcliffe

My parents were from Yorkshire. A mate of mine from there told me that when he was little his parents were too poor (or too cheap, more like) to buy him clothes. But for his fourth birthday they bought him a cap so he could look out the window.

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Feb 21Liked by Jane Ratcliffe

just lovely-thanks for sharing..

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Feb 21Liked by Jane Ratcliffe

You never disappoint.

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Feb 21Liked by Jane Ratcliffe

Ugh this was really good. Fuckin sucks

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A real pleasure of a read, thank you. ‘give away some of your best advice entirely for free, no strings attached, to someone who might need it. Just go help, properly’ is very very fine advice

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Another terrific interview. TY, Jane.

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Feb 20Liked by Jane Ratcliffe

"Joyful possibility residing in uncertainty" ✨❤️

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Lovely interview with a lovely man.

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I love this!

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What an excellent interview. There were so many unexpected turns it was delightful, from the parrot to getting fired to embracing the unknown. Thank you so much Mike and Jane.

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Love getting to know the people behind the newsletters I regularly read 😀

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