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Results from Twitter UK Blog forOctober 2012

Tweeting the Bond Novels

With the premiere of Skyfall taking place tonight at London’s Royal Albert Hall (@RoyalAlbertHall), Bond fever has hit the UK. In fact, there have been more than one million Bond-related Tweets in the last month alone.Read more…

#XFactor

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When big events happen, they happen on Twitter, and one of the biggest events we see fans coming together and sharing on Saturday and Sunday nights is the X Factor.

The hashtag #XFactor connects conversations about the show together so that fans, critics and celebrities can share their opinions about the show, as it happens.Read more…

Twitter Fiction Festival Open for UK Entries

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Last night at the New York Public Library (@nypl), Twitter announced the launch of an exciting new creative project - the Twitter Fiction Festival.Read more…

2012 Conference Season on Twitter

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There have been more than one million Tweets about the major party conferences this autumn, making it the biggest UK political conference season ever on Twitter.  

And as the final conference comes to a close, we have taken a look at how the three events have played out, 140 characters at a time. 

Total Mentions  Read more…

David Cameron Joins Twitter

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has joined Twitter, making him the 370th UK MP on the platform.

You can follow him at @David_Cameron. He sent his first Tweet last night (Saturday October 6):Read more…

The #RyderCup on Twitter

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It’s been dubbed The Miracle of Medinah as Team Europe came back from 10-4 behind on Sunday to retain the Ryder Cup in Chicago.

And if the level of chatter on Twitter was anything to go by, golf fans either side of the Atlantic have been gripped by the tournament.Read more…