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Victoria Gausden

@ancientnmodern.bsky.social

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Old bag. Still, at least I can now get a ‘flu jab. Plagued by impending sense of doom and a small haughty cat called Daphne Whitethighs.

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you!

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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 1d

Today is P. G. Wodehouse’s birthday.

“Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French.”

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 1d

Still a few days behind but I’ve really enjoyed doing my version of Inktober.

Raven wearing a crown against oak leaves. Needs more work but I like the feathers #Crown

Some ornate chimney pots with a chimney sweep’s brush emerging from one and annoying a magpie. Not sure that anything here is structurally sound but it is what it is. #Sweep

Cup of tea in a Moomin mug. I think the milk might be off. #Drink

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Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck this shit , my grandad was a 2nd generation immigrant and had middling literacy skills at best but it didn't stop him delivering ARP messages in the fucking Hull Blitz. Fuck this confected moral panic , fuck the racists .

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 3d

Another reason to have cats!

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 3d

Fastest googler in the West!

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, for one thing people keep sniffing you.

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 3d

Could be any of them!

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 3d

So easily done!

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 3d

It’s brutal out there

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 3d

*groans*

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 4d

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social really needs some work.
AI has had a very detrimental effect on his earnings this year.
ChatGTP doesn’t have bills to pay and doesn’t have to worry constantly.
Please repost far and wide because I don’t like to see ‘Sad Matt’

Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 4d

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

We don’t have a litter tray. She goes outside in order to collect a wider variety of germs.

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a fool’s errand!

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

No. All that purring and rolling around.

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

If it gets really hot we can grow Aloe Vera and all have wonderful skin. #LookOnTheBrightSide Except Hugh. Hugh’s dead.

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

I was thinking Esher

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

Keep them in the fridge but then you can use them in risotto, pies, soups etc so long as you make sure they’re really hot. At least, that’s what I do and nobody’s died!

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

So now there were two mysteries to solve. What had rendered Hugh unconscious? And why was she surrounded by cacti? In Surrey!

#GirlsOwnCC

Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC

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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC

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Lord Whitmore Reans @cha0tic.bsky.social · 4d

A short video of the ringing. Filmed from the path that runs down the side of the church, by the turn off past the allotments to the pub. The video pans to take in the scene. If you wanted you probably couldn’t get a more stereotypical view of an English village.

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Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

Or possibly cursed.

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

She wouldn’t have taken any notice. She’s utterly feral.

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, always something to discover and something for everyone.

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 4d

I do think, though, that calling Gesualdo “melancholic” is like calling Jack the Ripper “a bit tetchy”.