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Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute
Ugh, I’m just a chortling idiot.
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ugh, I’m just a chortling idiot.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My Christmas tree has arrived! It’s not allowed to come inside yet. In fact, it is arguably too big for the house. Maybe it should stay where it is.
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My Christmas tree has arrived! It’s not allowed to come inside yet. In fact, it is arguably too big for the house. Maybe it should stay where it is.
A small girl with a dark bob came BOWLING through the doors today and threw herself across the counter to show me her Chupa Chup. I admired her leopard print fake fur coat and she flung it aside to reveal a tiered magenta tulle skirt.
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A small girl with a dark bob came BOWLING through the doors today and threw herself across the counter to show me her Chupa Chup. I admired her leopard print fake fur coat and she flung it aside to reveal a tiered magenta tulle skirt.
It is absolutely unbelievable how easy it is to miss the signs or dismiss them as something else.
(IF MEN GOT OVARIAN CANCER THERE’D BE A ROUTINE TEST BY NOW, I grumbled the other day, probably unfairly.)
(IF MEN GOT OVARIAN CANCER THERE’D BE A ROUTINE TEST BY NOW, I grumbled the other day, probably unfairly.)
I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is absolutely unbelievable how easy it is to miss the signs or dismiss them as something else.
(IF MEN GOT OVARIAN CANCER THERE’D BE A ROUTINE TEST BY NOW, I grumbled the other day, probably unfairly.)
(IF MEN GOT OVARIAN CANCER THERE’D BE A ROUTINE TEST BY NOW, I grumbled the other day, probably unfairly.)
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I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
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Spirit of Christmas past #5
The 1960s. This stylised scene of pastoral charm was painted by Gaynor Chapman for the 24 December 1966 issue. It was her second successive festive cover for @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes
The 1960s. This stylised scene of pastoral charm was painted by Gaynor Chapman for the 24 December 1966 issue. It was her second successive festive cover for @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Spirit of Christmas past #5
The 1960s. This stylised scene of pastoral charm was painted by Gaynor Chapman for the 24 December 1966 issue. It was her second successive festive cover for @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes
The 1960s. This stylised scene of pastoral charm was painted by Gaynor Chapman for the 24 December 1966 issue. It was her second successive festive cover for @radiotimes.bsky.social #ChristmasRadioTimes
Going to do a Paula Yates and write on myself before surgery but instead of PLEASE MAKE THEM PERFECT it’ll be PLEASE DON’T KILL ME
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Going to do a Paula Yates and write on myself before surgery but instead of PLEASE MAKE THEM PERFECT it’ll be PLEASE DON’T KILL ME
A phone call today asking if we sell book tokens. No, madam. We don’t sell books.
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A phone call today asking if we sell book tokens. No, madam. We don’t sell books.
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Listening to Last Christmas because it is an all-time banger and George didn't die on Christmas Day for you to disrespect his memory by participating in Whamageddon
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Listening to Last Christmas because it is an all-time banger and George didn't die on Christmas Day for you to disrespect his memory by participating in Whamageddon
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Sunday evening/Monday morning appropriate Jill McDonald Puffin Post illustration
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sunday evening/Monday morning appropriate Jill McDonald Puffin Post illustration
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If you are at all concerned about your blood pressure, look away now.
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you are at all concerned about your blood pressure, look away now.
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I like my men like I like my cheese slices
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I like my men like I like my cheese slices
At my pre-op appointment, I am reminded my blood type is A+, the best grade there is, top of the class.
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At my pre-op appointment, I am reminded my blood type is A+, the best grade there is, top of the class.
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On a different note, but no less incongruous, here's my favourite entry from The RSPB book Birds of Britain and Europe. The Dunnock which apparently feeds on grated cheese under shrubberies
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
On a different note, but no less incongruous, here's my favourite entry from The RSPB book Birds of Britain and Europe. The Dunnock which apparently feeds on grated cheese under shrubberies
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So here's a thing. I help run my local food bank, and we're doing this: 12 Days of Christmas Giving.
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So here's a thing. I help run my local food bank, and we're doing this: 12 Days of Christmas Giving.
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
Panic-prep for Christmas, now that I have only ONE WEEK to get ready. Clearing out my wardrobe, find posh little frocks picked up in the 2020 January sales, bought for a life and a body that don’t exist anymore.
(For sale: posh frocks, never worn.)
(For sale: posh frocks, never worn.)
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Panic-prep for Christmas, now that I have only ONE WEEK to get ready. Clearing out my wardrobe, find posh little frocks picked up in the 2020 January sales, bought for a life and a body that don’t exist anymore.
(For sale: posh frocks, never worn.)
(For sale: posh frocks, never worn.)
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It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
MBV in Manchester t’other night. Beautiful and visceral and LOUD.
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
MBV in Manchester t’other night. Beautiful and visceral and LOUD.
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A little girl peeks inside a tuba during the National Band Festival at Crystal Palace, London, 1923
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A little girl peeks inside a tuba during the National Band Festival at Crystal Palace, London, 1923
And now I have an eye surgery scheduled for early next year! Stacking them up like 45s on an old record player.
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
And now I have an eye surgery scheduled for early next year! Stacking them up like 45s on an old record player.
Do you think they will let me take my emotional support hat into hospital with me?
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Do you think they will let me take my emotional support hat into hospital with me?
In just over a week I shall have a BIG OLD OPERATION that will leave a BIG OLD SCAR on my abdomen. I asked if they could do a tummy tuck at the same time. They said they could not.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In just over a week I shall have a BIG OLD OPERATION that will leave a BIG OLD SCAR on my abdomen. I asked if they could do a tummy tuck at the same time. They said they could not.