Jane Duke
@janeduke.com
Fine art printmaker from York, England. Dapple scrumper. Sometimes found loitering in a medieval hall and talking to strangers. Not at home to joy sponges.
More professional and businesslike on Substack and my website. https://linktr.ee/janeduke
More professional and businesslike on Substack and my website. https://linktr.ee/janeduke
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Jane Duke
@janeduke.com
· Mar 17
Dapple Scrumping | Jane Duke | Substack
Tales from a printmaking studio. Click to read Dapple Scrumping, by Jane Duke, a Substack publication.
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My occasional post for people who have followed me for printmaking (thank you!), explaining that most of the grown-up printmaking stuff happens over on my Substack, which is completely free by the way.
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I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don't know whether it is the #1 Catherine O'Hara accomplishment but the fact that she invented a manner of speaking that no other person in human history has ever attempted for Schitts Creek and made it seem realistic that her character would talk that way felt like a comedy miracle to me
Going to have a very large G&T as I don't have any fruit wine with which to mourn.
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Going to have a very large G&T as I don't have any fruit wine with which to mourn.
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COULD SOME OF THE SHITHEADS DIE NOW PLEASE INSTEAD OF THE GOOD PEOPLE
January 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
COULD SOME OF THE SHITHEADS DIE NOW PLEASE INSTEAD OF THE GOOD PEOPLE
Mayor Mamdani posts a video explaining the NYC budget process and gets this as a reply. Truly bins are the universal obsession of social media.
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Mayor Mamdani posts a video explaining the NYC budget process and gets this as a reply. Truly bins are the universal obsession of social media.
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✨Clifford's Tower looking even more magical ahead of York BID's Colour & Light.
Free show lasts ten minutes, on loop from 6-9pm, 4th-22nd February, no ticket required.
Free show lasts ten minutes, on loop from 6-9pm, 4th-22nd February, no ticket required.
January 30, 2026 at 12:50 PM
✨Clifford's Tower looking even more magical ahead of York BID's Colour & Light.
Free show lasts ten minutes, on loop from 6-9pm, 4th-22nd February, no ticket required.
Free show lasts ten minutes, on loop from 6-9pm, 4th-22nd February, no ticket required.
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To every writer, artist & [insert your creative thing here] who feels they maybe shouldn't be posting stuff that *isn't* 'How Do We Stop The Fascists' right now:
One of the tools of Evil People is hopelessness - where everyone's so exhausted they forget what Better looks like.
Please remind them.
One of the tools of Evil People is hopelessness - where everyone's so exhausted they forget what Better looks like.
Please remind them.
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 PM
To every writer, artist & [insert your creative thing here] who feels they maybe shouldn't be posting stuff that *isn't* 'How Do We Stop The Fascists' right now:
One of the tools of Evil People is hopelessness - where everyone's so exhausted they forget what Better looks like.
Please remind them.
One of the tools of Evil People is hopelessness - where everyone's so exhausted they forget what Better looks like.
Please remind them.
I know I moan about the functionality here but I do like the 'detach quote' function for when someone has quote posted you in a way you don't want to be associated with.
a man in a suit and tie is walking down a wet street at night
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is walking down a wet street at night
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January 28, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I know I moan about the functionality here but I do like the 'detach quote' function for when someone has quote posted you in a way you don't want to be associated with.
York. 21 showings over the week from 30 Jan - a massive total of 7 bookings so far. Five of those bookings are the only ticket sold at that showing.
Here's a fun #game!
1) Check your local Vue cinema & see if it's showing 'Melania'.
2) Now see how many seats are booked...
3) Share your results 👇
Mine is Watford
Not a single ticket booked for Friday or Saturday!! 💪🤣
1) Check your local Vue cinema & see if it's showing 'Melania'.
2) Now see how many seats are booked...
3) Share your results 👇
Mine is Watford
Not a single ticket booked for Friday or Saturday!! 💪🤣
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
York. 21 showings over the week from 30 Jan - a massive total of 7 bookings so far. Five of those bookings are the only ticket sold at that showing.
Another day with no sign of a 'turn off reposts' button. Have had to mute another account who is almost perpetually angry and vents it by reposting everything that upsets them. PLEEEASE BLUESKY.
a cartoon of spongebob saying " i am on my knees please " with his mouth open
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying " i am on my knees please " with his mouth open
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Another day with no sign of a 'turn off reposts' button. Have had to mute another account who is almost perpetually angry and vents it by reposting everything that upsets them. PLEEEASE BLUESKY.
Who's going to tell him? 😬
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Who's going to tell him? 😬
This explains all the flood alerts that AccuWeather has been sending me.
Gemini looks like a map from a TTRPG where we have the island of York. It has included Clifford's Tower and the Shambles. But everything else is random.
25/n
25/n
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
This explains all the flood alerts that AccuWeather has been sending me.
Those of us who use Duolingo are used to the nonsensical sentences like "My dog works at the university", but they've gone too far in the lesson I've just done with "We are visiting the United States".
January 27, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Those of us who use Duolingo are used to the nonsensical sentences like "My dog works at the university", but they've gone too far in the lesson I've just done with "We are visiting the United States".
'Hurrah!' I thought, 'The perfect comfort lunch for such a miserable wet day'. And this is how I found out we haven't got any marmite. *adds to shopping list*
First off, a heartfelt thank you to all of you who’ve sent such lovely messages. And to the business at hand: the great Italian foodwriter, Anna del Conte, introduced me to this storecupboard standby (and student stalwart). Yes, #RecipeOfTheDay is Marmite Spaghetti! www.nigella.com/recipes/spag...
Spaghetti With Marmite
I came across this recipe in Anna Del Conte's memoirs, Risotto with Nettles. Now, there are so many recipes I could borrow from her, and many I have, but this is the one I have to show you here. She i...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:19 AM
'Hurrah!' I thought, 'The perfect comfort lunch for such a miserable wet day'. And this is how I found out we haven't got any marmite. *adds to shopping list*
I have just discovered that you can only leave a review on the M&S website if you are invited to do so. So I will never be able to give one star and tell the world that I am already having to replace the pillows* I bought only 9 months ago.
*Body Temperature Control Medium Pillows 2 pack
*Body Temperature Control Medium Pillows 2 pack
a woman is sitting at a table typing on a laptop with a sticker on the back that says ' netflix '
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table typing on a laptop with a sticker on the back that says ' netflix '
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January 27, 2026 at 9:33 AM
I have just discovered that you can only leave a review on the M&S website if you are invited to do so. So I will never be able to give one star and tell the world that I am already having to replace the pillows* I bought only 9 months ago.
*Body Temperature Control Medium Pillows 2 pack
*Body Temperature Control Medium Pillows 2 pack
The manager on that Indeed advert who only starts wondering how to recruit a replacement as the previous employee actually drives away, after having presumably working a period of notice... Maybe her hopeless management is why people keep leaving 🤷♀️
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 AM
The manager on that Indeed advert who only starts wondering how to recruit a replacement as the previous employee actually drives away, after having presumably working a period of notice... Maybe her hopeless management is why people keep leaving 🤷♀️
In five minutes today, FIVE MINUTES, there were three great tits, two coal tits, a robin, a blue tit and a dunnock, plus the perpetual pigeons and magpies.
Possibly the most miserable, cold, grey and damp Big Garden Birdwatch ever.
4 magpies
2 crows
2 pigeons
1 jackdaw
1 robin
1 great tit
4 magpies
2 crows
2 pigeons
1 jackdaw
1 robin
1 great tit
January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
In five minutes today, FIVE MINUTES, there were three great tits, two coal tits, a robin, a blue tit and a dunnock, plus the perpetual pigeons and magpies.
Recommended! (We went last autumn).
We’re back in business! Loveliest time in sold-out Bristol last night, marking first night of the 2026 tour. Tickets selling fast. Get yours here (more autumn dates coming soon):
callybeaton.com/live/
callybeaton.com/live/
January 26, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Recommended! (We went last autumn).
Have the GBBO producers considered the risk that the contestants will be too starstruck by @nigella.bsky.social to be able to concentrate on their baking? I mean I would be...
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Have the GBBO producers considered the risk that the contestants will be too starstruck by @nigella.bsky.social to be able to concentrate on their baking? I mean I would be...
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I heard there is a funny clown
Who with the circus came to town
What sadness that you have I’m sure he’d cure ya
It goes like this,
You’ll go
You’ll see
But doctor, you’re describing me!
The clown that you prescribe, is Pagliacci!
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Who with the circus came to town
What sadness that you have I’m sure he’d cure ya
It goes like this,
You’ll go
You’ll see
But doctor, you’re describing me!
The clown that you prescribe, is Pagliacci!
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I heard there is a funny clown
Who with the circus came to town
What sadness that you have I’m sure he’d cure ya
It goes like this,
You’ll go
You’ll see
But doctor, you’re describing me!
The clown that you prescribe, is Pagliacci!
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Who with the circus came to town
What sadness that you have I’m sure he’d cure ya
It goes like this,
You’ll go
You’ll see
But doctor, you’re describing me!
The clown that you prescribe, is Pagliacci!
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
Yes sure of course that's the reason. *strokes chin in gesture familiar to anyone who was around in the 70s*
January 25, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Yes sure of course that's the reason. *strokes chin in gesture familiar to anyone who was around in the 70s*
Possibly the most miserable, cold, grey and damp Big Garden Birdwatch ever.
4 magpies
2 crows
2 pigeons
1 jackdaw
1 robin
1 great tit
4 magpies
2 crows
2 pigeons
1 jackdaw
1 robin
1 great tit
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Possibly the most miserable, cold, grey and damp Big Garden Birdwatch ever.
4 magpies
2 crows
2 pigeons
1 jackdaw
1 robin
1 great tit
4 magpies
2 crows
2 pigeons
1 jackdaw
1 robin
1 great tit
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I will be disappointed if Sean Bean doesn’t call every bird he sees “yer’bastard”
I just learned that this exists and now I have to share it with you all because I don't even listen to podcasts, but just knowing that this is a thing has unironically increased my overall happiness and wellbeing:
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I will be disappointed if Sean Bean doesn’t call every bird he sees “yer’bastard”
What's up Bluesky? Nonsense like this for a start. This is not Facebook.
January 25, 2026 at 7:02 AM
What's up Bluesky? Nonsense like this for a start. This is not Facebook.
After a trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park today I can confirm that a 4 week old baby okapi is easily in the Top 10 'Cutest Things on the Planet'. Fact.
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
After a trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park today I can confirm that a 4 week old baby okapi is easily in the Top 10 'Cutest Things on the Planet'. Fact.
I suggest we watch last night's Winterwatch over breakfast. Husband informs me he watched it without me when I was out.
a woman with a bun on her head and earrings looks at the camera
ALT: a woman with a bun on her head and earrings looks at the camera
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January 24, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I suggest we watch last night's Winterwatch over breakfast. Husband informs me he watched it without me when I was out.