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Jane Hill

@janehill.bsky.social

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I do comedy, lecturing, journalism, radio and writing. I like beaches, books and buildings.

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · Nov 13

Just saving this for posterity, like someone grabbing the family photos before fleeing a house fire.

Tweet by me which reads “Liz Truss at the Coronation like an actor who appeared in one episode of Doctor Who attending Comic Cons for the rest of their life.” 5.9k retweets. 35k likes. *sigh*

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 5h

I also have one of their sunrise alarm clocks, and would not hesitate to describe it as life-changing.

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 5h

I got the yellow-coloured lamp for extra cheerfulness.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 5h

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 1d

I mean to be fair my mother had four kids, a part-time job and no washing machine. But the days she decided it was “just” Heinz Toast Toppers for tea were the best.

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 1d

Incidentally my mother was Not Good at cooking. I yearned to be a latchkey child and eat Findus Crispy Pancakes.

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 1d

Proper brings back memories of my life as a BBC trainer.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. Some essential maintenance work today…

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re gonna spend a night in hospital, it’s extremely pleasing to somehow end up with a single en suite room. I’ll take my blessings where I can (I am of course awake as I went to bed at 9pm).

Legs on a hospital bed. Door saying “ensuite.”

View out of hospital room window, into internal courtyard.

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 2d

Sarah beat me in my Mastermind semifinal…

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, thank you! I shall read with interest.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

I am absolutely 100% in agreement with this.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

None of them (I think they might be on tomorrow).

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly love this.

Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 3d

Lord Peter Wimsey is the narrative voice of The Waste Land.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks. It’s all a bit grim at the moment but I’m sure I’ll get through.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

SO CROSS.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

So… there’s no Quizzy Monday tonight because football? I’ve had a shitty day, I feel terrible, the cleaner I’d got up early for didn’t turn up, everything hurts, and now I can’t even shout answers at the telly? Why is life so cruel?

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

No, not in the slightest. And I am not in the mood for being messed around.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Well, now I have even less idea what “first thing” means.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Got a cleaning lady coming round to quote and she said she’d pop in “first thing” today. I asked her to define “first thing” but she didn’t reply, so you can imagine how well I’ve slept.

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Hope so.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

God no.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

And of course I’m in a more significant kind of limbo at the moment waiting for treatment plans.

Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Aaaargh. I remember my kid brother noticing it years ago, and we added BBC Wimbledon coverage to the list (started with the bah-bah-bah-bah and ended with the jaunty rural music).

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, this is the C nonsense. Waiting for decision on chemo/surgery and not very well in meantime.

Thus getting a cleaner in the first place.

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