Jane Hill
@janehill.bsky.social
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.
Oh no, I’ve accidentally ordered an item from one of those companies that wants to be friends.
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Oh no, I’ve accidentally ordered an item from one of those companies that wants to be friends.
Further to this, a thing called GREAT! Player (accessed via the Freeview Play app) seems to be the motherlode without shelling out for Hallmark.
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Further to this, a thing called GREAT! Player (accessed via the Freeview Play app) seems to be the motherlode without shelling out for Hallmark.
I discovered a nice 4-mile circular walk and quickly I found that I had a favourite field.
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I discovered a nice 4-mile circular walk and quickly I found that I had a favourite field.
Felt well enough today for a little stroll to lovely Devonport Market Hall, where I cautiously (masked & beanied) did a quick tour of the artisan craft market.
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Felt well enough today for a little stroll to lovely Devonport Market Hall, where I cautiously (masked & beanied) did a quick tour of the artisan craft market.
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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! 🙏🎄
My hairline seems to have receded about an inch overnight and most of it is on my pillow. Beanie time, I think. And maybe clippers in a couple of days.
(By the way I’m supremely relaxed about the hair loss - a very minor inconvenience as the chemo does its job).
(By the way I’m supremely relaxed about the hair loss - a very minor inconvenience as the chemo does its job).
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My hairline seems to have receded about an inch overnight and most of it is on my pillow. Beanie time, I think. And maybe clippers in a couple of days.
(By the way I’m supremely relaxed about the hair loss - a very minor inconvenience as the chemo does its job).
(By the way I’m supremely relaxed about the hair loss - a very minor inconvenience as the chemo does its job).
Great thread.
Buckle up, we're going in
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Great thread.
I went to see The Real Thing on Broadway in 1984. I was staying in NY with a rich girl (friends of friend) and she took me. I felt extremely out of place. I remember nothing about the play or cast. But I do remember I was using a child’s beach bucket (with a lid) as my handbag.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I went to see The Real Thing on Broadway in 1984. I was staying in NY with a rich girl (friends of friend) and she took me. I felt extremely out of place. I remember nothing about the play or cast. But I do remember I was using a child’s beach bucket (with a lid) as my handbag.
I do love Alex but she’s really lost her groove. She was tentative from the start. She seems a bit knackered, bless her. Hope she’s okay.
#Strictly #StrictlyInDelay
#Strictly #StrictlyInDelay
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I do love Alex but she’s really lost her groove. She was tentative from the start. She seems a bit knackered, bless her. Hope she’s okay.
#Strictly #StrictlyInDelay
#Strictly #StrictlyInDelay
Right, thanks everyone.
Five or Hallmark are what I’m going for. I don’t want to watch a channel “live,” btw, but thanks for the many suggestions.
No more needed. I’ll let you know if I find any absolute standouts.
Five or Hallmark are what I’m going for. I don’t want to watch a channel “live,” btw, but thanks for the many suggestions.
No more needed. I’ll let you know if I find any absolute standouts.
What’s the best streaming place for those very specific Christmas movies where businesswomen come back to their hometown of Snowflake or Nativity and fall in love with the widowed craftsman with a very niche Christmas-related livelihood? Five? One of those random Freeview channels?
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Right, thanks everyone.
Five or Hallmark are what I’m going for. I don’t want to watch a channel “live,” btw, but thanks for the many suggestions.
No more needed. I’ll let you know if I find any absolute standouts.
Five or Hallmark are what I’m going for. I don’t want to watch a channel “live,” btw, but thanks for the many suggestions.
No more needed. I’ll let you know if I find any absolute standouts.
What’s the best streaming place for those very specific Christmas movies where businesswomen come back to their hometown of Snowflake or Nativity and fall in love with the widowed craftsman with a very niche Christmas-related livelihood? Five? One of those random Freeview channels?
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What’s the best streaming place for those very specific Christmas movies where businesswomen come back to their hometown of Snowflake or Nativity and fall in love with the widowed craftsman with a very niche Christmas-related livelihood? Five? One of those random Freeview channels?
I am a lifelong neurotic excoriator, skin picker and mouth biter, so you can imagine how tempting it is to spend all evening pulling out my hair now it’s started chemo-moulting.
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I am a lifelong neurotic excoriator, skin picker and mouth biter, so you can imagine how tempting it is to spend all evening pulling out my hair now it’s started chemo-moulting.
Among the more unlikely things in my past is that I used to be a member of the Country Music Association and got to vote every year in the CMA Awards.
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Among the more unlikely things in my past is that I used to be a member of the Country Music Association and got to vote every year in the CMA Awards.
Always good to see Wilson, Keppel and Betty on Toppie.
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Always good to see Wilson, Keppel and Betty on Toppie.
By the way, if you’re looking for a festive supermarket sandwich, this one is really quite something. Recommended.
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
By the way, if you’re looking for a festive supermarket sandwich, this one is really quite something. Recommended.
I’d ordered a couple of beanies off Etsy (that I’d forgotten about) and it turns out that if I wear both at once, I look like one of Santa’s elves.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’d ordered a couple of beanies off Etsy (that I’d forgotten about) and it turns out that if I wear both at once, I look like one of Santa’s elves.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Neil Young
Wilco
Black Keys
George Jones
Cliff Richard
Neil Young
Wilco
Black Keys
George Jones
Cliff Richard
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Queen
Dire Straits
Billy Joel
Squeeze
Gillan
Queen
Dire Straits
Billy Joel
Squeeze
Gillan
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
George Michael
Etienne Daho
Elton John
Heaven 17
Blancmange
George Michael
Etienne Daho
Elton John
Heaven 17
Blancmange
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Neil Young
Wilco
Black Keys
George Jones
Cliff Richard
Neil Young
Wilco
Black Keys
George Jones
Cliff Richard
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Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Felt like this when mortgage payments went up a few years ago - yes, it's horrible to now be paying an extra £200 a month, but that's been happening to renters year on year and there were no sadface articles on that, just "market forces" and "nobody has a right to live in a city"
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...