Lissa Evans
@lissakevans.bsky.social
Novelist (Old Baggage, Small Bomb at Dimperley, Wed Wabbit etc), ex TV producer (Room 101, Father Ted), voracious reader, owner of an adored and ancient dog, desultory gardener, attention span of a flea.
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Taken this week. It's real. It's utterly pointless.
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Taken this week. It's real. It's utterly pointless.
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And finally, an essay on Rudyard Kipling – from childhood reading onwards. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
Beyond The Jungle Book: Kipling, Orwell, Rushdie and me
What Kipling's critics get wrong about his writing
mathewlyons.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
And finally, an essay on Rudyard Kipling – from childhood reading onwards. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
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“One woman, a disabled pensioner named as Frances, 68, who had swum in the ladies’ ponds since 1984, said: “I now no longer swim at the ponds as I feel completely unsafe in enclosed spaces when men/naked men are known (and encouraged) to be in the vicinity.”
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Hampstead women’s pond sued over transgender access
Sex Matters claims that the City of London Corporation is defending a policy that defies the Supreme Court ruling on single-sex services
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“One woman, a disabled pensioner named as Frances, 68, who had swum in the ladies’ ponds since 1984, said: “I now no longer swim at the ponds as I feel completely unsafe in enclosed spaces when men/naked men are known (and encouraged) to be in the vicinity.”
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Well, I seem to be back on Blue Sky, so straight into a catch up of my #LIteraryAdventCalendar2025.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Well, I seem to be back on Blue Sky, so straight into a catch up of my #LIteraryAdventCalendar2025.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Well, I seem to be back on Blue Sky, so straight into a catch up of my #LIteraryAdventCalendar2025.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Well, I seem to be back on Blue Sky, so straight into a catch up of my #LIteraryAdventCalendar2025.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Impossible to pass this road without having a *moment*…
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Impossible to pass this road without having a *moment*…
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
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Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
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Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
My little girls (now big girls!), adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions - but each had been given a box of books by @booktrust.org.uk. These books, read together, became our first shared memories.
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
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Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My little girls (now big girls!), adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions - but each had been given a box of books by @booktrust.org.uk. These books, read together, became our first shared memories.
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
Spread the joy of reading with a donation:
donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas3/~my-do...
Brilliant - and so well deserved.
For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
#politicianawards25
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#politicianawards25
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Brilliant - and so well deserved.
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Read @lissakevans.bsky.social's "Small Bomb at Dimperley". Read this as slowly as I could to savour it, as after enjoying the previous four novels over the past year I knew I would soon have no new ones left. Loved the evocative nature of the period language and references - pi-jaw, halma, 1/5
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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I hope that the 115th anniversary of Black Friday is a suitable day to say how much I am enjoying reading my third book by @lissakevans.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I hope that the 115th anniversary of Black Friday is a suitable day to say how much I am enjoying reading my third book by @lissakevans.bsky.social.
I am reading an Edwardian memoir and have stumbled across the most boring man who ever lived.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I am reading an Edwardian memoir and have stumbled across the most boring man who ever lived.
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RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
We are very sad to learn of the death of our friend Rachel Cooke. In addition to being a wonderful writer and a superb critic, she loved books to her core. She kept us on our toes and it was a joy and a privilege to spend time with her, on and off the show. RIP. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
RIP Rachel Cooke, fellow Puffin Club member and evangelist of All the Devils Are Here, formidable critic and true believer in the power and importance of the good stuff, in whatever form it takes. I’m gutted we won’t get to talk about books again. My condolences to Rachel’s friends and family. x
Yesterday I was asked which book of mine is my favourite - which, of course, is like being asked to name a favourite child. But I definitely have a favourite first sentence . It's from 'Old Baggage', my novel about a former Suffragette...
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yesterday I was asked which book of mine is my favourite - which, of course, is like being asked to name a favourite child. But I definitely have a favourite first sentence . It's from 'Old Baggage', my novel about a former Suffragette...
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King of the Heath.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
King of the Heath.
Keats’ House, partially concealed by mellow fruitfulness.
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Keats’ House, partially concealed by mellow fruitfulness.
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The BBC has been “captured by a small group of [staff] promoting the Stonewall view” of the trans debate, according to a leaked document compiled by a former independent adviser ⬇️
BBC accused of suppressing negative transgender stories
Leaked dossier also reveals the broadcaster misled viewers with edited speech by President Trump and was biased against Israel
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November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The BBC has been “captured by a small group of [staff] promoting the Stonewall view” of the trans debate, according to a leaked document compiled by a former independent adviser ⬇️
As is traditional on October 31st, I present my greatest ever Halloween costume triumph: Watson as Cardinal Woofsley.
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As is traditional on October 31st, I present my greatest ever Halloween costume triumph: Watson as Cardinal Woofsley.
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"Gender critical viewpoints are very commonly held, but they’re not commonly openly held, and that is the biggest problem for me. And that’s the massive reason why I’m starting the Society." Maeve Halligan
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"Gender critical viewpoints are very commonly held, but they’re not commonly openly held, and that is the biggest problem for me. And that’s the massive reason why I’m starting the Society." Maeve Halligan
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Cambridge students launch single-sex Society for Women:
“We’re now at a point where I no longer can see inaction as just inaction. I now see a lot of it as just cowardice, and I’m not interested in it anymore.” – Maeve Halligan, CUSW President and Co-Founder.
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“We’re now at a point where I no longer can see inaction as just inaction. I now see a lot of it as just cowardice, and I’m not interested in it anymore.” – Maeve Halligan, CUSW President and Co-Founder.
genderblog.net/cambridge-st...
Cambridge students launch single-sex Society for Women
“We’re now at a point where I no longer can see inaction as just inaction. I now see a lot of it as just cowardice, and I’m not interested in it anymore.” – Maeve Hall…
genderblog.net
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Cambridge students launch single-sex Society for Women:
“We’re now at a point where I no longer can see inaction as just inaction. I now see a lot of it as just cowardice, and I’m not interested in it anymore.” – Maeve Halligan, CUSW President and Co-Founder.
genderblog.net/cambridge-st...
“We’re now at a point where I no longer can see inaction as just inaction. I now see a lot of it as just cowardice, and I’m not interested in it anymore.” – Maeve Halligan, CUSW President and Co-Founder.
genderblog.net/cambridge-st...
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Can highly recommend @lissakevans.bsky.social’s latest. Among many other things, the dog’s name is marvellous.
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can highly recommend @lissakevans.bsky.social’s latest. Among many other things, the dog’s name is marvellous.
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MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
The origin of the words ‘beanfeast’ and ‘beano’, from Alfred Duggan's 'Growing Up in the Thirteenth Century' (courtesy of @charliefarrow1 on X)
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The origin of the words ‘beanfeast’ and ‘beano’, from Alfred Duggan's 'Growing Up in the Thirteenth Century' (courtesy of @charliefarrow1 on X)