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Louise
@louiselacy.bsky.social
Mum of 3 daughters, cat mother, ex florist, now a historian (MA) who is writing a book. LFC fan, bookworm, theatre goer. Deeds not words.
Bring the boy back, Arne!
These are testing times for Harvey Elliott.

Frozen out on loan at Aston Villa, no longer wanted by Liverpool and far from England head coach Thomas Tuchel’s thoughts with the World Cup just seven months away.

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A couple of photos from the events that Hannah did with her MD Family for Halloween. Spooky Welly Walk in Sefton Park and the Halloween fun day at Liverpool ONE 💛
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Any other writers with a million folders on their laptops saying Final Edit 1 up to Final Edit 6 now I've just started one called Final Bastard Edit - This better be the last time you utter pain in the arse! Or is that just me? 🤣
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I was like Ah I wouldn't mind a Princess Diana Christmas decoration but then I saw the price...£40 from Selfridges. I then went down a rabbit hole and was horrified and amused all at the same time.
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One point because I don't think we owned a complete set of encyclopedia's. 😁
(i got a zero lolz)

THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.

www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals
A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚

The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...

This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Oh my gourd! Tyntesfield near Bristol is giving us pumpkin to talk about.

Around 2,000 pumpkins from more than 50 varieties grown in the Kitchen Garden make up this year's autumn arrangement.

Photos: Bob Fowler
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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🧵 A remarkable discovery by Portico Library volunteer Rebecca Lamb has revealed that Charles Dickens signed the Library’s Strangers’ Book in May 1844 — confirming that one of the world’s most celebrated novelists once stepped inside Manchester’s oldest subscription library...
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The Kenny Dalglish documentary on Amazon Prime is good - starts very bog standard sports doc, but the twin tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough are sensitively handled and reveal Dalglish’s fundamental humanity in a time of horrible crisis and pain
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Is Taylor Swift Bigger Than The Beatles? Experts Weigh In @newsweek.com with @drhollytessler.bsky.social 🎶

www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...

Listen to Holly speak about Taylor Swift, The Beatles and music on @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Original Ideas podcast 🎙️

www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/ori...
Is Taylor Swift bigger than The Beatles? Experts weigh in
Taylor Swift recently broke a record long-held by The Beatles, but experts tell Newsweek comparing the musicians is complicated.
www.newsweek.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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New on the blog! Esther Freeman from @share-uk.bsky.social explores the different ways women have used food throughout history, and how we can reframe it as a powerful political tool #womenshistory

womenshistorynetwork.org/kitchen-resi...
Kitchen Resistance: how women used food to fight back – Esther Freeman
I’d been in the Women’s Library at LSE for hours, going through oral history transcripts in the Women Against Pit Closures collection. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say I felt close to tears. The…
womenshistorynetwork.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
If you vote for Reform and have children then you really are stupid. Our kids who work don't get a lot as it is, companies are always looking to exploit them. If these charlatans get in then what kind of future will they have? It's bad enough now. Wake up before it's too late.
YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.

Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people

...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"

It's £10ph FFS!

Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger

DO YOU SEE IT NOW?

Spread far & wide.

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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A touching moment as Rute Cardoso, wife of Diogo Jota, shares an embrace with a friend running a marathon in tribute to the Liverpool FC star ❤️🇵🇹🤍 #LFC #Liverpool #OurNumber20Forever
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I bought these two today, the first proper books I read. Elizabeth has always stayed with me. ❤️
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ollie, this morning he's my cat now. 🤣
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ollie walking me home 😻
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Top Hat was brilliant. It was lovely to see so many young people in the audience, too, when the film was almost 100 years ago. ❤️
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Top Hat time at the Liverpool Empire
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Off to town without her broom 🤣
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Emily the Witch
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'm slightly scared!
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Pumpkin's are holding out OK for one last time for Halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I was in Tesco Woolton doing my weekly shop with Dad, and a lovely lady came up to me and gave me a voucher for £18 off the shopping bill. There are still some lovely people around.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's not ok. I have no idea what Slot was thinking last night by not having a stronger bench. I feel for those who paid to watch (I've been there too). He won't last much longer if he can't turn it around. I am really doubting that he can.
Some people sit on their high horses & think this is okay.
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM