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Lucy McCaul

@lucymccaul.bsky.social

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Librarian, fan of theatre, ballet, opera and certain television programmes. Creator of knitted people and eccentric fanfiction. Benton and Hawthorne Investigate coming soon https://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/bentonandhawthorneinvestigate.html

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1h

Definitely!

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 4h

Lovely! Trier is one of my favourite places!

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 4h

Oh drat! Hope you're on the mend soon

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 6h

like a book, because i love you

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 18h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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James Lark @jameslark.bsky.social · 11h

Too many of us wake to discover that the brave post of yesterday is the huge error of judgement of today. But for Ben, an unwise video is just the first step into an uncertain new world of online celebrity...

Hear the new episode of #neuroticliterature at pod.fo/e/33d9da

#anxiety #fiction #podcast

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

I got the Charlotte one right, because...I've eaten a lot of cakes!

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

Very wise!

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

I just shouted "Nestine!"

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

Me, watching Only Connect

an older woman is making a funny face and says `` i 'm old '' .

Alt: an older woman is making a funny face and says `` i 'm old '' .

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely!

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

My sympathies and thoughts are with you.

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

As I remember, the building site one had the child's eye view as the concrete poured in

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

I still don't like walking near pylons or substations to this day!

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

because the little girl in the film who did talk to strangers and was shown backing into a corner, terrified, was called Lucy.

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

We got shown them at school. I remember sitting in the hall at infants school watching a selection, including the "don't play on building sites or you'll fall in a hole, break your ankle and get buried alive in concrete," one. My parents had to take me out of the "don't talk to strangers" one

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

"Why are you afraid of everything, Lucy?" I grew up in the 1970s and 80s.

Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 1d

Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

D'oh, well, at least Bake off is repeated

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

@gavin76.bsky.social quizzes are on tonight!

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

#TinyPottedGarden fuchsia update; the first lot of flowers is over, but more buds have appeared!

A fuchsia plant in a pot. The plant has small, dark green leaves and dark pink buds.

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

Ahhhhh! I scared myself silly reading his books from the library. Trillions and Grinny are the ones I remember most

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

We videoed this when it was on late one night, and when we came to watch it, the recording cut out just as he is deciding which wire to cut on the final bomb!

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

An absolute classic.

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday, lovely lady!

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations!

Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 2d

I'm listening now and remembering fridge medicine (so called because you had to keep it in the fridge) which I had to take for frequent tonsillitis, and Minadex that we had as a tonic.