Andrea Burgess
@echtburge.bsky.social
Just some she/her woman. Lives in That London. Solidly built, solidly GenX. Bloodstream is 50% tea. I love your pet. If you follow me and I don't know who you are, then I'm unlikely to return the favour. Sorry. OH BOY HOW MANY WORDS CAN YOU FIT ON YOUR PR-
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
For folk who don't do faceboak, an update: My mum had a fall last week and has been in hospital since last Friday. The hospital is on the other side of London from me. She's not about to die, but thanks to a cracked vertebra we don't know when she'll be home. My dad is not doing well on his own.
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For folk who don't do faceboak, an update: My mum had a fall last week and has been in hospital since last Friday. The hospital is on the other side of London from me. She's not about to die, but thanks to a cracked vertebra we don't know when she'll be home. My dad is not doing well on his own.
Evri, outdoing even the lowest expectations, dropped a parcel on the doorstep, rang the bell and by the time I got there, wre pulling away with an actual squeal of brakes. The parcel was not for us. The parcel was addressed to a road near Old Street. Reader, Old Street is in zone 1. We're in zone 4.
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Evri, outdoing even the lowest expectations, dropped a parcel on the doorstep, rang the bell and by the time I got there, wre pulling away with an actual squeal of brakes. The parcel was not for us. The parcel was addressed to a road near Old Street. Reader, Old Street is in zone 1. We're in zone 4.
Nothing like a live storytelling performance to make it clear how much your hearing loss has advanced. The performance was great, but I could barely make out the words. Maybe about half a dozen short phrases in the course of a 30 mins+ reading. This sucks.
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Nothing like a live storytelling performance to make it clear how much your hearing loss has advanced. The performance was great, but I could barely make out the words. Maybe about half a dozen short phrases in the course of a 30 mins+ reading. This sucks.
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: Belsnickel!
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: Belsnickel!
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
Belsnickel was a hermit in Germany’s large and wild Black Forest, a fur trapper who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but he lived near the entrance of a cave that children from a nearby village liked to explore. 1/
I've had very little cause to feel proud of my nationality for the last decade or so, but hearing the someone has protested at the Tower of London by throwing apple crumble and custard at the crown jewels has ignited a little flame in my heart. Sometimes mad island is mad in an alright way. 💛
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I've had very little cause to feel proud of my nationality for the last decade or so, but hearing the someone has protested at the Tower of London by throwing apple crumble and custard at the crown jewels has ignited a little flame in my heart. Sometimes mad island is mad in an alright way. 💛
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In the 80s scanning under hedges for porn mags was known as privet browsing mode.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In the 80s scanning under hedges for porn mags was known as privet browsing mode.
Alexander Skarsgård on the Graham Norton Show doing some excellent sartorial trolling and getting the full Miriam Margolyes experience. 👍👍
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Alexander Skarsgård on the Graham Norton Show doing some excellent sartorial trolling and getting the full Miriam Margolyes experience. 👍👍
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And you may find yourself living in an Apostolic Palace
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And you may find yourself living in an Apostolic Palace
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
And you may find yourself in a city that's inside Rome
And you may find yourself behind the glass of a large Popemobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful cassock, with designer shoes
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
A dream, many days ago, of which I can remember almost nothing apart from a line from a song that was being sung by an artist and their audience, which I was part of. It makes no sense, but I can still remember it: Our home is a passing road on the side of a cool, dark square. The melody is lovely.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A dream, many days ago, of which I can remember almost nothing apart from a line from a song that was being sung by an artist and their audience, which I was part of. It makes no sense, but I can still remember it: Our home is a passing road on the side of a cool, dark square. The melody is lovely.
Mind you, Stu is finding all of this hilarious, and it's nice making him laugh.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Mind you, Stu is finding all of this hilarious, and it's nice making him laugh.
I also sound like the Monster [Young Frankenstein, 1974, dir. M. Brooks]. Yes, I have tried to say "super-duper" to be absolutely sure. It came out as "fphuper- duper". No, there will not be video.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I also sound like the Monster [Young Frankenstein, 1974, dir. M. Brooks]. Yes, I have tried to say "super-duper" to be absolutely sure. It came out as "fphuper- duper". No, there will not be video.
Just been to the dentist for a couple of fillings. More painful to my bank account than my mouth, although after all the injections in one side of my mouth I sound like John Merrick. [The Elephant Man, 1980, dir. D. Lynch]
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just been to the dentist for a couple of fillings. More painful to my bank account than my mouth, although after all the injections in one side of my mouth I sound like John Merrick. [The Elephant Man, 1980, dir. D. Lynch]
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I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
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You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
To all of my pals who are at or going to Thought Bubble, have a lovely time and buy lots of comics. I wish I was there. I love comics and I love all of you, too.
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
To all of my pals who are at or going to Thought Bubble, have a lovely time and buy lots of comics. I wish I was there. I love comics and I love all of you, too.
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
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Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
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It's Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands Scream[ing] Day!
November 14, 2024 at 3:59 PM
It's Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands Scream[ing] Day!
Packed signing events and menopause do not jibe well, she typed, fanning herself with the book she bought to read on the train.
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Packed signing events and menopause do not jibe well, she typed, fanning herself with the book she bought to read on the train.
I am in the signing queue at Gosh! For the Peow2/Linnea Sterte signing, where I have been for the better part of an hour. I am pretty confident that there are two people older than me in here, and one of them owns the shop.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I am in the signing queue at Gosh! For the Peow2/Linnea Sterte signing, where I have been for the better part of an hour. I am pretty confident that there are two people older than me in here, and one of them owns the shop.
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You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands