Sylvia Milne📚
@libmoggy.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Bookworm/KindleWorm Likes Victorian literature, music and nature . Started listening to #TheArchers when it replaced Dick Barton. Like many born before or during WWII I was firmly against Brexit
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Nostalgia burst! 💙
This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Nostalgia burst! 💙
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A very special first edition of The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte's brilliant, searing novel of abuse and courage which still resonates today. This belonged to Anne Bronte herself and was gifted to her friend Ellen Nussey.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A very special first edition of The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte's brilliant, searing novel of abuse and courage which still resonates today. This belonged to Anne Bronte herself and was gifted to her friend Ellen Nussey.
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Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
I’m always puzzled by the expression “Falling on his/her sword” How could you actually do that?
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m always puzzled by the expression “Falling on his/her sword” How could you actually do that?
Forgive the source but the headline made be chuckle. I hope that Alan has full control of his motorbike #TheArchers
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Drunk priest crashes bishop's car into Archers' Clarrie Grundy's Skoda
In front of his own parishioners, Father Sion Hughes Carew, 40, was handcuffed and arrested before being thrown in the cells, while the bishop's car was left wedged in a garden wall.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Forgive the source but the headline made be chuckle. I hope that Alan has full control of his motorbike #TheArchers
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
#TheArchers Thinking about it, Helen has never had a man with a farming background. She might like a working partner. She could make sheepsmilk cheese or perhaps get some goats. It’s unlikely that she will move to Scotland, though.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#TheArchers Thinking about it, Helen has never had a man with a farming background. She might like a working partner. She could make sheepsmilk cheese or perhaps get some goats. It’s unlikely that she will move to Scotland, though.
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The witty winners of last Sunday’s caption contest were!
🥇 @craftycow.bsky.social
🥈 @erburyoldboy.bsky.social
=🥉 @diarts1.bsky.social & @grahambrack.bsky.social
Highly commended @artbookreview.bsky.social and more to amuse at #GirlsOwnCC
🥇 @craftycow.bsky.social
🥈 @erburyoldboy.bsky.social
=🥉 @diarts1.bsky.social & @grahambrack.bsky.social
Highly commended @artbookreview.bsky.social and more to amuse at #GirlsOwnCC
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The witty winners of last Sunday’s caption contest were!
🥇 @craftycow.bsky.social
🥈 @erburyoldboy.bsky.social
=🥉 @diarts1.bsky.social & @grahambrack.bsky.social
Highly commended @artbookreview.bsky.social and more to amuse at #GirlsOwnCC
🥇 @craftycow.bsky.social
🥈 @erburyoldboy.bsky.social
=🥉 @diarts1.bsky.social & @grahambrack.bsky.social
Highly commended @artbookreview.bsky.social and more to amuse at #GirlsOwnCC
#TheArchers #Childbirth it is many years since I gave birth but what has happened to breathing exercises & reciting a nursery rhyme at the height of the contraction? I am the worst of old wives because I found the experience quite bearable although I would not have wanted to do it every week for fun
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#TheArchers #Childbirth it is many years since I gave birth but what has happened to breathing exercises & reciting a nursery rhyme at the height of the contraction? I am the worst of old wives because I found the experience quite bearable although I would not have wanted to do it every week for fun
camra.org.uk/community-pubs
Interesting to see how many #CommunityPubs there are.
Our village pub in #AshtonHayes #Cheshire reopened last
month after being closed for twelve years
goldenlionashtonhayes.co.uk
Interesting to see how many #CommunityPubs there are.
Our village pub in #AshtonHayes #Cheshire reopened last
month after being closed for twelve years
goldenlionashtonhayes.co.uk
Community Owned and Community Run Pubs
Pubs that are owned or run by the community
camra.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
camra.org.uk/community-pubs
Interesting to see how many #CommunityPubs there are.
Our village pub in #AshtonHayes #Cheshire reopened last
month after being closed for twelve years
goldenlionashtonhayes.co.uk
Interesting to see how many #CommunityPubs there are.
Our village pub in #AshtonHayes #Cheshire reopened last
month after being closed for twelve years
goldenlionashtonhayes.co.uk
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As a retired bookseller I endorse this cartoon.
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
As a retired bookseller I endorse this cartoon.
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This is worth reading. The point that the world's communication platforms are controlled by half a dozen self-interested (at best) billionaires is well made.
For all its faults, we *need* the BBC like never before. It's our responsibility, to ensure its safety.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For all its faults, we *need* the BBC like never before. It's our responsibility, to ensure its safety.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it | Pat Younge
A moment of peril demands a new approach – on everything from funding to the BBC charter, says Pat Younge, former chief creative officer of BBC Television
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is worth reading. The point that the world's communication platforms are controlled by half a dozen self-interested (at best) billionaires is well made.
For all its faults, we *need* the BBC like never before. It's our responsibility, to ensure its safety.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For all its faults, we *need* the BBC like never before. It's our responsibility, to ensure its safety.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Goodness I don’t think that the editor of @theguardian.com will be on #NigelFarage ‘s Christmas card list
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November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Goodness I don’t think that the editor of @theguardian.com will be on #NigelFarage ‘s Christmas card list
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Kemi Badenoch says her decision to ditch her climate commitments is due to her having "listened to the industry".
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Kemi Badenoch Ditches Net Zero Target After Taking Donations From Funders of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group
The Conservative leader and her Shadow Net Zero Secretary took funding from key backers of lobby groups campaigning to curb action against climate change
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Kemi Badenoch says her decision to ditch her climate commitments is due to her having "listened to the industry".
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
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A glimmer of light in the darkness. This morning at sunrise, the light peeped through as the clouds darkened and the rain fell. Photograph taken on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels. Another cold start to the day.
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A glimmer of light in the darkness. This morning at sunrise, the light peeped through as the clouds darkened and the rain fell. Photograph taken on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels. Another cold start to the day.
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Some tiny treasures from the Thames last week. The oldest is a clay tobacco pipe bowl, stem is missing, but dating from 1640-1680. Partial Georgian-era buckle, made from pewter, possibly from a shoe. Eurocoin token for a slot machine and a brass/paste brooch, shaped like a bow, could be 1950s.
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Some tiny treasures from the Thames last week. The oldest is a clay tobacco pipe bowl, stem is missing, but dating from 1640-1680. Partial Georgian-era buckle, made from pewter, possibly from a shoe. Eurocoin token for a slot machine and a brass/paste brooch, shaped like a bow, could be 1950s.
@nytimes.com Why is there sometimes a banner at the bottom of the connections grid in the NYT games iPhone app. It prevents me from sharing my results
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@nytimes.com Why is there sometimes a banner at the bottom of the connections grid in the NYT games iPhone app. It prevents me from sharing my results
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
A delightful lady from #BTOpenreach has just wished me a horrible day. #Kipling was quite right about telephone scammers. The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A delightful lady from #BTOpenreach has just wished me a horrible day. #Kipling was quite right about telephone scammers. The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors (pretty please) & include #GirlsOwnCC
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors (pretty please) & include #GirlsOwnCC
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A whirlwind in cheesecloth...line of the week so far for me.!! #TheArchers
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A whirlwind in cheesecloth...line of the week so far for me.!! #TheArchers
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The spicy chicken recipe actually sounds rather nice.
And is very straightforward.
No wonder George was able to make it.
#TheArchers
www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chic...
And is very straightforward.
No wonder George was able to make it.
#TheArchers
www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chic...
One-pan spicy chicken | Jamie Oliver recipes
With layers of spice, sweet onions and tender chicken, this one-pan spicy chicken is all about achieving big flavour through clever, savvy cooking.
www.jamieoliver.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The spicy chicken recipe actually sounds rather nice.
And is very straightforward.
No wonder George was able to make it.
#TheArchers
www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chic...
And is very straightforward.
No wonder George was able to make it.
#TheArchers
www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chic...
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The first episode of The Clangers was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The first episode of The Clangers was originally broadcast on this day in 1969.
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.