Mags L Halliday
@magslhalliday.bsky.social
Writer. Waffler. Former redhead.
Occasional public sector comms person. All views my own.
She/Her.
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www.magslhalliday.co.uk or https://linktr.ee/magslhalliday
Occasional public sector comms person. All views my own.
She/Her.
Please use alt text on images.
www.magslhalliday.co.uk or https://linktr.ee/magslhalliday
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a woman is talking to a man in a room and asking him if he reads every one of these books .
Alt: Belle, a beautiful woman, is talking to a man who is a beast. They’re in his library, and she is asking him if he has read every one of the books.
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It’s the 2025 “books I’ve read” thread.
I made a mistake and had three non-fiction books on the go at once. This always slows me right down.
I made a mistake and had three non-fiction books on the go at once. This always slows me right down.
"Multi-use".
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"Multi-use".
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Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Simon Callow, Ekow Quartey and more talk Wicked! here. youtu.be/39wiRjxTPAk
Behind the scenes at Doctor Who: Wicked!
YouTube video by bigfinishprod
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Simon Callow, Ekow Quartey and more talk Wicked! here. youtu.be/39wiRjxTPAk
I'm going to have to triple-check the scene titles in what I'm working on aren't included when I export it from Scrivener.
Reader: Is this work influenced by Blade Runner?
Me: No.
Reader: are you sure? Isn't that what J F Sebastian says when he gets home?
Reader: Is this work influenced by Blade Runner?
Me: No.
Reader: are you sure? Isn't that what J F Sebastian says when he gets home?
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I'm going to have to triple-check the scene titles in what I'm working on aren't included when I export it from Scrivener.
Reader: Is this work influenced by Blade Runner?
Me: No.
Reader: are you sure? Isn't that what J F Sebastian says when he gets home?
Reader: Is this work influenced by Blade Runner?
Me: No.
Reader: are you sure? Isn't that what J F Sebastian says when he gets home?
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looking in vain for “no Americans”
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
looking in vain for “no Americans”
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“Although I’d been told I was just in remission, I really thought I was cured after they did that godawful adaptation of Death on the Nile where they gave Poirot’s moustache its own backstory. I didn’t even want to re-read the book to point out all the ways they’d ruined it.”
Autistic woman experiencing flare up of chronic special interest
An autistic woman is experiencing a severe episode of a debilitating long-term special interest, sources have revealed. Megan Aldrich, 47, has lived with a life-altering obsession with the detective…
thedailytism.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“Although I’d been told I was just in remission, I really thought I was cured after they did that godawful adaptation of Death on the Nile where they gave Poirot’s moustache its own backstory. I didn’t even want to re-read the book to point out all the ways they’d ruined it.”
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Bluesky is like Thought For The Day, but the topic is always bought round to Doctor Who rather than Jesus.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Bluesky is like Thought For The Day, but the topic is always bought round to Doctor Who rather than Jesus.
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My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
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Budget day at last.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Budget day at last.
We’ve been clearing out our years of paper tat and I saved this Radio Times purely to do this photo.
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We’ve been clearing out our years of paper tat and I saved this Radio Times purely to do this photo.
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Taking a break from reading the press cuttings about Nailsea library.
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Taking a break from reading the press cuttings about Nailsea library.
The truth is out there, Starbuck.
It's a Shippers world! Doctor Who author @magslhalliday.bsky.social joins me of the X-Files journey to talk about one of the most popular episodes of all time - and the seminal breaking out episode for Scully...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The truth is out there, Starbuck.
Me: I should check some of these history assignments our kid has for their mocks.
Also me:
Also me:
![Quiz expecting Year 11's to fill in the blanks. But I have.
First prompt: Crick and Watson were important individuals in the history of medicine because they ...
my reply: read Rosalind Franklin's notes
Prompt: Describe their work.
Me: reading her notes
Prompt: This [led to / increased / reduced / stopped] and meant that ...
Prewritten conclusion: Clearly, this explains why Crick and Watson were important individuals in the history of medicine.
me addition: and were men](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vaxyggtfjgnf3o4nc52t5j6i/bafkreibfnq5t3eooan5cs36ibwwafnkdy5cjxeabpttvbnkpsk4227yvxa@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Me: I should check some of these history assignments our kid has for their mocks.
Also me:
Also me:
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
So I saw the call out for Game of Wool contestants and it was clear that you also needed to be able to crochet.
That, and that I would never attempt to knit quickly, was a reason I didn’t go for it.
That, and that I would never attempt to knit quickly, was a reason I didn’t go for it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So I saw the call out for Game of Wool contestants and it was clear that you also needed to be able to crochet.
That, and that I would never attempt to knit quickly, was a reason I didn’t go for it.
That, and that I would never attempt to knit quickly, was a reason I didn’t go for it.
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My son has got me going on this fan theory that all the Hugh Jackman roles set in the 1800s could be escaped clones of his The Prestige character. So PT Barnum, Javert, Van Helsing and one of them that went a little wrong and got a mutant X Gene and became Wolverine, all part of the Prestige EU
July 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My son has got me going on this fan theory that all the Hugh Jackman roles set in the 1800s could be escaped clones of his The Prestige character. So PT Barnum, Javert, Van Helsing and one of them that went a little wrong and got a mutant X Gene and became Wolverine, all part of the Prestige EU
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I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
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The recycling bin… it hungers.
After a mere 16 years, @markclapham.bsky.social and I have finally sorted our separate Doctor Who magazines into one run.
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The recycling bin… it hungers.
You can tell he is French because of the jaunty neckerchief.
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You can tell he is French because of the jaunty neckerchief.
After a mere 16 years, @markclapham.bsky.social and I have finally sorted our separate Doctor Who magazines into one run.
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
After a mere 16 years, @markclapham.bsky.social and I have finally sorted our separate Doctor Who magazines into one run.
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
@rspb.bsky.social please bring your polite red squirrel guide here? Pretty please? 🐿️
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
@rspb.bsky.social please bring your polite red squirrel guide here? Pretty please? 🐿️
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There are plenty of links between the anti-trans “women’s rights” movement & anti-feminist conservatism. And opposing abortion is a logical conclusion for a movement that says no, you should not have agency over your own body; no, you do not know best about yourself; no, you have no choice.
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
There are plenty of links between the anti-trans “women’s rights” movement & anti-feminist conservatism. And opposing abortion is a logical conclusion for a movement that says no, you should not have agency over your own body; no, you do not know best about yourself; no, you have no choice.
I love this kind of thread. One thing that I marvel at is that continental drift - the precursor to plate tectonics - was still being dismissed when Sir David Attenborough was at university.
When I wrote about the ancient Zanclean megaflood filling the Mediterranean in as little as 12-18 months (!), it was wistfully.
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
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I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I love this kind of thread. One thing that I marvel at is that continental drift - the precursor to plate tectonics - was still being dismissed when Sir David Attenborough was at university.