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November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Selling some haunted paintings (in #Nottingham) to raise funds for my cat shelter, please spread the word among your arty / under-ghouled friends
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November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Selling some haunted paintings (in #Nottingham) to raise funds for my cat shelter, please spread the word among your arty / under-ghouled friends
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
www.facebook.com/marketplace/...
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It's Christmas Eve in one month. Why not solve at least one of your Christmas present headaches with this fascinating book of mine about 80s pop history?
#IntoTheGroove
#IntoTheGroove
It's got everyone in it from Paul Young to Young Marble Giants, and from Salt-N-Pepa to Chas & Dave.
#IntoTheGroove, my new book, the month-by-month story of 1980s pop, out on Thurs 2 Oct from @eandtbooks.bsky.social. Pre-order from everywhere and anywhere, eg: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/into...
#IntoTheGroove, my new book, the month-by-month story of 1980s pop, out on Thurs 2 Oct from @eandtbooks.bsky.social. Pre-order from everywhere and anywhere, eg: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/into...
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It's Christmas Eve in one month. Why not solve at least one of your Christmas present headaches with this fascinating book of mine about 80s pop history?
#IntoTheGroove
#IntoTheGroove
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Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
FLA 34: Emma Anderson (23/11/2025)
As a first-year university student, one of the first songs of the 1990s I cherished was ‘De-Luxe’ by the London-based quartet Lush, who were signed to the independent record label 4AD. I was in the…
firstlastanything.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything Episode 34: As a big fan of the album Pearlies by Emma Anderson (@emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social), I was delighted that Emma joined me on my music textcast to discuss it, her career in Lush and Sing-Sing, and some favourite recordings. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/23/f...
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It's getting proper busy over at heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com - doesn't mean it couldn't stand to get busi-ER mind! Eye up the myriad delights, solve secret santa, may joy be unconfined!
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It's getting proper busy over at heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com - doesn't mean it couldn't stand to get busi-ER mind! Eye up the myriad delights, solve secret santa, may joy be unconfined!
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It's been a bit quiet lately when it should be picking up for Christmas.
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It's been a bit quiet lately when it should be picking up for Christmas.
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do.
Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Buying #Christmas cards or presents?
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
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For all those that asked...
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
For all those that asked...
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I lost a dear friend and colleague this year, Sue.
She was a wonderful human, a real force of nature. She was my “work mum” & she used to pick leaves out of my hair and look after me 🥲
I am helping to raise money for The Christie Charity, who looked after Sue💘
www.justgiving.com/page/carol-l...
She was a wonderful human, a real force of nature. She was my “work mum” & she used to pick leaves out of my hair and look after me 🥲
I am helping to raise money for The Christie Charity, who looked after Sue💘
www.justgiving.com/page/carol-l...
Persimmon Homes Lancashire Charity Page
Help Carol Larn raise money to support THE CHRISTIE CHARITY
www.justgiving.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I lost a dear friend and colleague this year, Sue.
She was a wonderful human, a real force of nature. She was my “work mum” & she used to pick leaves out of my hair and look after me 🥲
I am helping to raise money for The Christie Charity, who looked after Sue💘
www.justgiving.com/page/carol-l...
She was a wonderful human, a real force of nature. She was my “work mum” & she used to pick leaves out of my hair and look after me 🥲
I am helping to raise money for The Christie Charity, who looked after Sue💘
www.justgiving.com/page/carol-l...
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A #WhenWasThings card I designed five years ago exactly. I do exclusive commissions like this. Perfect for birthdays, Christmas etc. Email in bio, as they say. Please share if you like it.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A #WhenWasThings card I designed five years ago exactly. I do exclusive commissions like this. Perfect for birthdays, Christmas etc. Email in bio, as they say. Please share if you like it.
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📚✨ A little peek at *just some* of the brilliant books in our children’s #sale section!
Plenty of lovely reads up to 50% off, and lots are signed too! 🌟
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/children-s-b...
#BookSky💙📚
Plenty of lovely reads up to 50% off, and lots are signed too! 🌟
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/children-s-b...
#BookSky💙📚
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📚✨ A little peek at *just some* of the brilliant books in our children’s #sale section!
Plenty of lovely reads up to 50% off, and lots are signed too! 🌟
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/children-s-b...
#BookSky💙📚
Plenty of lovely reads up to 50% off, and lots are signed too! 🌟
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/children-s-b...
#BookSky💙📚
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Quite keen to promote the old shop and, by extension, myself at the moment (heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com) as, let's face it, income is welcome and a sense of shame is not going to butter any parsnips. So if anyone wants me to yap on a podcast, include stuff in a glossy colour supplement feature, etc...
heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Quite keen to promote the old shop and, by extension, myself at the moment (heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com) as, let's face it, income is welcome and a sense of shame is not going to butter any parsnips. So if anyone wants me to yap on a podcast, include stuff in a glossy colour supplement feature, etc...
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Working on new ones up till Christmas. A long read and a playlist, with a new episode each Sunday. #FirstLastAnything
NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 33: Stand-up and novelist Mark Watson (@watsoncomedian.bsky.social) joins me this week to talk about how music helped to inspire his crafts of writing and performing. Plus his first, last and wildcard purchases! Join us! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/16/f...
FLA 33: Mark Watson (16/11/2025)
For over twenty years now, the writer-performer Mark Watson has sustained two parallel careers. In one of them, he has pursued stand-up comedy to great acclaim, both in live settings and via broadc…
firstlastanything.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Working on new ones up till Christmas. A long read and a playlist, with a new episode each Sunday. #FirstLastAnything
If Bananarama were Northern..
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If Bananarama were Northern..
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The perfect item to be enveloped in some Christmas wrapping. It's my book on the history of 1980s music, #IntoTheGroove.
OUT NOW, my month-by-month guide to 1980s pop, from ABC to XTC, and from Madonna to Neneh. #IntoTheGroove, published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The perfect item to be enveloped in some Christmas wrapping. It's my book on the history of 1980s music, #IntoTheGroove.
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Get your lovely Christmas cards here!
Don’t send boring cards this Christmas. Shop independent and support small creative business.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Don’t send boring cards this Christmas. Shop independent and support small creative business.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Get your lovely Christmas cards here!
Don’t send boring cards this Christmas. Shop independent and support small creative business.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
Don’t send boring cards this Christmas. Shop independent and support small creative business.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-ca...
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This is tantalisingly close to £3k.
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
Donate to Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica, organized by Taylor Mitchell
Hello everyone,
Many of you have heard about Hurricane Melis… Taylor Mitchell needs your support for Hurricane Melissa: Please help support our family in Jamaica
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is tantalisingly close to £3k.
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful).
www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...
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I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
Six Things, Volume 135
Delia | First Last Anything | Webcams | Trainspose | Shakespeare Deaths | Omiword
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
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Daft stuff for sale 💘👹🎁
hellohalloweeno.etsy.com
hellohalloweeno.etsy.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Daft stuff for sale 💘👹🎁
hellohalloweeno.etsy.com
hellohalloweeno.etsy.com
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 33: Stand-up and novelist Mark Watson (@watsoncomedian.bsky.social) joins me this week to talk about how music helped to inspire his crafts of writing and performing. Plus his first, last and wildcard purchases! Join us! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/16/f...
FLA 33: Mark Watson (16/11/2025)
For over twenty years now, the writer-performer Mark Watson has sustained two parallel careers. In one of them, he has pursued stand-up comedy to great acclaim, both in live settings and via broadc…
firstlastanything.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 33: Stand-up and novelist Mark Watson (@watsoncomedian.bsky.social) joins me this week to talk about how music helped to inspire his crafts of writing and performing. Plus his first, last and wildcard purchases! Join us! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/16/f...
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As it's a 1989 episode of #totp, BOOK PLUG ALERT. Now available. Christmas is only six weeks away, hint hint.
OUT NOW, my month-by-month guide to 1980s pop, from ABC to XTC, and from Madonna to Neneh. #IntoTheGroove, published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
As it's a 1989 episode of #totp, BOOK PLUG ALERT. Now available. Christmas is only six weeks away, hint hint.
I have ordered many things over the years from Gail for both myself and others. Beautiful designs and excellent service. Highly recommend so please do check out her website for all your gift-giving requirements!
This is true.
The husband just found me having a little cry in my studio.
He’s making me a hot Vimto and I’m having a word with myself.
Have a look at my website and please repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
The husband just found me having a little cry in my studio.
He’s making me a hot Vimto and I’m having a word with myself.
Have a look at my website and please repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I have ordered many things over the years from Gail for both myself and others. Beautiful designs and excellent service. Highly recommend so please do check out her website for all your gift-giving requirements!