Susan Theobald
@sortalazysusan.bsky.social
Susan, she/her | Bookdealer, photographer/catalogue designer and social media layabout at Blackwell's Rare Books | #ActuallyAutistic
Excited to announce my new venture as insect uber. Chauffeured my first satisfied customer from Jesus College to Lincoln College Library, where I assume he had some books to check out
July 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excited to announce my new venture as insect uber. Chauffeured my first satisfied customer from Jesus College to Lincoln College Library, where I assume he had some books to check out
Good morning to the huge fluffy black cat I just watched make an unstoppable terminator-style beeline through Radcliffe Square in order to sniff the voluminous red dress of a couple having a photoshoot in the gate of All Souls
June 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Good morning to the huge fluffy black cat I just watched make an unstoppable terminator-style beeline through Radcliffe Square in order to sniff the voluminous red dress of a couple having a photoshoot in the gate of All Souls
This was a bit of a rush job, but it was v fun to do. Might have another crack at it one day, or something similiar... The Hobbit illumination with Smaug as a weird mediaeval dragon?
May 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This was a bit of a rush job, but it was v fun to do. Might have another crack at it one day, or something similiar... The Hobbit illumination with Smaug as a weird mediaeval dragon?
Yes, I just tried to use my stapler as the computer mouse, but in my defence...
May 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Yes, I just tried to use my stapler as the computer mouse, but in my defence...
I'm not sure you have a @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social reader card.....
May 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I'm not sure you have a @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social reader card.....
Semi-regular reminder that one of the best views in town is from the top floor of @blackwelloxford.bsky.social when the sun is setting (currently slightly marred by scaffolding but only slightly)
March 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Semi-regular reminder that one of the best views in town is from the top floor of @blackwelloxford.bsky.social when the sun is setting (currently slightly marred by scaffolding but only slightly)
Nothing beats the joy of finding a paw print in a book
March 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Nothing beats the joy of finding a paw print in a book
My favourite YA novel
February 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My favourite YA novel
My frozen paratha became a cyclops with terrible insomnia
February 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My frozen paratha became a cyclops with terrible insomnia
Everything is bleak, but my cat is huge and soft
January 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Everything is bleak, but my cat is huge and soft
Pressing my nose up against the glass of the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social fancy marbled journals display case like a Dickensian orphan at a bakery window*
*except, crucially, the orphan is starving whereas I am already plump and overfed on lovely stationery and unused notepads
*except, crucially, the orphan is starving whereas I am already plump and overfed on lovely stationery and unused notepads
January 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Pressing my nose up against the glass of the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social fancy marbled journals display case like a Dickensian orphan at a bakery window*
*except, crucially, the orphan is starving whereas I am already plump and overfed on lovely stationery and unused notepads
*except, crucially, the orphan is starving whereas I am already plump and overfed on lovely stationery and unused notepads
Opening the eel ark of the covenant must be a little like opening a snake in a can...
December 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Opening the eel ark of the covenant must be a little like opening a snake in a can...
Christmas cards painted this year
December 23, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Christmas cards painted this year
As always, the @blackwellrare.bsky.social mini Oxford xmas party goes tiny on decorations and big on homemade baked goods
December 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
As always, the @blackwellrare.bsky.social mini Oxford xmas party goes tiny on decorations and big on homemade baked goods
The shrinkflation of sainsbury's cookies is so egregious it's almost funny
December 5, 2024 at 12:36 PM
The shrinkflation of sainsbury's cookies is so egregious it's almost funny
Frosty, foggy and flooded
November 28, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Frosty, foggy and flooded
Wool blanket enjoyer
November 16, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Wool blanket enjoyer
Tried to record a pair of ducks on a pond date but it quickly devolved into a pond shag. Moments later, they were at it like rabbits off a duck's back
February 5, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Tried to record a pair of ducks on a pond date but it quickly devolved into a pond shag. Moments later, they were at it like rabbits off a duck's back
Christ Church status: wet
January 15, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Christ Church status: wet
Good morning to these two red kites in particular
December 20, 2023 at 8:52 AM
Good morning to these two red kites in particular
Painting their cat into one of my brother and sister in law's wedding photos for xmas
December 18, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Painting their cat into one of my brother and sister in law's wedding photos for xmas
Oh to be a tiny cat on an enormous blanket
November 11, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Oh to be a tiny cat on an enormous blanket