Antonia Honeywell
@antoniahoneywell.bsky.social
Appearance: Writer, interviewer, events chair.
Reality: Permanently drowning, waves occasionally.
Reality: Permanently drowning, waves occasionally.
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To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
To everyone on Bluesky finding out about Walliams and despairing at the fact that "I read those books to my kids" I just want to reassure them that it's OK. He didn't write them.
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And now I find out that The Salt Path wasn't even published by a real penguin.
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
And now I find out that The Salt Path wasn't even published by a real penguin.
Exhausted parent turns to Freecycle.
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Exhausted parent turns to Freecycle.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Coming home from work is the best.
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Coming home from work is the best.
It’s almost as though they haven’t read The Ship🤷♀️
Every adult in Britain to require new ‘Brit Card’ ID
Every adult in Britain to require new ‘Brit Card’ ID
www.independent.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s almost as though they haven’t read The Ship🤷♀️
Not all emerging writers are young; not all emerging writers are unpublished. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Hilary Mantel championed emerging writers - a new prize in her memory will help them get published
Judged by Maggie O’Farrell, Ben Miles and Chigozie Obioma, the Hilary Mantel prize will recognise emerging talent, and pay tribute to the Wolf Hall author’s legacy
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Not all emerging writers are young; not all emerging writers are unpublished. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
We now have to keep this special box forever.
September 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
We now have to keep this special box forever.
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
The Christmas shop at Liberty is open and we haven’t even gone back to school yet.
August 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Christmas shop at Liberty is open and we haven’t even gone back to school yet.
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I should be enjoying my 50s, not living through the rise of 21st Century fascism.
August 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I should be enjoying my 50s, not living through the rise of 21st Century fascism.
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ONCE IN A HOUSE ON FIRE, a memoir of a working class Manchester childhood in the 70s and 80s, was a literary sensation. Then author Andrea Ashworth dropped out of sight. For @manchestermill.bsky.social I found out why.
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
Andrea Ashworth wrote a classic of Mancunian literature. Why did she vanish from view?
My search for the author of ‘Once in a House on Fire’ led to the other side of the world - and to a tantalising revelation
manchestermill.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ONCE IN A HOUSE ON FIRE, a memoir of a working class Manchester childhood in the 70s and 80s, was a literary sensation. Then author Andrea Ashworth dropped out of sight. For @manchestermill.bsky.social I found out why.
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
manchestermill.co.uk/andrea-ashwo...
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Apropos of nothing, if you're looking to support someone making a long distance walk in support of a great cause, take a look at what my excellent big brother is doing right now.
Land's End to John O'Groats - he hit 500 miles last week, and is currently in Lancaster.
Land's End to John O'Groats - he hit 500 miles last week, and is currently in Lancaster.
It would be great if you subscribed to his YouTube channel. He doesn't mind if you don't watch the videos, but letting them run to the end helps: "let them play while you make a cup of tea"!
And if you can, do chuck a few pennies his way.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
And if you can, do chuck a few pennies his way.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £5000 to support Eye Care for Africa in their life changing work in East Africa. – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to support Eye Care for Africa in their life changing work in East Africa.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
July 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Apropos of nothing, if you're looking to support someone making a long distance walk in support of a great cause, take a look at what my excellent big brother is doing right now.
Land's End to John O'Groats - he hit 500 miles last week, and is currently in Lancaster.
Land's End to John O'Groats - he hit 500 miles last week, and is currently in Lancaster.
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While attempting to tidy up my Chrome bookmarks I rediscovered this interview I did with @antoniahoneywell.bsky.social on Chiltern Voice Radio a couple of months before the pandemic. It is the closest I'll get to being on Desert Island Discs. I got to pick books and songs for two hours. Fab time.
Booktime Brunch With Scott Pack: 27th January 2020
www.mixcloud.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
While attempting to tidy up my Chrome bookmarks I rediscovered this interview I did with @antoniahoneywell.bsky.social on Chiltern Voice Radio a couple of months before the pandemic. It is the closest I'll get to being on Desert Island Discs. I got to pick books and songs for two hours. Fab time.
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Dammit, we can’t have anything nice.
Chance of giant asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 falls to 0.0017%
Chance of giant asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 falls to 0.0017%
Asteroid 2024 Y4 had reached a 3.1% likelihood of impact but further data has rendered it negligible
It was a discovery that lead to panic-inducing headlines: a giant asteroid found to be hurtling towards Earth that, while unlikely to wipe out life,…
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Dammit, we can’t have anything nice.
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These narcissists need to take a long, hard look at themselves.
February 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
These narcissists need to take a long, hard look at themselves.
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New show alert.
Back in the 1990s I was the only female spark / "Gaffer " working successfully in the UK film industry. I had all kinds of movie adventures but...
Back in the 1990s I was the only female spark / "Gaffer " working successfully in the UK film industry. I had all kinds of movie adventures but...
February 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New show alert.
Back in the 1990s I was the only female spark / "Gaffer " working successfully in the UK film industry. I had all kinds of movie adventures but...
Back in the 1990s I was the only female spark / "Gaffer " working successfully in the UK film industry. I had all kinds of movie adventures but...
me in camden market rn waiting for hungry teen’s chicken cheese wrap with fries
He lay down with his face to the wall and saw, on a level with his eyes, the words, 'I died waiting'.
February 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
me in camden market rn waiting for hungry teen’s chicken cheese wrap with fries
How would this particular blurb be helpful to anyone considering reading 1984?
January 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
How would this particular blurb be helpful to anyone considering reading 1984?
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Seriously: this is absolutely extraordinary, do take a look. A truly DEEP dive
“At 4 o’clock we have our tea”, 1962
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(For the strange story of why this image is so significant in Indonesia, see here: ladybirdflyawayhome.com/the-strange-...
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(For the strange story of why this image is so significant in Indonesia, see here: ladybirdflyawayhome.com/the-strange-...
January 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Seriously: this is absolutely extraordinary, do take a look. A truly DEEP dive
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Hi I’m Vanessa, a professional storyteller that is I literally tell stories for money. I also coach storytelling human beings & I programme storytelling festivals. (It’s a spoken word artform thing). I like foxes, trees, strangeness and people watching.
#introductions #introduction #MeetMe
#introductions #introduction #MeetMe
January 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hi I’m Vanessa, a professional storyteller that is I literally tell stories for money. I also coach storytelling human beings & I programme storytelling festivals. (It’s a spoken word artform thing). I like foxes, trees, strangeness and people watching.
#introductions #introduction #MeetMe
#introductions #introduction #MeetMe
Eighteen years ago, almost to the minute. Happy birthday, sweetheart. Vote xxx
November 27, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Eighteen years ago, almost to the minute. Happy birthday, sweetheart. Vote xxx
I’m a bit disappointed that no one has responded to this. Please all go and listen to @johnfinnemore.bsky.social’s absolutely perfect radio comedy Cabin Pressure and get back to me x
November 24, 2024 at 2:24 PM
I’m a bit disappointed that no one has responded to this. Please all go and listen to @johnfinnemore.bsky.social’s absolutely perfect radio comedy Cabin Pressure and get back to me x
Arthur is vindicated.
November 24, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Arthur is vindicated.
They are wonderful.
💙📚 If you enjoyed 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, you’ll love this collection of letters she wrote from New York, commissioned by BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and read out on air by the author in the 1970s manderleypress.com/shop/p/letterfromnewyork
November 18, 2024 at 3:50 PM
They are wonderful.