Carolinemable
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Carolinemable
@carolinemable.bsky.social
Art Psychotherapist, gardener, mother, cats.
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The Christmas window of Constance’s shop, painting created 1968 by Muriel Lewis, in the art therapy at studio Netherne hospital, where she was compelled to live.
A large number of her works survive, they depict scenes from her own life inside & outside the hospital during the mid C20th in Surrey
December 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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'The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive, but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1,000 words.'
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Down by the sea: poverty brings Blackpool life expectancy to UK low | Life expectancy | The Guardian share.google/b79dU4zVXmF7.... In case the Archers is tempting you to try Blackpool #TheArchers
Down by the sea: poverty brings Blackpool life expectancy to UK low
Resort town struggles with squalid housing, poor nutrition for children and now, statistics show, earlier deaths
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November 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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The purpose of probation is to protect the public. It does so by managing the risk of offenders committing further offences.

But an unstable system with demoralised staff is undermining rehabilitation. J J Jackson reports
Probation: change, but not for the better?
A damning report from the Audit Office and a new Sentencing Bill signal more upheaval for the embattled service
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Who remembers a sewing bee type programme for allotment growing? Trying to create tension over growing radishes, it only lasted one series, I can see ##gameofwool going the same way, but more car crash TV along the way.
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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How Frankie the cat helped women in a Michigan prison.
The Cat Who Helped Women at a Michigan Prison
In general, animals aren’t allowed in prison. But residents, and a few staff, gave this furry creature a good life.
prisonjournalismproject.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The perception of ghost oft begins with the story we tell ourselves about it, the language employed. If we think of a place as ghost-burdened rather than ghost-graced, we shape encounter as surely as potter shapes clay. When it comes to spectres, words matter. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Is there only one member of staff at George's prison? #TheArchers
October 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The British Newspaper Archive now includes Jackie and I was delighted to note problem pages in prominent position blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2025/10/06/j...
Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week
We welcome iconic best-selling teen magazine Jackie to The Archive. Browse every single edition of the weekly magazine for girls, from 1964 through to 1993.
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Showtown in Blackpool has started a new project to celebrate the role little people used to play in the entertainment industry
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...
Celebrating little people in Blackpool
Showtown in Blackpool has started a new project to celebrate the role little people used to play in the entertainment industry
northwestbylines.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Been away for the weekend. So no Archers since last Thursday, friends would not get the obsesseion, but have been keeping in the loop on here, sounds a trying time. ready to catch-up now.... #TheArchers
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Oh, now, this is good 😂👏👍

Well done the British public ... and Network Rail!

#Railway200

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train - BBC News
Other names on the shortlist included Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Hollymoor Hospital - Wikipedia share.google/S7NOdWpAOE5K.... Finally got to visit the place of genesis of Group Analysis. There are a variety of community resources there now. I went to scrap store for sewing supplies.
Hollymoor Hospital - Wikipedia
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August 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Most people know Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance—in this excellent list of book recommendations, @lornawallace.bsky.social suggests five books that match each stage.

reactormag.com/horror-novel...
Horror Novels for Each of the Five Stages of Grief - Reactor
Books about denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
reactormag.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The right-wing press is going mad over votes at 16 ("a naked attempt to twist democracy in Labour’s favour", an "election-rigging move"...)

Oddly, they said the same 100 years ago when the voting age for women fell from 30 to 21.

Let's revisit the Mail's campaign to"Stop the Flapper Vote Folly"...
July 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
In my experience of these things , a grandmother's engagement ring is passed down the female line. So George doesn't have 'a right to it'. He just needed to be told that. He would have kicked off, but it's about time he was told no. #TheArchers
July 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

I've written this feature - it's open access - on redemption arcs, overcoming tropes, The Salt Path, some salty experience of my own in industry, why it's political and why publishing needs to catch up. @bookbrunch.bsky.social @thebooksellergv.bsky.social
Hero's journey or would you rather an 'overcoming' trope?
BookBrunch - The publishing trade's daily news magazine
www.bookbrunch.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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There's a stretch of railway line in East London ownership of which is disputed between Network Rail and Transport for London, mostly because neither side wants to take responsibility for dealing with the veiled apparition that flickers into being on the tracks, traumatising train drivers.
June 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Floating around with mum!
June 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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ICYMI, there's a new charity anthology coming out from @obversebooks.bsky.social, edited by @paulmagrs.bsky.social, full of Eighth Doctor Adventures (EDA) fun.

I took the Doctor, Fitz and Anji to a festival because they wanna be free, to do what they wanna do...away baby let's go (and pre-order).
Something I've been working on recently, with Stuart Douglas at obversebooks.co.uk. It's a charity anthology celebrating the Eighth Doctor novels of the late 1990s! It's out in August and it's up for pre-order right now! x obversebooks.co.uk/product/part...
June 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Doing some notes on this today.

"Léon looked at Barbara and for a moment she thought he was about to seize her and kiss her passionately. But the moment passed…Colbert paused in the doorway. Again he seemed on the brink of rushing across to embrace her like a young blood out of an adventure story."
Our second talk announced for #DoctorWho #TargetBookClub will be @magslhalliday.bsky.social's "Romancing The Targets" which will hopefully reframe the Target Novels as the Romantasy Epic we all know them to be.

Tickets bit.ly/escape2danger
June 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
After finishing work on 23rd May, 2 weeks of frantic catching up on house jobs, followed with 2weeks of feeling really ill, am now finally thinking about what to do with the rest of my life. #Retirement
June 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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What could the strategic defence review 2025 mean for c20 buildings in Plymouth?

buttondown.com/WestCountryM...
Field Notes: Plymouth rising (12 June 2025)
The centre of Plymouth seems to be re-emerging, with multiple announcements changing the future of it. Plus a note about Midland House (Plymouth) and a round up of local news.
buttondown.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM