EspeciallySarah
@especiallysarah.bsky.social
social history curator, book & theatre nerd and general enthusiast. She/her.
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We’re going to need a bigger little treat
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We’re going to need a bigger little treat
For anyone not on instagram- Mum died on Saturday and we're now in the middle of planning a joint funeral for Monday so a very strange time but I'm very well supported <3
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
For anyone not on instagram- Mum died on Saturday and we're now in the middle of planning a joint funeral for Monday so a very strange time but I'm very well supported <3
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I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
I'm going to try #museum30 but no promises. So as an introduction here are two objects from World Connected: St Albans and the Islamic, the most recent exhibition I have curated.
November 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm going to try #museum30 but no promises. So as an introduction here are two objects from World Connected: St Albans and the Islamic, the most recent exhibition I have curated.
I love doing this every year, I have to admit it's more daunting this year as I'm currently caring for my dad who is now having palliative care as his pancreatic cancer is beyond treatment. But I have a couple of ideas already...
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I love doing this every year, I have to admit it's more daunting this year as I'm currently caring for my dad who is now having palliative care as his pancreatic cancer is beyond treatment. But I have a couple of ideas already...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I had never really thought about the fact that The Lord of the Rings is the 500,000+ word version of “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” but here’s the explanation.
Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
white cis men blocking people of color and other members of vulnerable communities because their risk factor is a lot different than ours is peak white nonsense.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
September 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had never really thought about the fact that The Lord of the Rings is the 500,000+ word version of “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” but here’s the explanation.
Midsummer Night's Dream for one night only with the actors only seeing their sides and the incredible Sarah Finigan as prompt <3 everything I love about @shakespearesglobe.bsky.social (and many of the people) in one night. I kind of want to live in Puck's dream now though
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Midsummer Night's Dream for one night only with the actors only seeing their sides and the incredible Sarah Finigan as prompt <3 everything I love about @shakespearesglobe.bsky.social (and many of the people) in one night. I kind of want to live in Puck's dream now though
Turned over from recorded Rugby in perfect time to watch Bill Bailey's Proms debut <3
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Turned over from recorded Rugby in perfect time to watch Bill Bailey's Proms debut <3
Amazing scenes on tonight's #OnlyConnect with the most passive aggressive connecting wall ever (fully correctly so)
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Amazing scenes on tonight's #OnlyConnect with the most passive aggressive connecting wall ever (fully correctly so)
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Obviously you shouldn’t measure violent crime reduction success solely on ‘are people dead?’, but that last statistic does seem quite impressive, given summer holidays are normally a peak for youth violence.
Amid all the stuff about ‘dangerous London’ and ‘broken Britain’, new figures show the homicide rate in London is at a 10-year low. Killings dropped by 26% over the last year, from 78 to 58. No one under 25 was murdered during the school summer holidays.
September 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Obviously you shouldn’t measure violent crime reduction success solely on ‘are people dead?’, but that last statistic does seem quite impressive, given summer holidays are normally a peak for youth violence.
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All this talk about how infodumping is a neurodivergent trait—listen, we grew up reading SFF in the Nineties, OF COURSE we infodump. Y’all are lucky we’re not a full on italicized prologue.
August 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
All this talk about how infodumping is a neurodivergent trait—listen, we grew up reading SFF in the Nineties, OF COURSE we infodump. Y’all are lucky we’re not a full on italicized prologue.
Can't really believe we lost Tom Lehrer and Cleo Laine in the same weekend. Two incredibly different people but both voices that live with me <3
July 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Can't really believe we lost Tom Lehrer and Cleo Laine in the same weekend. Two incredibly different people but both voices that live with me <3
This one gets stuck in my head quite a lot. His songs are absolutely a part of the voices in my brain and I mostly think I'm better for it
July 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This one gets stuck in my head quite a lot. His songs are absolutely a part of the voices in my brain and I mostly think I'm better for it
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Every Tom Lehrer song that people are sharing is the best Tom Lehrer song until I see the next one they share, which is the new best one.
July 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Tom Lehrer song that people are sharing is the best Tom Lehrer song until I see the next one they share, which is the new best one.
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To add some more context, Orville Wright piloted both of these aircraft.
July 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To add some more context, Orville Wright piloted both of these aircraft.
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
July 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
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*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*
July 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*
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#TodayInQueerHistory
June 25 (1978)
The first rainbow flag, the iconic banner of the LGBTQIA+ community designed by Gilbert Baker and other artists, flew for the first time, at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.
Gilbert Baker said “Flags are torn from the soul of the people."
June 25 (1978)
The first rainbow flag, the iconic banner of the LGBTQIA+ community designed by Gilbert Baker and other artists, flew for the first time, at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.
Gilbert Baker said “Flags are torn from the soul of the people."
June 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
June 25 (1978)
The first rainbow flag, the iconic banner of the LGBTQIA+ community designed by Gilbert Baker and other artists, flew for the first time, at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.
Gilbert Baker said “Flags are torn from the soul of the people."
June 25 (1978)
The first rainbow flag, the iconic banner of the LGBTQIA+ community designed by Gilbert Baker and other artists, flew for the first time, at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade.
Gilbert Baker said “Flags are torn from the soul of the people."
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This evening UK Parliament voted to reform abortion law. It is the most substantial reform in almost 50 years.
This is an historic moment.
This is an historic moment.
June 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This evening UK Parliament voted to reform abortion law. It is the most substantial reform in almost 50 years.
This is an historic moment.
This is an historic moment.
So nice to read a positive headline for once
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights
Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies
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UK politics live – latest updates
British MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion, marking the biggest step forward in reproductive rights in almost 60 years.
In an amendment to the government’s crime and policing bill, parliament voted to change the criminal laws that govern abortion in England and Wales so that women procuring their own termination outside the legal framework cannot be prosecuted. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
So nice to read a positive headline for once