Fiona Robbins
@fmsrobbins1.bsky.social
Book lover. I believe that every day has a little magic. So dare to look for it! And aren't dogs fabulous?
The British Library celebrated Agatha Christie,who died 50 years ago today, focusing on the new Netflix adaptation of the Seven Dials Mystery. Writer Chris Chibnall and Director Chris Sweeney with cast members Mia McKenna Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman were the panel
January 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The British Library celebrated Agatha Christie,who died 50 years ago today, focusing on the new Netflix adaptation of the Seven Dials Mystery. Writer Chris Chibnall and Director Chris Sweeney with cast members Mia McKenna Bruce, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Freeman were the panel
It is 10 years ago today since the death of David Bowie, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar.
January 10, 2026 at 2:44 AM
It is 10 years ago today since the death of David Bowie, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, Blackstar.
On January 8th, 1947 David Jones was born in London. Creative, he was considered at school to have a talent for art but adequate skills playing the recorder.
Later, the world came to know him as David Bowie and it's safe to say, he didn't play the recorder much at all after that
Later, the world came to know him as David Bowie and it's safe to say, he didn't play the recorder much at all after that
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
On January 8th, 1947 David Jones was born in London. Creative, he was considered at school to have a talent for art but adequate skills playing the recorder.
Later, the world came to know him as David Bowie and it's safe to say, he didn't play the recorder much at all after that
Later, the world came to know him as David Bowie and it's safe to say, he didn't play the recorder much at all after that
An old tale tells of Baboushka. She was visited by three Kings and though poor made them welcome. They invited her to Bethlehem. She refused but later went to find the miraculous baby. She travels with toys, still searching and leaving gifts for children in the towns she passes
January 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
An old tale tells of Baboushka. She was visited by three Kings and though poor made them welcome. They invited her to Bethlehem. She refused but later went to find the miraculous baby. She travels with toys, still searching and leaving gifts for children in the towns she passes
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." The Fellowship of the Ring.
JRR Tolkien was born 3rd January 1892.
JRR Tolkien was born 3rd January 1892.
January 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." The Fellowship of the Ring.
JRR Tolkien was born 3rd January 1892.
JRR Tolkien was born 3rd January 1892.
New currents, January 1st.
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
New currents, January 1st.
Goodbye to December, the month when we embrace hope and unite to make magic happen in our communities. We have wintered with you, made ready to begin again in spring.
January 1, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Goodbye to December, the month when we embrace hope and unite to make magic happen in our communities. We have wintered with you, made ready to begin again in spring.
"Come, gentlemen. I hope we shall drink down all unkindness ". William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Yes down with unkindness, let 2026 be the year when we let the world have the very best of us. Happy New Year everyone!
Yes down with unkindness, let 2026 be the year when we let the world have the very best of us. Happy New Year everyone!
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Come, gentlemen. I hope we shall drink down all unkindness ". William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Yes down with unkindness, let 2026 be the year when we let the world have the very best of us. Happy New Year everyone!
Yes down with unkindness, let 2026 be the year when we let the world have the very best of us. Happy New Year everyone!
I have had a few invitations for New Year's Eve. And all so tempting. The question is, which do I accept for ringing in the New Year?
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I have had a few invitations for New Year's Eve. And all so tempting. The question is, which do I accept for ringing in the New Year?
If you have a slate or two missing in the morning, you'll know why
Art: Raymond Briggs
Art: Raymond Briggs
December 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If you have a slate or two missing in the morning, you'll know why
Art: Raymond Briggs
Art: Raymond Briggs
It being Christmas Eve, there was, as I had foreseen, a good deal of revelry and what not. P.G. Wodehouse
Happy Christmas everyone. I hope it is lovely, wherever it finds you.
Art: R. Mummery
Happy Christmas everyone. I hope it is lovely, wherever it finds you.
Art: R. Mummery
December 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It being Christmas Eve, there was, as I had foreseen, a good deal of revelry and what not. P.G. Wodehouse
Happy Christmas everyone. I hope it is lovely, wherever it finds you.
Art: R. Mummery
Happy Christmas everyone. I hope it is lovely, wherever it finds you.
Art: R. Mummery
Last minute rush? A bit of chaos? Wondering how it will all come together? It's not just you! It's the same at the North Pole as Father Christmas gets ready to travel around the world tonight.
May you never be too grown-up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.
May you never be too grown-up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Last minute rush? A bit of chaos? Wondering how it will all come together? It's not just you! It's the same at the North Pole as Father Christmas gets ready to travel around the world tonight.
May you never be too grown-up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.
May you never be too grown-up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.
And so we are waiting. Watching for wonder.
For some, what waits with us feels a heavy burden, for some what waits with us is delight.
But for all of us, may the light find us, the peace rest with us and the season be a good and gentle one.
Art: lizziejayne
For some, what waits with us feels a heavy burden, for some what waits with us is delight.
But for all of us, may the light find us, the peace rest with us and the season be a good and gentle one.
Art: lizziejayne
December 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
And so we are waiting. Watching for wonder.
For some, what waits with us feels a heavy burden, for some what waits with us is delight.
But for all of us, may the light find us, the peace rest with us and the season be a good and gentle one.
Art: lizziejayne
For some, what waits with us feels a heavy burden, for some what waits with us is delight.
But for all of us, may the light find us, the peace rest with us and the season be a good and gentle one.
Art: lizziejayne
So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees.
From The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees.
From The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees.
From The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees.
From The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
The night grows long but we have called to the sun. Even in the deepest dark, the coming of the light is just one dawn away.
December 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The night grows long but we have called to the sun. Even in the deepest dark, the coming of the light is just one dawn away.
Taken from B. C.: A. D. a poem by by U. A. Fanthorpe
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect
Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect
Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Taken from B. C.: A. D. a poem by by U. A. Fanthorpe
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect
Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect
Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.
Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen.
"The whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others." From Persuasion
"The whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others." From Persuasion
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy 250th birthday to Jane Austen.
"The whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others." From Persuasion
"The whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others." From Persuasion
In the deep forests of the north, the people on the edge of the woods know there is something that cannot be defined moving among the fragrant spruce
Beyond the snow and beneath the stars of long Arctic nights magic is stirring and awakening. It belongs to all who believe in it
Beyond the snow and beneath the stars of long Arctic nights magic is stirring and awakening. It belongs to all who believe in it
December 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In the deep forests of the north, the people on the edge of the woods know there is something that cannot be defined moving among the fragrant spruce
Beyond the snow and beneath the stars of long Arctic nights magic is stirring and awakening. It belongs to all who believe in it
Beyond the snow and beneath the stars of long Arctic nights magic is stirring and awakening. It belongs to all who believe in it
It's Christmas when mice carol in the willows.
"Ithink it must be the field-mice,' replied the Mole, with a touch of pride in his manner. 'They go round carol-singing regularly at this time of the year. They're quite an institution in these parts". Kenneth Grahame
Art Chris Dunn
"Ithink it must be the field-mice,' replied the Mole, with a touch of pride in his manner. 'They go round carol-singing regularly at this time of the year. They're quite an institution in these parts". Kenneth Grahame
Art Chris Dunn
December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It's Christmas when mice carol in the willows.
"Ithink it must be the field-mice,' replied the Mole, with a touch of pride in his manner. 'They go round carol-singing regularly at this time of the year. They're quite an institution in these parts". Kenneth Grahame
Art Chris Dunn
"Ithink it must be the field-mice,' replied the Mole, with a touch of pride in his manner. 'They go round carol-singing regularly at this time of the year. They're quite an institution in these parts". Kenneth Grahame
Art Chris Dunn
Nothing beats a Friday night with my favourite film
December 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Nothing beats a Friday night with my favourite film
"Though darkness still her empire keep " is how Anne Bronte described this time of year.
Yet, there is cosiness and cheer. May we seek it out and enjoy it well wherever we find it.
Art: Jill Barklem
Yet, there is cosiness and cheer. May we seek it out and enjoy it well wherever we find it.
Art: Jill Barklem
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Though darkness still her empire keep " is how Anne Bronte described this time of year.
Yet, there is cosiness and cheer. May we seek it out and enjoy it well wherever we find it.
Art: Jill Barklem
Yet, there is cosiness and cheer. May we seek it out and enjoy it well wherever we find it.
Art: Jill Barklem
I think I saw Father Christmas doing some early morning shopping in Galway today.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I think I saw Father Christmas doing some early morning shopping in Galway today.
Train travel between Galway and Dublin has gotten pleasantly posh
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Train travel between Galway and Dublin has gotten pleasantly posh
Farming.... Dublin style
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Farming.... Dublin style
From Turkey, where stories grew of a she wolf, seven headed dragons, winged horses and forest spirits came a beloved figure.
St Nicholas' feast is 6th December,his generosity became legend and the tradition of love, care and joy at this time of year continues in his name.
St Nicholas' feast is 6th December,his generosity became legend and the tradition of love, care and joy at this time of year continues in his name.
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
From Turkey, where stories grew of a she wolf, seven headed dragons, winged horses and forest spirits came a beloved figure.
St Nicholas' feast is 6th December,his generosity became legend and the tradition of love, care and joy at this time of year continues in his name.
St Nicholas' feast is 6th December,his generosity became legend and the tradition of love, care and joy at this time of year continues in his name.