Hannah Howe
@hannahhowe.bsky.social
Mother, Welsh, European. Author of bestselling novels. Interests include vintage films & music, genealogy, social history & the Special Operations Executive. Chess addict. Anti-fascist. Sorry, I don’t reply to DMs on social media.
https://hannah-howe.com
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Hannah Howe
@hannahhowe.bsky.social
· Aug 4
Available this autumn, The Tourney, book one in my Adventures of Maid Marian series. Formats: print, eBook, audiobook and translations.
Time to recycle this one…
Trump went for an IQ test recently. It came back negative.
Trump went for an IQ test recently. It came back negative.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Time to recycle this one…
Trump went for an IQ test recently. It came back negative.
Trump went for an IQ test recently. It came back negative.
Bullies are cowards. Stand up to them.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bullies are cowards. Stand up to them.
I criticised Zack Polanski yesterday, but he’s posted some encouraging comments today.
I've said repeatedly "I want Labour to be more worried about losing votes and seats to the Green Party than to Reform. That's how we start to shift decisions."
Time to make hope normal again.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I criticised Zack Polanski yesterday, but he’s posted some encouraging comments today.
My Mastodon Favourite Doctor Who Poll
First Round Results:
Christopher Eccleston 75% v 25% John Hurt
David Tennant 89% v 11% Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton 74% v 26% Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee 49% v 51% Matt Smith
First Round Results:
Christopher Eccleston 75% v 25% John Hurt
David Tennant 89% v 11% Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton 74% v 26% Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee 49% v 51% Matt Smith
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My Mastodon Favourite Doctor Who Poll
First Round Results:
Christopher Eccleston 75% v 25% John Hurt
David Tennant 89% v 11% Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton 74% v 26% Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee 49% v 51% Matt Smith
First Round Results:
Christopher Eccleston 75% v 25% John Hurt
David Tennant 89% v 11% Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton 74% v 26% Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee 49% v 51% Matt Smith
I envy future historians. They will have access to the documents and will be able to identify and discuss the traitors.
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I envy future historians. They will have access to the documents and will be able to identify and discuss the traitors.
I suspect Mr Peers is correct.
If the BBC licence fee could somehow be disconnected between news and non-news output, I suspect the number of people willing to pay to watch its news output would be tiny
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I suspect Mr Peers is correct.
10 November 1963
Scientists and engineers at the Government research station at Wallingford were baffled. The water level of their model, built to show the flow of rivers around the nuclear power station of Dungeness, kept dropping.
Scientists and engineers at the Government research station at Wallingford were baffled. The water level of their model, built to show the flow of rivers around the nuclear power station of Dungeness, kept dropping.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
10 November 1963
Scientists and engineers at the Government research station at Wallingford were baffled. The water level of their model, built to show the flow of rivers around the nuclear power station of Dungeness, kept dropping.
Scientists and engineers at the Government research station at Wallingford were baffled. The water level of their model, built to show the flow of rivers around the nuclear power station of Dungeness, kept dropping.
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@angrydigit.bsky.social
My Doctor Who Companions poll. Is there anyone I should add to or remove from this list?
🤖 Alex Kingston - River Song
Bernard Cribbins - Tom Campbell
Bradley Walsh - Graham O’Brien
@angrydigit.bsky.social
My Doctor Who Companions poll. Is there anyone I should add to or remove from this list?
🤖 Alex Kingston - River Song
Bernard Cribbins - Tom Campbell
Bradley Walsh - Graham O’Brien
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@gleanniucha.bsky.social
@angrydigit.bsky.social
My Doctor Who Companions poll. Is there anyone I should add to or remove from this list?
🤖 Alex Kingston - River Song
Bernard Cribbins - Tom Campbell
Bradley Walsh - Graham O’Brien
@angrydigit.bsky.social
My Doctor Who Companions poll. Is there anyone I should add to or remove from this list?
🤖 Alex Kingston - River Song
Bernard Cribbins - Tom Campbell
Bradley Walsh - Graham O’Brien
On television, 10 November 1982.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
On television, 10 November 1982.
My Mastodon Favourite Doctor Who Poll
First Round Results:
Tom Baker 72% v 28% Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison 48% v 52% Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell 30% v 70% Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing 38% v 62% Sylvester McCoy
First Round Results:
Tom Baker 72% v 28% Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison 48% v 52% Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell 30% v 70% Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing 38% v 62% Sylvester McCoy
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My Mastodon Favourite Doctor Who Poll
First Round Results:
Tom Baker 72% v 28% Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison 48% v 52% Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell 30% v 70% Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing 38% v 62% Sylvester McCoy
First Round Results:
Tom Baker 72% v 28% Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison 48% v 52% Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell 30% v 70% Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing 38% v 62% Sylvester McCoy
Worth reading every week. Well worth reading this week 👇
💥Supermarionation Sunday💥
Tomorrow’s news, today
TV Century 21 thread 🧵
Issue 43
On sale 10th November 1965
Cover stories faithfully transcribed in alt text.
THIS WEEK:
The “Agent 21” trailing front cover reveals Britain* has been under fascist rule since 2028..
*England and Wales? 🤷🏼♀️
Tomorrow’s news, today
TV Century 21 thread 🧵
Issue 43
On sale 10th November 1965
Cover stories faithfully transcribed in alt text.
THIS WEEK:
The “Agent 21” trailing front cover reveals Britain* has been under fascist rule since 2028..
*England and Wales? 🤷🏼♀️
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Worth reading every week. Well worth reading this week 👇
A naive statement, to put it mildly. If his priory isn’t to defeat fascism, then he’s not one of the good guys.
Zack Polanski said Sir Keir Starmer ‘is not a man I would be willing to work with’, when asked if the Green Party would make a deal with Labour to defeat Reform UK
Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’, says Green Party leader
Zack Polanski said Sir Keir Starmer “is not a man I would be willing to work with”, when asked if the Green Party would make a deal with Labour to defeat Reform UK. Mr Polanski suggested he doubts whe...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A naive statement, to put it mildly. If his priory isn’t to defeat fascism, then he’s not one of the good guys.
My Doctor Who poll on Mastodon is receiving a lot of support - well over 500 votes on day one. At the conclusion of the poll, I would like to run a Doctor Who Companions poll. Please nominate your favourite Doctor Who companions, as many as you like, and I will include them in the poll.
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My Doctor Who poll on Mastodon is receiving a lot of support - well over 500 votes on day one. At the conclusion of the poll, I would like to run a Doctor Who Companions poll. Please nominate your favourite Doctor Who companions, as many as you like, and I will include them in the poll.
In Search of My Axes
In an era when not many people could read or write, especially women, my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was literate and well educated. Most likely, despite Jane’s education, there was no thought that she would embark upon a career - marriage and family were her future.
In an era when not many people could read or write, especially women, my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was literate and well educated. Most likely, despite Jane’s education, there was no thought that she would embark upon a career - marriage and family were her future.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In Search of My Axes
In an era when not many people could read or write, especially women, my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was literate and well educated. Most likely, despite Jane’s education, there was no thought that she would embark upon a career - marriage and family were her future.
In an era when not many people could read or write, especially women, my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was literate and well educated. Most likely, despite Jane’s education, there was no thought that she would embark upon a career - marriage and family were her future.
On television, 9 November 1982.
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On television, 9 November 1982.
9 November 1963
A young married council house painter has been run out of the “town of amorous wives” by an angry husband. Said the husband, “I gave him two hours to clear out - or else!”
A young married council house painter has been run out of the “town of amorous wives” by an angry husband. Said the husband, “I gave him two hours to clear out - or else!”
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
9 November 1963
A young married council house painter has been run out of the “town of amorous wives” by an angry husband. Said the husband, “I gave him two hours to clear out - or else!”
A young married council house painter has been run out of the “town of amorous wives” by an angry husband. Said the husband, “I gave him two hours to clear out - or else!”
My ancestors John Bevan and Barbara Aubrey now have their own Wikipedia page. They were Quakers and founders of the Welsh Tract in Pennsylvania.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_...
Quaker Meeting House (Tref y Rhyg, Llantrisant) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My ancestors John Bevan and Barbara Aubrey now have their own Wikipedia page. They were Quakers and founders of the Welsh Tract in Pennsylvania.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_...
My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll
Final Results:
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 56% v 44% Star Trek
Doctor Who 68% v 32% Columbo
The Monkees 29% v 71% Fawlty Towers
The Prisoner 56% v 44% Life on Earth
Thunderbirds 53% v 47% The Old Grey Whistle Test
Final Results:
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 56% v 44% Star Trek
Doctor Who 68% v 32% Columbo
The Monkees 29% v 71% Fawlty Towers
The Prisoner 56% v 44% Life on Earth
Thunderbirds 53% v 47% The Old Grey Whistle Test
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll
Final Results:
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 56% v 44% Star Trek
Doctor Who 68% v 32% Columbo
The Monkees 29% v 71% Fawlty Towers
The Prisoner 56% v 44% Life on Earth
Thunderbirds 53% v 47% The Old Grey Whistle Test
Final Results:
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 56% v 44% Star Trek
Doctor Who 68% v 32% Columbo
The Monkees 29% v 71% Fawlty Towers
The Prisoner 56% v 44% Life on Earth
Thunderbirds 53% v 47% The Old Grey Whistle Test
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The Doctor Who Poll Draw
Tom Baker v Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison v Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell v Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing v Sylvester McCoy
Christopher Eccleston v John Hurt
David Tennant v Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton v Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee v Matt Smith
The Doctor Who Poll Draw
Tom Baker v Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison v Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell v Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing v Sylvester McCoy
Christopher Eccleston v John Hurt
David Tennant v Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton v Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee v Matt Smith
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@gleanniucha.bsky.social
The Doctor Who Poll Draw
Tom Baker v Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison v Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell v Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing v Sylvester McCoy
Christopher Eccleston v John Hurt
David Tennant v Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton v Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee v Matt Smith
The Doctor Who Poll Draw
Tom Baker v Jodie Whittaker
Peter Davison v Ncuti Gatwa
William Hartnell v Peter Capaldi
Peter Cushing v Sylvester McCoy
Christopher Eccleston v John Hurt
David Tennant v Colin Baker
Patrick Troughton v Paul McGann
Jon Pertwee v Matt Smith
On television, 8 November 1982.
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
On television, 8 November 1982.
8 November 1963
Police swooped and seized 4,000 copies of a book that was due to be re-issued as a paperback. And Scotland Yard warned that anyone selling copies of the book will be prosecuted.
Police swooped and seized 4,000 copies of a book that was due to be re-issued as a paperback. And Scotland Yard warned that anyone selling copies of the book will be prosecuted.
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
8 November 1963
Police swooped and seized 4,000 copies of a book that was due to be re-issued as a paperback. And Scotland Yard warned that anyone selling copies of the book will be prosecuted.
Police swooped and seized 4,000 copies of a book that was due to be re-issued as a paperback. And Scotland Yard warned that anyone selling copies of the book will be prosecuted.
My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll
Yesterday’s Results:
Star Trek 76% v 24% Columbo
Doctor Who 45% v 55% Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Monkees 36% v 64% Thunderbirds
The Prisoner 62% v 38% The Old Grey Whistle Test
Life on Earth 30% v 70% Fawlty Towers
Yesterday’s Results:
Star Trek 76% v 24% Columbo
Doctor Who 45% v 55% Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Monkees 36% v 64% Thunderbirds
The Prisoner 62% v 38% The Old Grey Whistle Test
Life on Earth 30% v 70% Fawlty Towers
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My Mastodon Favourite Television Programme of the 1960s and 1970s Chart Poll
Yesterday’s Results:
Star Trek 76% v 24% Columbo
Doctor Who 45% v 55% Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Monkees 36% v 64% Thunderbirds
The Prisoner 62% v 38% The Old Grey Whistle Test
Life on Earth 30% v 70% Fawlty Towers
Yesterday’s Results:
Star Trek 76% v 24% Columbo
Doctor Who 45% v 55% Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Monkees 36% v 64% Thunderbirds
The Prisoner 62% v 38% The Old Grey Whistle Test
Life on Earth 30% v 70% Fawlty Towers
In Search of My Axes
In 1821 my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was nine years old. Her family home comprised of her father, prosperous house builder Samuel Axe, her mother Grace, her older siblings Samuel Issac and James…
In 1821 my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was nine years old. Her family home comprised of her father, prosperous house builder Samuel Axe, her mother Grace, her older siblings Samuel Issac and James…
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In Search of My Axes
In 1821 my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was nine years old. Her family home comprised of her father, prosperous house builder Samuel Axe, her mother Grace, her older siblings Samuel Issac and James…
In 1821 my 4 x great grandmother Jane Esther Axe was nine years old. Her family home comprised of her father, prosperous house builder Samuel Axe, her mother Grace, her older siblings Samuel Issac and James…
On television, 7 November 1982.
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On television, 7 November 1982.
7 November 1963
A suspicious wife hid under the bed in the daytime because she thought her husband was having an affair with one of her friends.
A suspicious wife hid under the bed in the daytime because she thought her husband was having an affair with one of her friends.
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
7 November 1963
A suspicious wife hid under the bed in the daytime because she thought her husband was having an affair with one of her friends.
A suspicious wife hid under the bed in the daytime because she thought her husband was having an affair with one of her friends.