Hayley Dunning
@hdunning.bsky.social
Climate communicator / Fiction writer / Cat wrangler
Have all my own teeth
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Have all my own teeth
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Was an absolute DORK over @janicehallett.bsky.social at the @chilternkills.bsky.social festival just now. I always said she's who I want to be when I grow up, and that's still mostly true, but just a tiny bit less after she said she's a 100% pantser!!😱
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Was an absolute DORK over @janicehallett.bsky.social at the @chilternkills.bsky.social festival just now. I always said she's who I want to be when I grow up, and that's still mostly true, but just a tiny bit less after she said she's a 100% pantser!!😱
There's this true crime advert that ends with someone saying, "How do you know the person sitting next to you right now isn't a psychopath?" and it makes me laugh every time because whose sitting next to me is him
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There's this true crime advert that ends with someone saying, "How do you know the person sitting next to you right now isn't a psychopath?" and it makes me laugh every time because whose sitting next to me is him
Got a new purse and trying to answer the eternal question: do I fill the purse with loyalty cards or my phone with loyalty apps?
September 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Got a new purse and trying to answer the eternal question: do I fill the purse with loyalty cards or my phone with loyalty apps?
I finished my book and now I'm too sad to do anything else (Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro)
August 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I finished my book and now I'm too sad to do anything else (Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro)
I bought a new plants and it wasn't in my flat 2mins before Copper got at it...
August 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I bought a new plants and it wasn't in my flat 2mins before Copper got at it...
Happy #InternationalCatDay! Peanut is off his face on catnip
August 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy #InternationalCatDay! Peanut is off his face on catnip
Oh I am SO pleased to see this. I worked with Prof Dougherty a lot at Imperial and she is one of those people you really want to be when you grow up. Smart, dedicated, kind and funny. A true inspiration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Oh I am SO pleased to see this. I worked with Prof Dougherty a lot at Imperial and she is one of those people you really want to be when you grow up. Smart, dedicated, kind and funny. A true inspiration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I read a LOT more now than I did 10 years ago, and yet I've still only heard of one of the Booker longlist again this year. It used to make me feel uncultured, but I think the type of book favoured is just not for me! 🤷♀️
We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’.
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025
July 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I read a LOT more now than I did 10 years ago, and yet I've still only heard of one of the Booker longlist again this year. It used to make me feel uncultured, but I think the type of book favoured is just not for me! 🤷♀️
Just beautiful work there. The disclaimer really earning its place
July 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just beautiful work there. The disclaimer really earning its place
So how many books did you buy in the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale? I managed to restrict myself to six 😁
July 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So how many books did you buy in the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale? I managed to restrict myself to six 😁
I'm hiring! Love communicating complex topics and are handy with tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, LinkedIn and WordPress? Come join me and the incredible @degrees.ngo team as we navigate a fascinating interface between climate change and international development: www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
Job Opportunity: Digital Communications Officer
The Degrees Initiative seeks a Digital Communications Officer to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.
www.degrees.ngo
July 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I'm hiring! Love communicating complex topics and are handy with tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, LinkedIn and WordPress? Come join me and the incredible @degrees.ngo team as we navigate a fascinating interface between climate change and international development: www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...
Honestly, how disrespectful is this? Not only have they already told us two different values since April, they can't even be bothered to pretend to explain why the new figure is, naturally, higher (Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, MTVH)
July 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Honestly, how disrespectful is this? Not only have they already told us two different values since April, they can't even be bothered to pretend to explain why the new figure is, naturally, higher (Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, MTVH)
When I gave blood last week, one of the nurses found a 2hr video of silly cats on YouTube to put on the TV in the donation room. And my nurse gave me an extra bag of Mini Cheddars 'for the road' 💪🩸
Blood stocks are critically low for the NHS at the moment.
So here's my regular reminder to please give blood if you can. It's super easy, the nurses are lovely, and they give you snacks.
Sign up here 👇🏼
www.blood.co.uk
So here's my regular reminder to please give blood if you can. It's super easy, the nurses are lovely, and they give you snacks.
Sign up here 👇🏼
www.blood.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
When I gave blood last week, one of the nurses found a 2hr video of silly cats on YouTube to put on the TV in the donation room. And my nurse gave me an extra bag of Mini Cheddars 'for the road' 💪🩸
Why did this make me want to do homework again. I miss doing assignments. Grown-up job work just doesn't hit the same
Have you had students make zines as an assignment in a history course and if so did it work well? and can you share how you structured the assignment?
July 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Why did this make me want to do homework again. I miss doing assignments. Grown-up job work just doesn't hit the same
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‘Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad’ (my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books)
July 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
‘Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad’ (my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books)
Every summer I think about leaving London
June 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Every summer I think about leaving London
What a beautiful thing to arrive on the solstice from Jackie Morris and @tamsintheshed.bsky.social 🌅 Tinged with sadness tho as it's probably the last book I'll receive from #Unbound - 2 others are still on order but one (another folk title) was cancelled by the author this week
June 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What a beautiful thing to arrive on the solstice from Jackie Morris and @tamsintheshed.bsky.social 🌅 Tinged with sadness tho as it's probably the last book I'll receive from #Unbound - 2 others are still on order but one (another folk title) was cancelled by the author this week
Happy solstice from Stonehenge! I sang in the dawn this year 😊
June 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Happy solstice from Stonehenge! I sang in the dawn this year 😊
What's weirder? Black holes, human consciousness, or quantum spookiness? Join the debate (and me) tomorrow as three @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social scientists fight it out to have their 'thing' crowned the weirdest!
www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/weirde...
www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/weirde...
Weirdest Object in the Universe - The Great Exhibition Road Festival
From black holes to human consciousness, Imperial scientists compete for public votes as they pitch what they think is the strangest object in the cosmos.
www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What's weirder? Black holes, human consciousness, or quantum spookiness? Join the debate (and me) tomorrow as three @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social scientists fight it out to have their 'thing' crowned the weirdest!
www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/weirde...
www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/weirde...
A small selection of the wonderful animals I got to say 'hi' to in South Africa :-)
May 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A small selection of the wonderful animals I got to say 'hi' to in South Africa :-)
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Congratulations, shortlisted authors!
The Human Imperative by Michael Bird
Best Served Cold by Ajay Chowdury
The Treasure Hunter by Jane Corry
Only Forward by Hayley Dunning
Unsupervised Dead Women by Helen Gray
A Woman of No Consequence by Laure Van Rensberg
The Human Imperative by Michael Bird
Best Served Cold by Ajay Chowdury
The Treasure Hunter by Jane Corry
Only Forward by Hayley Dunning
Unsupervised Dead Women by Helen Gray
A Woman of No Consequence by Laure Van Rensberg
May 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
!!!!!
Reposted by Hayley Dunning
STATEMENT FROM ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY
May 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
STATEMENT FROM ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY
Reposted by Hayley Dunning
"She's been sleeping diagonally in her bed for years" YES I HAVE
This is so real lmaoooo
"She booked a solo trip to Iceland while you were composing your <<good morning>> text" 😂😂
"She booked a solo trip to Iceland while you were composing your <<good morning>> text" 😂😂
April 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"She's been sleeping diagonally in her bed for years" YES I HAVE