Hilary Hall
@hilaryhall.bsky.social
Creativity and operations ✨working at DCMS on creative industries policy 🪇 Ex / always digital 💿
I am a little bit concerned that I mispell/mistype a lot more frequently. Is this a degenerative neurological condition or just my eyesight going downhill as I age?
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I am a little bit concerned that I mispell/mistype a lot more frequently. Is this a degenerative neurological condition or just my eyesight going downhill as I age?
There’s nothing like everyone in the family being ill when you’re ill to remind you that you’re an adult at
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
There’s nothing like everyone in the family being ill when you’re ill to remind you that you’re an adult at
Being cheeky, there are no windows overlooking Big Ben on the fourth floor so I’m assuming this is a metaphorical ‘overlooking’ given the picture is of 100PS. Maybe it’s a different building they are housed in! In any case, I always enjoy reading these examples of how it is possible to be different
New post just out:
"How to make government work"
We have a guest post from one of the people who built the AI Security Institute on a rare UK success story. With important lessons for the rest of government.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
"How to make government work"
We have a guest post from one of the people who built the AI Security Institute on a rare UK success story. With important lessons for the rest of government.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
How to make government work
Lessons from a rare British success story
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Being cheeky, there are no windows overlooking Big Ben on the fourth floor so I’m assuming this is a metaphorical ‘overlooking’ given the picture is of 100PS. Maybe it’s a different building they are housed in! In any case, I always enjoy reading these examples of how it is possible to be different
Liking the use of design principles in today’s Curriculum and Assessment Review schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r...
Curriculum review: All the key policy recommendations
Scrap EBacc, year 8 tests in English and maths, cut 10% from GCSE exam time
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Liking the use of design principles in today’s Curriculum and Assessment Review schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-r...
He is really very patient with us… pup is ready for Halloween 🩻
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
He is really very patient with us… pup is ready for Halloween 🩻
A couple of great Manchester based civil service creative industries AI policy opps are currently on Civil Service Jobs. There’s a grade 6 part time job share post leading work to deliver a new licensing R&D project and a Grade 7 job leading on creative AI adoption policy (the latter closing today!)
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A couple of great Manchester based civil service creative industries AI policy opps are currently on Civil Service Jobs. There’s a grade 6 part time job share post leading work to deliver a new licensing R&D project and a Grade 7 job leading on creative AI adoption policy (the latter closing today!)
My dad asked what size jacket he should buy for mum (and earlier in the day her shoe size). Setting aside the fact they have been together for more than 55 years, I suggested he look inside an existing jacket (from the same shop, as she has many of them) and he - a professor - said good idea 😁
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My dad asked what size jacket he should buy for mum (and earlier in the day her shoe size). Setting aside the fact they have been together for more than 55 years, I suggested he look inside an existing jacket (from the same shop, as she has many of them) and he - a professor - said good idea 😁
I had my Apprenticeship end point assessment today. So that is it! It’s been a huge effort documenting proof of the skills I’ve developed & the 2.5 hour session defending it wasn’t fun. But despite the focus on me and my work I’ve come away realising the team is far better than the sum of its parts💥
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I had my Apprenticeship end point assessment today. So that is it! It’s been a huge effort documenting proof of the skills I’ve developed & the 2.5 hour session defending it wasn’t fun. But despite the focus on me and my work I’ve come away realising the team is far better than the sum of its parts💥
Late night Teddying
September 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Late night Teddying
Hilary, you are going to Iron Maiden - Run For Your Lives. Woo hoo! You’ve earned free beer!
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Hilary, you are going to Iron Maiden - Run For Your Lives. Woo hoo! You’ve earned free beer!
It’s a hazard getting out the house right now
a black and white photo of a spider web with the words `` step into my web '' below it .
Alt: a black and white photo of a spider web with the words `` step into my web '' below it .
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It’s a hazard getting out the house right now
Coming up a year since I dragged the kids to Disney. Tell me they didn’t love it
September 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Coming up a year since I dragged the kids to Disney. Tell me they didn’t love it
Remembered tonight that my favourite club at school was ‘music appreciation society’ which was run by our inscrutable geography teacher. We each brought in a song on a tape and played it on his ghetto blaster and then had a little chat about what we liked about it…
September 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Remembered tonight that my favourite club at school was ‘music appreciation society’ which was run by our inscrutable geography teacher. We each brought in a song on a tape and played it on his ghetto blaster and then had a little chat about what we liked about it…
In my denial about the end of summer, M&S has run out of school uniform
a man in a blue shirt stands in front of a bed with a sign that says home
Alt: a man in a blue shirt stands in front of a bed with a sign that says home and flops on the bed
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In my denial about the end of summer, M&S has run out of school uniform
My son said he’d never use slang in a text with me and rolled his eyes about his sister doing the opposite. I’ve just had to look up whether ‘calm’ means yes or no to a school skirt option
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My son said he’d never use slang in a text with me and rolled his eyes about his sister doing the opposite. I’ve just had to look up whether ‘calm’ means yes or no to a school skirt option
OK I know a bunch of these. But 67? Honestly, that felt like a 3 week thing how has it lasted so long
What slang are students using in 2025? 🤔💬
From “rizz” and “delulu” to “skibidi” and “brain rot” - classrooms are echoing with internet culture.
2,000+ Teacher Tappers told us what they’re hearing right now 👇
From “rizz” and “delulu” to “skibidi” and “brain rot” - classrooms are echoing with internet culture.
2,000+ Teacher Tappers told us what they’re hearing right now 👇
August 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
OK I know a bunch of these. But 67? Honestly, that felt like a 3 week thing how has it lasted so long
Hmm I want a healthy market of e-bike suppliers and no monopoly, but I also don’t want to have to switch e-bike when I reach a borough boundary 🤯 www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Interactive map shows London's e-bike no-go zones as riders slam 'insane' Lime ban
E-bike users have slammed Hounslow Council’s decision to ban Lime bikes in the borough as ‘insanity’
www.standard.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hmm I want a healthy market of e-bike suppliers and no monopoly, but I also don’t want to have to switch e-bike when I reach a borough boundary 🤯 www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
These really are perfect 😋 andrewinthekitchen.com/2021/08/14/a...
Andrew’s Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookies are a classic bake and it’s so important to have a set of staple recipes that are super reliable and dependable. And I cannot wait to add my Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies to my list …
andrewinthekitchen.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
These really are perfect 😋 andrewinthekitchen.com/2021/08/14/a...
Does anyone ever use the RACI?
August 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Does anyone ever use the RACI?
Funnybones and Each Peach must be the most memorable kids books. I can still recite these without looking! Allan Ahlberg’s amazing legacy (and Janet’s too)
July 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Funnybones and Each Peach must be the most memorable kids books. I can still recite these without looking! Allan Ahlberg’s amazing legacy (and Janet’s too)
For my friends in Edinburgh, my good friend Quita has a fab fringe show which is good for belly laughs www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Multi award-winning Cheekykita is Batshit! Set in woods in Manchester, there's a bat with songs, dances and daftness. Come meet the Batshit! 'Go see Cheekykita, mental!' (Tony Law). 'It's brilliant' (BBC Radio 4). 'Like stepping through 2001: A Space Odyssey's stargate, it is a journey' (Comedy.co.uk). 'Hilarious, bizarre and endearing all rolled into one absolute delight of a show. I laughed A LOT' ***** (Edinburgh-Reviews.co.uk).
www.edfringe.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
For my friends in Edinburgh, my good friend Quita has a fab fringe show which is good for belly laughs www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
This is such a fantastic read on artists and technology - beautifully and thoughtfully compiled research that is easy to get stuck into www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...
www.britishcouncil.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is such a fantastic read on artists and technology - beautifully and thoughtfully compiled research that is easy to get stuck into www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...
Hands down the best thing about getting our house remodelled was adding a second toilet
Whenever I'm away the thing I miss the most isn't my family, friends or pets, it's my toilet. No other toilet compares with height, comfort when sitting etc. I get so excited to use my own toilet when I get home. No feeling like it.
July 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hands down the best thing about getting our house remodelled was adding a second toilet
⭐️ Gantt chart goals ⭐️ The Ant Farm collective’s roadmap to deliver Dolphin Embassy, a floating research station to study dolphin and human communication to inform co-creation or a multispecies utopia. At the fab More than Human exhibition at the Design Museum funded by AHRC 🐬 💚
July 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
⭐️ Gantt chart goals ⭐️ The Ant Farm collective’s roadmap to deliver Dolphin Embassy, a floating research station to study dolphin and human communication to inform co-creation or a multispecies utopia. At the fab More than Human exhibition at the Design Museum funded by AHRC 🐬 💚
I’m pretty guilty here but how did front door become the new one stop shop?
July 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I’m pretty guilty here but how did front door become the new one stop shop?