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Coastal dweller switches to rural idyll. Derelict cottage with garden along nettly prickly lane. Tiny dog. Elder. Sorting House and Stuff. Literature. Arts. iPad rubbish.
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Can I do a tiny bit of advertising?
I have a short gay romance that's vaguely seasonal and only 99c. It has judgemental chickens that kept inserting themselves into my plot and a hot pink cover.
We are quite skint and I would really appreciate a boost 🥰 #Booksky 🌈📚
books2read.com/playingchicken
I have a short gay romance that's vaguely seasonal and only 99c. It has judgemental chickens that kept inserting themselves into my plot and a hot pink cover.
We are quite skint and I would really appreciate a boost 🥰 #Booksky 🌈📚
books2read.com/playingchicken
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Can I do a tiny bit of advertising?
I have a short gay romance that's vaguely seasonal and only 99c. It has judgemental chickens that kept inserting themselves into my plot and a hot pink cover.
We are quite skint and I would really appreciate a boost 🥰 #Booksky 🌈📚
books2read.com/playingchicken
I have a short gay romance that's vaguely seasonal and only 99c. It has judgemental chickens that kept inserting themselves into my plot and a hot pink cover.
We are quite skint and I would really appreciate a boost 🥰 #Booksky 🌈📚
books2read.com/playingchicken
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Peter Cook on “those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War,” notwithstanding, fascists hate artists because empathy highlights their hatefulness & renders them ridiculous.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Peter Cook on “those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War,” notwithstanding, fascists hate artists because empathy highlights their hatefulness & renders them ridiculous.
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On Being Ill at 100: Virginia Woolf’s ‘best essay’ still shapes how we read sickness www.xx2p.com/2026/01/on-b...
On Being Ill at 100: Virginia Woolf’s ‘best essay’ still shapes how we read sickness
Lucyl Harrison , University of Hull The year is 1926. Queen Elizabeth II is christened. Wage cuts and increased working hours for coal miner...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
On Being Ill at 100: Virginia Woolf’s ‘best essay’ still shapes how we read sickness www.xx2p.com/2026/01/on-b...
Hamnet and a hot chocolate. And the cinema folks are advising tissues.
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Hamnet and a hot chocolate. And the cinema folks are advising tissues.
‘To say I was the favourite would imply I was liked’: Mark Haddon on a loveless childhood
January 27, 2026 at 1:21 PM
‘To say I was the favourite would imply I was liked’: Mark Haddon on a loveless childhood
Debating a referral to a sleep clinic as advised by a colleague at volunteering. Second night of semi despair. I’m reading the book written by the person she saw at the clinic. #firststeps
January 27, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Debating a referral to a sleep clinic as advised by a colleague at volunteering. Second night of semi despair. I’m reading the book written by the person she saw at the clinic. #firststeps
After being awake literally all night til five thirty am then sleeping 5 30 till 8 I was fed up and calling myself a weirdo. Not in a good way either. Then I did Wordle. Pah.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
After being awake literally all night til five thirty am then sleeping 5 30 till 8 I was fed up and calling myself a weirdo. Not in a good way either. Then I did Wordle. Pah.
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Might we support those who need a safe positive space here?
How about we drop suggestions below of people who post uplifting messages. So that others can create a feed which soothes, amuses, inspires and demonstrates the humanity, hope and kindness abundant around us.
How about we drop suggestions below of people who post uplifting messages. So that others can create a feed which soothes, amuses, inspires and demonstrates the humanity, hope and kindness abundant around us.
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Might we support those who need a safe positive space here?
How about we drop suggestions below of people who post uplifting messages. So that others can create a feed which soothes, amuses, inspires and demonstrates the humanity, hope and kindness abundant around us.
How about we drop suggestions below of people who post uplifting messages. So that others can create a feed which soothes, amuses, inspires and demonstrates the humanity, hope and kindness abundant around us.
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The heartbreakingly beauty of Amanda Gorman’s words for humanity. Be the light. Save a soul.
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The heartbreakingly beauty of Amanda Gorman’s words for humanity. Be the light. Save a soul.
Found myself at kielder this morning. Too grim altogether for photos apart from stepping out of the car I was accosted by tiny birds. I fed them a home made flapjack.
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Found myself at kielder this morning. Too grim altogether for photos apart from stepping out of the car I was accosted by tiny birds. I fed them a home made flapjack.
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Good morning, friends. Reposting this clip of a stag who wandered into a cathedral. May it give you joy, hope and peace.
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Good morning, friends. Reposting this clip of a stag who wandered into a cathedral. May it give you joy, hope and peace.
Fresh air and a walk needed before the snow arrives
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Fresh air and a walk needed before the snow arrives
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Love it when it’s Sunday and you really can’t do things from your List. Instead of you just don’t bother.
Also smug because yesterday I did two whole walks even though it was really freezing. I had two vests a thermal a fleece and a puffer jacket. Jumping in puddles.
Love it when it’s Sunday and you really can’t do things from your List. Instead of you just don’t bother.
Also smug because yesterday I did two whole walks even though it was really freezing. I had two vests a thermal a fleece and a puffer jacket. Jumping in puddles.
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Love it when it’s Sunday and you really can’t do things from your List. Instead of you just don’t bother.
Also smug because yesterday I did two whole walks even though it was really freezing. I had two vests a thermal a fleece and a puffer jacket. Jumping in puddles.
Love it when it’s Sunday and you really can’t do things from your List. Instead of you just don’t bother.
Also smug because yesterday I did two whole walks even though it was really freezing. I had two vests a thermal a fleece and a puffer jacket. Jumping in puddles.
Stamping in puddles weather
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Stamping in puddles weather
Mildew Peas anniversary #twitterdays Still a big miss in the wee small hours when sleep is elusive. I hope she is resting well. X
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Mildew Peas anniversary #twitterdays Still a big miss in the wee small hours when sleep is elusive. I hope she is resting well. X
And Horrors. My Christmas wreath appears still to be clinging to the front door. It’ll end badly.
January 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
And Horrors. My Christmas wreath appears still to be clinging to the front door. It’ll end badly.
Felt so bored with my laid up existence I went to volunteering. Back to bed on my return and slept for two hours. Up at eleven pm wide awake so made a vegetable lasagna that would feed a family for a week. Ate a tiny sample and slept like a log.
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Felt so bored with my laid up existence I went to volunteering. Back to bed on my return and slept for two hours. Up at eleven pm wide awake so made a vegetable lasagna that would feed a family for a week. Ate a tiny sample and slept like a log.
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OMG. My parents went on a 2wk honeymoon on their bikes to Cornwall from Nottingham, thought nothing of it. They were avid cyclists. Dad had cycled up from north London on the day of his wedding in Mansfield, in the rain, in his suit which grandma dried in front of the coal fire for him....
January 22, 2026 at 11:22 AM
OMG. My parents went on a 2wk honeymoon on their bikes to Cornwall from Nottingham, thought nothing of it. They were avid cyclists. Dad had cycled up from north London on the day of his wedding in Mansfield, in the rain, in his suit which grandma dried in front of the coal fire for him....
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I am slightly in awe of this photo taken of my grandparents just as they were about to casually ride a tandem on a 500+ mile round trip from their home in Nottingham to Devon, as if that is something you could just do really easily in 1948 on your week off from the factories where you worked.
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I am slightly in awe of this photo taken of my grandparents just as they were about to casually ride a tandem on a 500+ mile round trip from their home in Nottingham to Devon, as if that is something you could just do really easily in 1948 on your week off from the factories where you worked.
Bluesky, had anyone seen Hamnet , the film ? I’m very tempted but also a little bit put off at the thought of needing a box of tissues at the ready /and the reviews which describe the film script as opposed to the book as a but manipulative where emotions are involved - what do you think ?
January 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Bluesky, had anyone seen Hamnet , the film ? I’m very tempted but also a little bit put off at the thought of needing a box of tissues at the ready /and the reviews which describe the film script as opposed to the book as a but manipulative where emotions are involved - what do you think ?
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Happy 80th to Dolly Parton, the greatest of singers, songwriters, and people.
Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors
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January 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Happy 80th to Dolly Parton, the greatest of singers, songwriters, and people.
Tiny Ted woke me at 2.52 am. There was barking. We staggered out in our pyjamas and when we returned she barked again. This never happens. I didn’t have any energy left to fetch her more food supplies. I don’t think she had eaten enough. Today we are back filling.
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Tiny Ted woke me at 2.52 am. There was barking. We staggered out in our pyjamas and when we returned she barked again. This never happens. I didn’t have any energy left to fetch her more food supplies. I don’t think she had eaten enough. Today we are back filling.