Mandy Hill
@msmandyhill.bsky.social
Runs a charity bookshop, drinks tea a lot.
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
Master wearing a skirt you say? I'm not sure I'm ready for that, I've only just learned how to put on socks. FFS!
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Master wearing a skirt you say? I'm not sure I'm ready for that, I've only just learned how to put on socks. FFS!
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
3
NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
4
MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
5
NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
7
NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Knickers at half mast today everyone, for Jilly Cooper x
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BTW I’m assuming you’ve come across this lovely open letter for cisgender woman who support trans people? We’d love it if you would sign and share if you haven’t already 🤗🤗🤗
@nionwomen.bsky.social
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
@nionwomen.bsky.social
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BTW I’m assuming you’ve come across this lovely open letter for cisgender woman who support trans people? We’d love it if you would sign and share if you haven’t already 🤗🤗🤗
@nionwomen.bsky.social
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
@nionwomen.bsky.social
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
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Tbaqaok (verb): to cheat at Scrabble
September 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Tbaqaok (verb): to cheat at Scrabble
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The gay store called, they’re all out
August 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The gay store called, they’re all out
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Can’t even sleep anymore because woke
August 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Can’t even sleep anymore because woke
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Starmer is the kind of guy who’d watch someone choke to death because the polls said Reform voters think the Heimlich manoeuvre sounds both German AND French
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Starmer is the kind of guy who’d watch someone choke to death because the polls said Reform voters think the Heimlich manoeuvre sounds both German AND French
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books (to my son):
Julia Donaldson
Maz Evans
Sue Hendra
Lynley Dodd
Adam Blade (apparently several writers)
Pamela Butchart
Rev W Awdry
Valerie Thomas
Quentin Blake
Katie & Kevin Tsang
Julia Donaldson
Maz Evans
Sue Hendra
Lynley Dodd
Adam Blade (apparently several writers)
Pamela Butchart
Rev W Awdry
Valerie Thomas
Quentin Blake
Katie & Kevin Tsang
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books:
Ben Aaronovitch
JRR Tolkien
PG Wodehouse
Ursula Le Guin
James S. A. Corey (technically 2 people)
Sue Townsend
N. K. Jemisin
John Wyndham
Mick Herron
Terry Pratchett
Ben Aaronovitch
JRR Tolkien
PG Wodehouse
Ursula Le Guin
James S. A. Corey (technically 2 people)
Sue Townsend
N. K. Jemisin
John Wyndham
Mick Herron
Terry Pratchett
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books:
Nevada Barr
L. Frank Baum
George MacDonald Fraser
Sue Grafton
Charlaine Harris
Ross Macdonald
L. M. Montgomery
Walter Mosley
Julia Quinn
Sara Paretsky
Nevada Barr
L. Frank Baum
George MacDonald Fraser
Sue Grafton
Charlaine Harris
Ross Macdonald
L. M. Montgomery
Walter Mosley
Julia Quinn
Sara Paretsky
July 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books (to my son):
Julia Donaldson
Maz Evans
Sue Hendra
Lynley Dodd
Adam Blade (apparently several writers)
Pamela Butchart
Rev W Awdry
Valerie Thomas
Quentin Blake
Katie & Kevin Tsang
Julia Donaldson
Maz Evans
Sue Hendra
Lynley Dodd
Adam Blade (apparently several writers)
Pamela Butchart
Rev W Awdry
Valerie Thomas
Quentin Blake
Katie & Kevin Tsang
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A lot of the problem with our part of the world right now is that the press are treating trans people the way they ought to be treating billionaires and vice versa
July 1, 2023 at 7:17 PM
A lot of the problem with our part of the world right now is that the press are treating trans people the way they ought to be treating billionaires and vice versa
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Some of the offers you'll find in-store for Independent Bookshop Week
#indiebookshopweek
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
#indiebookshopweek
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some of the offers you'll find in-store for Independent Bookshop Week
#indiebookshopweek
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
#indiebookshopweek
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
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I’ve written books. And you can buy ‘em! All good bookstores etc, and if you want signed ones, you can get them direct from me… witchesofwoodville.com/the-village-...
June 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’ve written books. And you can buy ‘em! All good bookstores etc, and if you want signed ones, you can get them direct from me… witchesofwoodville.com/the-village-...
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Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
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It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
We get lots of amazing books donated in our charity bookshop and this is my current favourite. I would never have guessed in a million years that this was a thing.
May 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We get lots of amazing books donated in our charity bookshop and this is my current favourite. I would never have guessed in a million years that this was a thing.
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Sorry but I just don't feel comfortable sharing public toilets with transphobes. At any moment they could just demand to have a look at my gennies. The law should protect women's spaces from these creeps.
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sorry but I just don't feel comfortable sharing public toilets with transphobes. At any moment they could just demand to have a look at my gennies. The law should protect women's spaces from these creeps.
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This is tomorrow Manchester and there's more coming
Proud as always of our union’s unequivocal support of trans people. There’s also a demo Friday afternoon at 3pm in Manchester. Hope to see many of you there.
April 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is tomorrow Manchester and there's more coming
Helping my son revise for a geography test this morning and have been enjoying his utter bemusement when I started singing 🎶 Atmosphere, I love a party with a happy atmosphere 🎶
I've got nothing for biosphere or lithosphere though.
I've got nothing for biosphere or lithosphere though.
March 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Helping my son revise for a geography test this morning and have been enjoying his utter bemusement when I started singing 🎶 Atmosphere, I love a party with a happy atmosphere 🎶
I've got nothing for biosphere or lithosphere though.
I've got nothing for biosphere or lithosphere though.
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Apropos of nothing... a series of Pride and Prejudice memes.
March 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Apropos of nothing... a series of Pride and Prejudice memes.
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DONATE A NEW BOOK!
I'm delighted to support the WoodStreetMission Books Forever Appeal again this year and you can help!
Simply pop into the shop or head to the website, purchase a kids book (this year we're looking for books ages 4-11) and we'll deliver them to Wood Street Mission on your behalf.
I'm delighted to support the WoodStreetMission Books Forever Appeal again this year and you can help!
Simply pop into the shop or head to the website, purchase a kids book (this year we're looking for books ages 4-11) and we'll deliver them to Wood Street Mission on your behalf.
March 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
DONATE A NEW BOOK!
I'm delighted to support the WoodStreetMission Books Forever Appeal again this year and you can help!
Simply pop into the shop or head to the website, purchase a kids book (this year we're looking for books ages 4-11) and we'll deliver them to Wood Street Mission on your behalf.
I'm delighted to support the WoodStreetMission Books Forever Appeal again this year and you can help!
Simply pop into the shop or head to the website, purchase a kids book (this year we're looking for books ages 4-11) and we'll deliver them to Wood Street Mission on your behalf.
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‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
Made my first soda bread today (with roasted garlic in -yum!) and am very happy to discover something that looks every bit as gorgeously rustic in a photo as sourdough but requires minimal effort. Lazy people can show off too!
February 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Made my first soda bread today (with roasted garlic in -yum!) and am very happy to discover something that looks every bit as gorgeously rustic in a photo as sourdough but requires minimal effort. Lazy people can show off too!
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Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!