Rachael Dunlop
@rachaeldunlop.com
Writer of #FlashFiction, #ShortStories and a never-finished novel. Spaniel-wrangler. Curmudgeon. Forest dweller. #MDANT She/her/cis rachaeldunlop.com
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[in mary poppins court]
clerk:call the witness for the prosecution
*spoonful of sugar walks in*
medicine: oh, shit
clerk:call the witness for the prosecution
*spoonful of sugar walks in*
medicine: oh, shit
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
[in mary poppins court]
clerk:call the witness for the prosecution
*spoonful of sugar walks in*
medicine: oh, shit
clerk:call the witness for the prosecution
*spoonful of sugar walks in*
medicine: oh, shit
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One of my hospice patients told me that on the ship that took him to fight in WWII he hated to sleep below bc it smelled. So he crept on deck & slept on bags of cargo. He said there were more stars than black. He said they reflected off the water. He said it was dazzling.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
One of my hospice patients told me that on the ship that took him to fight in WWII he hated to sleep below bc it smelled. So he crept on deck & slept on bags of cargo. He said there were more stars than black. He said they reflected off the water. He said it was dazzling.
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Cheers, T.
Cheers, T.
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
If you’d like even more people to see these lovingly hand-curated postcards and their messages, remember: likes are lovely but re-posting costs nothing and spreads the thing like a benign virus. Or something.
Cheers, T.
Cheers, T.
See also: the Labour Party.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
See also: the Labour Party.
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
I miss NewYork. Specifically, I miss New Yorkers.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I miss NewYork. Specifically, I miss New Yorkers.
Bound to happen one day, when you always use the same word first.
Wordle 1,600 1/6
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Wordle 1,600 1/6
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November 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Bound to happen one day, when you always use the same word first.
Wordle 1,600 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,600 1/6
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one more time for the right & far-right racists who demonise others: Samir Zitouni
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
one more time for the right & far-right racists who demonise others: Samir Zitouni
My first huge crush and this video still gives me tingles. I was very pleased with myself for having already bought Young Parisians from a bargain bin at the local record store on Smash Hits’ recommendation before Ant Music became a hit.
Adam Ant is 71 today. Hard to emphasise how seismic this was in playgrounds across the country in 1980. For a period he was as big as any act has been. Was he the perfect pop star? I think so. It couldn't last but if you were there you'll never forget it.
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Adam & The Ants - Antmusic
YouTube video by AdamAntVEVO
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November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My first huge crush and this video still gives me tingles. I was very pleased with myself for having already bought Young Parisians from a bargain bin at the local record store on Smash Hits’ recommendation before Ant Music became a hit.
Petition for more jazz couple’s choice routines. Such crowd pleasers, it’s daft not to. When the only choices were street, jazz or contemporary we got more interesting couple‘s choice routines. But I do love the introduction of dances from other cultures to the Strictly floor.
Absolutely blown away by this🧠🤯 Can't stop watching 🔥
Out of this world choreography by Katya & impeccable delivery by Lewis.
Magical and mesmeric 40/40. Will go down as one of the all time Strictly performances.
#Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #Halloween #KatyaJones #LewisCope
Out of this world choreography by Katya & impeccable delivery by Lewis.
Magical and mesmeric 40/40. Will go down as one of the all time Strictly performances.
#Strictly #StrictlyComeDancing #Halloween #KatyaJones #LewisCope
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Petition for more jazz couple’s choice routines. Such crowd pleasers, it’s daft not to. When the only choices were street, jazz or contemporary we got more interesting couple‘s choice routines. But I do love the introduction of dances from other cultures to the Strictly floor.
Finally finished the ceiling - second coat today. Do painters and decorators have one massive Popeye arm? Asking for someone who welded an overhead roller for 15 hours this weekend. (Restorative yoga and wearing a heated blanket over my shoulders last night for the mobility win.) #HypermobileLife
Today I am mostly varnishing a beamed ceiling. I’m too old for this shite. If I can move either my neck or shoulders tomorrow morning it will be a miracle. #GenZGrumble
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Finally finished the ceiling - second coat today. Do painters and decorators have one massive Popeye arm? Asking for someone who welded an overhead roller for 15 hours this weekend. (Restorative yoga and wearing a heated blanket over my shoulders last night for the mobility win.) #HypermobileLife
Today I am mostly varnishing a beamed ceiling. I’m too old for this shite. If I can move either my neck or shoulders tomorrow morning it will be a miracle. #GenZGrumble
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today I am mostly varnishing a beamed ceiling. I’m too old for this shite. If I can move either my neck or shoulders tomorrow morning it will be a miracle. #GenZGrumble
Bizarre and parochial logic from the Royal Family. They think now we’ll stop thinking of Andrew as Royal and that solves the problem. Because the only problem they see is how it all reflects on them. Stripping his titles away hasn’t changed anything. He’s still guilty and they are still complicit.
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Bizarre and parochial logic from the Royal Family. They think now we’ll stop thinking of Andrew as Royal and that solves the problem. Because the only problem they see is how it all reflects on them. Stripping his titles away hasn’t changed anything. He’s still guilty and they are still complicit.
Day 7. Nearly finished with the outside. The inside, not so much. Oh, and we decided to paint the inside of the window frames white and the outside black and the point where they meet is… not fun.
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Day 7. Nearly finished with the outside. The inside, not so much. Oh, and we decided to paint the inside of the window frames white and the outside black and the point where they meet is… not fun.
FUMING #GGBO. You can’t put through the person that was competent in the technical but failed at the core element of the showstopper. AND the person who curdled their set custard in the technical and also failed at the core element of the showstopper.
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
FUMING #GGBO. You can’t put through the person that was competent in the technical but failed at the core element of the showstopper. AND the person who curdled their set custard in the technical and also failed at the core element of the showstopper.
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What a day for a walk to Andy Goldsworthy’s extraordinary Hanging Stones on the North York Moors #AndyGoldsworthy
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What a day for a walk to Andy Goldsworthy’s extraordinary Hanging Stones on the North York Moors #AndyGoldsworthy
Where do BBC Maestro think people write novels? (What they mean is you can do their novel writing course from your sofa. Such imprecision in their language isn‘t selling me the course, let me tell you.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Where do BBC Maestro think people write novels? (What they mean is you can do their novel writing course from your sofa. Such imprecision in their language isn‘t selling me the course, let me tell you.)
At the other end of the garden, the final phase: log cabin is up. Much cheaper than a swanky oven-ready garden room but let me tell you, untreated timber is NEEDY. Nearly a week later and we’ve only just finished treating and priming. Painting this week. AT LAST. (Reposted minus typos)
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
At the other end of the garden, the final phase: log cabin is up. Much cheaper than a swanky oven-ready garden room but let me tell you, untreated timber is NEEDY. Nearly a week later and we’ve only just finished treating and priming. Painting this week. AT LAST. (Reposted minus typos)
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If Norman Mailer went to all the trouble to coin factoid and assign to it a splendid and unique meaning, the least the rest of us can do is live up to that, lost cause or not.
October 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If Norman Mailer went to all the trouble to coin factoid and assign to it a splendid and unique meaning, the least the rest of us can do is live up to that, lost cause or not.
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Dogs across the country wondering where on earth their lunch is. High alert for the last hour. Gentle whimper has begun.
October 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dogs across the country wondering where on earth their lunch is. High alert for the last hour. Gentle whimper has begun.
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Seydou Keïta.
He was given a Kodak Brownie Flash by his uncle in 1935, and Keïta spent the following years teaching himself the technicalities of photography and eventually opened an outdoor studio in 1948 in Bamako Koura.
He was given a Kodak Brownie Flash by his uncle in 1935, and Keïta spent the following years teaching himself the technicalities of photography and eventually opened an outdoor studio in 1948 in Bamako Koura.
October 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Seydou Keïta.
He was given a Kodak Brownie Flash by his uncle in 1935, and Keïta spent the following years teaching himself the technicalities of photography and eventually opened an outdoor studio in 1948 in Bamako Koura.
He was given a Kodak Brownie Flash by his uncle in 1935, and Keïta spent the following years teaching himself the technicalities of photography and eventually opened an outdoor studio in 1948 in Bamako Koura.
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My proposal would be for up to 15 or so commissioned essays/advice in book form from various minority and marginalised "movers and shakers", covering topics from technique to industry experience. With room for an open submission period, of course. And an appendix for further reading and resources.
I'd really love to see a writing guide (and industry advice) written from a minority and marginalised perspective tbh. I imagine it would look wildly different. And be helpful to a lot of folks out there who tend to get regurgitated guidance based entirely on an unequal and exclusionary experience.
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
My proposal would be for up to 15 or so commissioned essays/advice in book form from various minority and marginalised "movers and shakers", covering topics from technique to industry experience. With room for an open submission period, of course. And an appendix for further reading and resources.
Our dog was groomed recently when we had people working in the house. They asked ‘Who’s this one then?’ when he was shorn. Unrecognisable.
Before and after photos of Nutmeg. There’s a whole different dog inside that ball of fluff.
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Our dog was groomed recently when we had people working in the house. They asked ‘Who’s this one then?’ when he was shorn. Unrecognisable.
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The replies to this are outstanding. Great opportunity for me to remind you all that Wes Streeting is a fucking quisling.
Meeting yesterday with Brianna Ghey's mother Esther - and pupils at Brianna's former school - was a powerful reminder of why controls on social media and smartphone use in schools is so important for children, teachers and parents. (1/2)
October 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The replies to this are outstanding. Great opportunity for me to remind you all that Wes Streeting is a fucking quisling.