Ro
@rowenahac.bsky.social
Love Gardening and gardens, British Grown Cut Flowers and flower arranging. I also write the odd (!) Pantomime.
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“It’s his own fault, shouldn’t have been carrying a weapon!”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
“It’s his own fault, shouldn’t have been carrying a weapon!”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Early morning grumble. If you're recommending and linking to a paywalled article, please mention that in your post so we don't have to waste time and enthusiasm clicking on it before we find out. Thank you.
a cartoon penguin is sitting at a table eating soup
ALT: a cartoon penguin is sitting at a table eating soup
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February 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Early morning grumble. If you're recommending and linking to a paywalled article, please mention that in your post so we don't have to waste time and enthusiasm clicking on it before we find out. Thank you.
@sharonmoncur.bsky.social May I pick your brains? Can you think of a newish book on English gardening that a French couple might enjoy ( they read English and have a large garden in Normandy ). Thinking "Diary of a Keene Gardener"?? Grateful for any thoughts.
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
@sharonmoncur.bsky.social May I pick your brains? Can you think of a newish book on English gardening that a French couple might enjoy ( they read English and have a large garden in Normandy ). Thinking "Diary of a Keene Gardener"?? Grateful for any thoughts.
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Do you ever feel you’re being excluded?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Do you ever feel you’re being excluded?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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The Highway Code rule 112b: LED headlights
![[Cartoon strip pastiche of the Highway Code, with illustrations describing the text]
[Title panel]:
The Highway Code
Rule number 112b:
LED headlights
In recent years, many
new cars have been fitted with extra-bright LED headlights.
LED headlights increase safety by illuminating every detail of the road ahead
Including the face of the person driving a metal box towards you at a combined speed of 80mph
Whom you have just blinded with your LED headlights.
LED headlights must be fitted at eye-level on a great big murderous wall of car.
[Show a car crumpling into the front of a high-fronted SUV, bathed in light from the blinding headlamps]
They must be permanently on full beam, because you are insane.
And they should be bright enough to make other drivers think they are ascending into a blinding vortex of alien light
Like them old people in the classic Ron Howard film, Cocoon (1985).
[Show illustration of the final scene where the older people on the boat are being yoinked up into the blindingly-illuminated cloaca of the big spaceship]
So remember: you must use LED headlights
To prevent everyone from not crashing into you.
[Image shows this happening]
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January 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The Highway Code rule 112b: LED headlights
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100% this, on the grounds that the best time to do this was any time in the last 18 years but the second best time is now
This is a good time to remove your children's faces from the internet if you are responsible for putting them there.
“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
100% this, on the grounds that the best time to do this was any time in the last 18 years but the second best time is now
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Here’s to 2026 and lang may yer lum reek! 🥂
With heartfelt thanks to all our audiences who joined us in theatres across the land in 2025!
And to the creatives, freelancers and partners who made the magic happen!
With heartfelt thanks to all our audiences who joined us in theatres across the land in 2025!
And to the creatives, freelancers and partners who made the magic happen!
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Here’s to 2026 and lang may yer lum reek! 🥂
With heartfelt thanks to all our audiences who joined us in theatres across the land in 2025!
And to the creatives, freelancers and partners who made the magic happen!
With heartfelt thanks to all our audiences who joined us in theatres across the land in 2025!
And to the creatives, freelancers and partners who made the magic happen!
#Gardening desperately trying to keep lime alive! Too big to bring in, no greenhouse. Forecast -5 Saturday night! Limes are more robust than lemons apparently. When it was smaller kept it in the garage over winter. But it suffered from lack of light. Have had some (a few) lovely fruit this year!
December 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#Gardening desperately trying to keep lime alive! Too big to bring in, no greenhouse. Forecast -5 Saturday night! Limes are more robust than lemons apparently. When it was smaller kept it in the garage over winter. But it suffered from lack of light. Have had some (a few) lovely fruit this year!
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NB I don’t mean block all new accounts, but I mean if someone’s posting in a way that makes you angry, block them rather than engage - it really saved early Bluesky as a practice, and it’s a shame it’s not as common as it was.
December 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
NB I don’t mean block all new accounts, but I mean if someone’s posting in a way that makes you angry, block them rather than engage - it really saved early Bluesky as a practice, and it’s a shame it’s not as common as it was.
#ChristmasLights over the lake at Eest Green House
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#ChristmasLights over the lake at Eest Green House
Made the wreath for this year, gone for a completely compostable vibe ( except the ribbon, saving that!). The base is straw, soaked for an hour due to moss shortage.
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Made the wreath for this year, gone for a completely compostable vibe ( except the ribbon, saving that!). The base is straw, soaked for an hour due to moss shortage.
I'm honestly not on commission, but why are the Yorkshire breweries so ahead of the game in superb #alcoholfree beers? Theakston, Ilkley brewery etc. Bought some in Booths Lancs now ordered a couple of cases for Christmas.
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm honestly not on commission, but why are the Yorkshire breweries so ahead of the game in superb #alcoholfree beers? Theakston, Ilkley brewery etc. Bought some in Booths Lancs now ordered a couple of cases for Christmas.
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The Government can keep shouting. It's talking to itself.
The YIMBY-NIMBY divide exists only in Westminster's echo chamber.
Meanwhile, the public have made themselves clear. They want homes that work with nature, and leaders who listen.
The YIMBY-NIMBY divide exists only in Westminster's echo chamber.
Meanwhile, the public have made themselves clear. They want homes that work with nature, and leaders who listen.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Government can keep shouting. It's talking to itself.
The YIMBY-NIMBY divide exists only in Westminster's echo chamber.
Meanwhile, the public have made themselves clear. They want homes that work with nature, and leaders who listen.
The YIMBY-NIMBY divide exists only in Westminster's echo chamber.
Meanwhile, the public have made themselves clear. They want homes that work with nature, and leaders who listen.
This is near Goole. Early morning, a couple of weeks ago, building a new wildlife reserve. It can be quite surprising where you find beauty.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is near Goole. Early morning, a couple of weeks ago, building a new wildlife reserve. It can be quite surprising where you find beauty.
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
Still managing to squeeze a few flowers out of the garden #gardening
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Still managing to squeeze a few flowers out of the garden #gardening
@janeduke.com please can I ask for your assistance? The lady who ran the lovely pie company in Norfolk. Sarah? has retired and sold the business. Do you know the name of the new company please?
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
@janeduke.com please can I ask for your assistance? The lady who ran the lovely pie company in Norfolk. Sarah? has retired and sold the business. Do you know the name of the new company please?
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Why doesn't it dawn on anyone, that he was the late Queen's favourite child and she probably left him a considerable amount of her private wealth?
Why doesn't it dawn on anyone, that he was the late Queen's favourite child and she probably left him a considerable amount of her private wealth?
How does he pay for it all? The mystery of Prince Andrew’s money
The disgraced royal has lived in luxury for decades despite being an outcast and having no obvious means of financial support
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October 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Why doesn't it dawn on anyone, that he was the late Queen's favourite child and she probably left him a considerable amount of her private wealth?
Why doesn't it dawn on anyone, that he was the late Queen's favourite child and she probably left him a considerable amount of her private wealth?
#Gardening #Britishflowers Back garden bunch. I just have an ordinary suburban garden
October 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#Gardening #Britishflowers Back garden bunch. I just have an ordinary suburban garden
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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English GPs adopt ‘Jess’s rule’ to help ensure they do not miss serious illnesses
English GPs adopt ‘Jess’s rule’ to help ensure they do not miss serious illnesses
‘Three strikes and rethink’ approach named after Jess Brady, who died after her cancer was misdiagnosed
GPs across England are to adopt a “three strikes and rethink” approach to patients whose illnesses they cannot diagnose, under a safety initiative known as “Jess’s rule”.
It is named after Jessica Brady, who died at the age of 27 of stage four cancer in December 2020 after experiencing abdominal pain, coughing, vomiting and weight loss for six months. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
English GPs adopt ‘Jess’s rule’ to help ensure they do not miss serious illnesses
#Gardening #BritishFlowers Naked Ladies, from the Isles of Scilly!!
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#Gardening #BritishFlowers Naked Ladies, from the Isles of Scilly!!
Evening crossing St Mary's, Scilly to Penzance. Smooth, so stomach contents remained in place.
September 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Evening crossing St Mary's, Scilly to Penzance. Smooth, so stomach contents remained in place.