Cath Beard
@seabeard.bsky.social
Books | Birth | Brains
Peer support and coproduction lead
Plays fast and loose with Lego instructions
Peer support and coproduction lead
Plays fast and loose with Lego instructions
Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana album is getting me through this week.
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana album is getting me through this week.
Good lord guys. GOOD LORD.
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Good lord guys. GOOD LORD.
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
Hello. Took a month off social media for my mental ‘ealth. Miss anything?
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Hello. Took a month off social media for my mental ‘ealth. Miss anything?
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Norwegian Christmas Tree Dressed for the Boxing Day Party, drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1934.
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Norwegian Christmas Tree Dressed for the Boxing Day Party, drawing by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1934.
At a fully smells and bells Midnight Mass- wonderful. Merry Christmas 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
At a fully smells and bells Midnight Mass- wonderful. Merry Christmas 🎄
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A quick plug for The Hope Projects: a charity that houses refugees made absolutely destitute by Britain’s brutal asylum polices. Every time you give them some money somebody eats and Farage cries.
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
Donate here: cafdonate.cafonline.org/9696#!/Donat...
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
Donate here: cafdonate.cafonline.org/9696#!/Donat...
About Hope - The Hope Projects
Why does Hope exist?
Imagine fleeing persecution and having to seek protection in another land. You’d hope for welcome, sympathy and for your rights to be respected. Sadly the British asylum system i...
hope-projects.org.uk
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A quick plug for The Hope Projects: a charity that houses refugees made absolutely destitute by Britain’s brutal asylum polices. Every time you give them some money somebody eats and Farage cries.
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
Donate here: cafdonate.cafonline.org/9696#!/Donat...
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
Donate here: cafdonate.cafonline.org/9696#!/Donat...
Donate here if #duvetknowitschristmas brings you joy!
The #DuvetKnowItsChristmas fund now standing at £6,356 gofund.me/49c5edc8c
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
gofund.me
December 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Donate here if #duvetknowitschristmas brings you joy!
About to host a Christmas Eve open house for 25+ and trying desperately to ignore the growing dread I am coming down with something 😬😬😬😬
December 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
About to host a Christmas Eve open house for 25+ and trying desperately to ignore the growing dread I am coming down with something 😬😬😬😬
I really recommend @foldedorset.bsky.social if you’re after an indie bookshop with beautiful things in stock as well. Super easy to shop online with them too!
December 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I really recommend @foldedorset.bsky.social if you’re after an indie bookshop with beautiful things in stock as well. Super easy to shop online with them too!
Looking forward to #duvetknowitschristmas again this year- we all live five minutes from each other so I never get to join in…
December 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Looking forward to #duvetknowitschristmas again this year- we all live five minutes from each other so I never get to join in…
I’ve just done the Tesco run. Jesus. Christ.
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve just done the Tesco run. Jesus. Christ.
Bought a tshirt that said ‘Feliz Navibab’ from the Black Country Museum today and am utterly thrilled #alrightbab
December 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Bought a tshirt that said ‘Feliz Navibab’ from the Black Country Museum today and am utterly thrilled #alrightbab
TW: it was literally a nice white boy at primary school who sat opposite me who was the first to SA me. This is racist dogwhistle bullshit
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
TW: it was literally a nice white boy at primary school who sat opposite me who was the first to SA me. This is racist dogwhistle bullshit
December 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
One of those mornings where my social media is full of sky pictures because it’s a beautiful morning across the UK. Love it.
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
One of those mornings where my social media is full of sky pictures because it’s a beautiful morning across the UK. Love it.
We’re back to masks and visors at work- if you’re able to have one, do consider the flu jab.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We’re back to masks and visors at work- if you’re able to have one, do consider the flu jab.
Currently playing ‘is it side effects from the flu jab or was I too late and it’s flu’ with symptoms 😬
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Currently playing ‘is it side effects from the flu jab or was I too late and it’s flu’ with symptoms 😬
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Goodnight.
🖼️ Ota Janeček
🖼️ Ota Janeček
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Goodnight.
🖼️ Ota Janeček
🖼️ Ota Janeček
I watched The Family Stone by accident (*sobs in Withnail*) and it is awful. Little plot. Awful characters. Terrible message.
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I watched The Family Stone by accident (*sobs in Withnail*) and it is awful. Little plot. Awful characters. Terrible message.
We had one of those moments yesterday, one of those short interludes that made the entire preceding 12 months of struggle worth it. All the kids were together with their grandma under one roof. I can’t tell you how impossible this was, how unreachable a goal. Utter bliss.
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We had one of those moments yesterday, one of those short interludes that made the entire preceding 12 months of struggle worth it. All the kids were together with their grandma under one roof. I can’t tell you how impossible this was, how unreachable a goal. Utter bliss.
Oh. Made amazing Black Country work.
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73
Known for acute observations of class system, Parr’s images were often in vivid colour with more than a dash of humour
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Oh. Made amazing Black Country work.
I am currently off work due to a mental health ‘blip’ but am finding making advent stars extremely calming. Much easier than it looks!
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am currently off work due to a mental health ‘blip’ but am finding making advent stars extremely calming. Much easier than it looks!