Jan Lilleyman
@whiterose1919.bsky.social
Firm believer in Sam Vines’ boots theory of wealth. Not as green as I’m cabbage-looking. Leeds-based but Derbyshire is home, likes politics, books, early years chat, food.
It’s that time of year again for buying book Christmas presents for my early years crew😍 This year I’d really welcome suggestions for recent-ish books that are excellent to read aloud to children from 12 months - 4 years old.
So far I’ve Emily Gravett and Rachel Bright..
#kidlituk #earlyyears #eyfs
So far I’ve Emily Gravett and Rachel Bright..
#kidlituk #earlyyears #eyfs
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s that time of year again for buying book Christmas presents for my early years crew😍 This year I’d really welcome suggestions for recent-ish books that are excellent to read aloud to children from 12 months - 4 years old.
So far I’ve Emily Gravett and Rachel Bright..
#kidlituk #earlyyears #eyfs
So far I’ve Emily Gravett and Rachel Bright..
#kidlituk #earlyyears #eyfs
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4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
September 4, 2024 at 4:14 PM
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
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As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
I’m not sure that Morrisons is really giving its More card holders much value for money here 😄
I do miss being able to tag companies on here like we could on Twitter - it’s the only thing I really find lacking.
I do miss being able to tag companies on here like we could on Twitter - it’s the only thing I really find lacking.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I’m not sure that Morrisons is really giving its More card holders much value for money here 😄
I do miss being able to tag companies on here like we could on Twitter - it’s the only thing I really find lacking.
I do miss being able to tag companies on here like we could on Twitter - it’s the only thing I really find lacking.
Gorgeous start to the morning - the mist was hanging in the valley over the river and canal, completely obscuring the woods, but the sky was a bright blue and the sun picked out all the shades of autumn in the trees and bracken.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Gorgeous start to the morning - the mist was hanging in the valley over the river and canal, completely obscuring the woods, but the sky was a bright blue and the sun picked out all the shades of autumn in the trees and bracken.
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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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!
Connections
Puzzle #877
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🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Ha! Finally I have completed it in the reverse order of difficulty 😄
#connections
Puzzle #877
🟩🟩🟪🟩
🟦🟦🟨🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Ha! Finally I have completed it in the reverse order of difficulty 😄
#connections
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Connections
Puzzle #877
🟩🟩🟪🟩
🟦🟦🟨🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Ha! Finally I have completed it in the reverse order of difficulty 😄
#connections
Puzzle #877
🟩🟩🟪🟩
🟦🟦🟨🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Ha! Finally I have completed it in the reverse order of difficulty 😄
#connections
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Two robbers were robbing the local off licence.
One robber said to the other robber, “Is this Whiskey?”
The other robber replied, “Yes, but not as wisky as wobbing a bank…”
One robber said to the other robber, “Is this Whiskey?”
The other robber replied, “Yes, but not as wisky as wobbing a bank…”
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Two robbers were robbing the local off licence.
One robber said to the other robber, “Is this Whiskey?”
The other robber replied, “Yes, but not as wisky as wobbing a bank…”
One robber said to the other robber, “Is this Whiskey?”
The other robber replied, “Yes, but not as wisky as wobbing a bank…”
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This might be one of the best remakes I’ve ever heard.
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This might be one of the best remakes I’ve ever heard.
Just yards from two busy A roads in Leeds is a little pocket of serenity - the Japanese Garden in Hall Park, Horsforth. It’s glorious in all weathers, but in Autumn it really comes into its own, with the scarlet of the paintwork on the bridges and shelters reflected in the foliage of the acers.
November 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Just yards from two busy A roads in Leeds is a little pocket of serenity - the Japanese Garden in Hall Park, Horsforth. It’s glorious in all weathers, but in Autumn it really comes into its own, with the scarlet of the paintwork on the bridges and shelters reflected in the foliage of the acers.
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What makes even your strangest dreams feel familiar, explained by a neuroscientist
www.sciencefocus.com...
Because it's weird, right? You're dreaming of being upside down in a flaming boat made of fingernails, talking to a bat who's also your mother, and be all like "Yup, this is fine"
Here's why
www.sciencefocus.com...
Because it's weird, right? You're dreaming of being upside down in a flaming boat made of fingernails, talking to a bat who's also your mother, and be all like "Yup, this is fine"
Here's why
What makes even your strangest dreams feel familiar, explained by a neuroscientist - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Our sleeping brains weave a patchwork out of our memories in complex, baffling ways.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
What makes even your strangest dreams feel familiar, explained by a neuroscientist
www.sciencefocus.com...
Because it's weird, right? You're dreaming of being upside down in a flaming boat made of fingernails, talking to a bat who's also your mother, and be all like "Yup, this is fine"
Here's why
www.sciencefocus.com...
Because it's weird, right? You're dreaming of being upside down in a flaming boat made of fingernails, talking to a bat who's also your mother, and be all like "Yup, this is fine"
Here's why
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#Museum30 day 8: storage
Ever wondered how books at the British Library get from our storage to you?
youtu.be/AY6B0wNisUY
(This is for books on site in London, and not all materials! Many have special handling requirements and are collected and delivered by hand.)
Ever wondered how books at the British Library get from our storage to you?
youtu.be/AY6B0wNisUY
(This is for books on site in London, and not all materials! Many have special handling requirements and are collected and delivered by hand.)
Riding the robots – Inside the British Library
YouTube video by British Library
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November 9, 2024 at 7:51 PM
#Museum30 day 8: storage
Ever wondered how books at the British Library get from our storage to you?
youtu.be/AY6B0wNisUY
(This is for books on site in London, and not all materials! Many have special handling requirements and are collected and delivered by hand.)
Ever wondered how books at the British Library get from our storage to you?
youtu.be/AY6B0wNisUY
(This is for books on site in London, and not all materials! Many have special handling requirements and are collected and delivered by hand.)
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Let’s be real: approximately ten seconds after you told Tolkien that Catholics couldn’t go to Mass because they were afraid of being disappeared by agents of the government, he’d be out there protesting.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Let’s be real: approximately ten seconds after you told Tolkien that Catholics couldn’t go to Mass because they were afraid of being disappeared by agents of the government, he’d be out there protesting.
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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The reform party nativity scene.
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The reform party nativity scene.
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation.
And not a wise fvcking man in sight…
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Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Under Over Over - West Hampstead
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.
The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.
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If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Last night’s spectacular Derbyshire sunset
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Last night’s spectacular Derbyshire sunset
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
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My take on why everyone should come to #Bradford2025 to see #TurnerPrize - even frequent TP visitors are finding something fresh & new in #Bradford - but it’s attracting artistically unseasoned eyes, too.
Brilliant art, brilliant setting, all in brilliant Bradford!
Brilliant art, brilliant setting, all in brilliant Bradford!
✍️ The Turner Prize lands in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall for UK City of Culture 2025 – world-class art meets a city alive with fresh voices
By John Atkinson
@bd-angry.bsky.social
By John Atkinson
@bd-angry.bsky.social
Turner Prize Bradford 2025
The Turner Prize lands in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall for UK City of Culture 2025 – world-class art meets a city alive with fresh voices
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My take on why everyone should come to #Bradford2025 to see #TurnerPrize - even frequent TP visitors are finding something fresh & new in #Bradford - but it’s attracting artistically unseasoned eyes, too.
Brilliant art, brilliant setting, all in brilliant Bradford!
Brilliant art, brilliant setting, all in brilliant Bradford!