Beth Hamer
@bethhamer.bsky.social
Proofreader. Whitstable resident. Swimmer. Servant to French bulldog. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Evertonian. Thinks the Oxford comma is a style choice. (she/her)
Look! They've reinvented the notepad!
This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Look! They've reinvented the notepad!
Kent. Philip Larkin. Strictly Come Dancing.
What’s the most Tory-coded thing you actively love?
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
September 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Kent. Philip Larkin. Strictly Come Dancing.
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If you missed yesterday's CIEP webinar, 'Why you need a professional editor or proofreader', you can now catch up with the recording! Learn what editors really do, why AI can’t replace them, and how to find the right professional for you.
Watch here: tinyurl.com/44n34pjj
#editing #proofreading
Watch here: tinyurl.com/44n34pjj
#editing #proofreading
CIEP Webinar: Why you need a professional editor or proofreader (they just spot typos, don't they?)
tinyurl.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
If you missed yesterday's CIEP webinar, 'Why you need a professional editor or proofreader', you can now catch up with the recording! Learn what editors really do, why AI can’t replace them, and how to find the right professional for you.
Watch here: tinyurl.com/44n34pjj
#editing #proofreading
Watch here: tinyurl.com/44n34pjj
#editing #proofreading
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If you write in any form, a professional editor or proofreader can take your words further.
Join us for a free webinar that reveals what editors & proofreaders really do — and why you might want one in your corner.
📅 16 July | 2–3pm BST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/edrhf5ff
Join us for a free webinar that reveals what editors & proofreaders really do — and why you might want one in your corner.
📅 16 July | 2–3pm BST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/edrhf5ff
July 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If you write in any form, a professional editor or proofreader can take your words further.
Join us for a free webinar that reveals what editors & proofreaders really do — and why you might want one in your corner.
📅 16 July | 2–3pm BST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/edrhf5ff
Join us for a free webinar that reveals what editors & proofreaders really do — and why you might want one in your corner.
📅 16 July | 2–3pm BST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/edrhf5ff
Gail is such a talented designer. If you love beautiful things and supporting small businesses, you should definitely take a look.
My online shop has had the most dismal week since records began.
Have a look, share this post and tell all your friends.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
Have a look, share this post and tell all your friends.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Gail is such a talented designer. If you love beautiful things and supporting small businesses, you should definitely take a look.
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Hello! 👋
I’m Gail, a one woman design studio, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and stationery.
Go on, have a nosy gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’m Gail, a one woman design studio, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and stationery.
Go on, have a nosy gailmyerscough.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hello! 👋
I’m Gail, a one woman design studio, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and stationery.
Go on, have a nosy gailmyerscough.co.uk
I’m Gail, a one woman design studio, based in #Manchester
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and stationery.
Go on, have a nosy gailmyerscough.co.uk
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The absence of trans people from the British media is part of the problem. I'd like to offer mentoring to trans people trying to get into journalism, free of charge. Most of my experience is obviously in political commentary, but I might be passably useful in news and other areas.
April 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The absence of trans people from the British media is part of the problem. I'd like to offer mentoring to trans people trying to get into journalism, free of charge. Most of my experience is obviously in political commentary, but I might be passably useful in news and other areas.
Oxford comma versus en dash: the final showdown.
April 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Oxford comma versus en dash: the final showdown.
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Spring Print Offer!
Get 20% off all individual prints until Monday.
Use code SPRING20 at the checkout
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/prints
Get 20% off all individual prints until Monday.
Use code SPRING20 at the checkout
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/prints
March 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Spring Print Offer!
Get 20% off all individual prints until Monday.
Use code SPRING20 at the checkout
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/prints
Get 20% off all individual prints until Monday.
Use code SPRING20 at the checkout
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/prints
@maxrushden.bsky.social Tomorrow is the biggest game in Whitstable Town's history - the first leg of their FA Vase semi-final against Hartpury University (me neither). It would be great if Charlie could give us a Go Get It, or perhaps Barry and Justin could guess the attendance. xx
March 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@maxrushden.bsky.social Tomorrow is the biggest game in Whitstable Town's history - the first leg of their FA Vase semi-final against Hartpury University (me neither). It would be great if Charlie could give us a Go Get It, or perhaps Barry and Justin could guess the attendance. xx
Perfection
March 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Perfection
Nothing to see here. Move along, please.
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Nothing to see here. Move along, please.
Indexers are the best.
Have I told you that a group of indexers volunteered their time and energy to index the monstrosity that is Project 2025? This is NOT made with AI, but only professional indexers. Please bookmark and boost! Share it with journalists!
indexersguidetoproject2025.com
indexersguidetoproject2025.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Indexers are the best.
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Here are some gorgeous queer indie bookshops worth your time and money. Some have coffee. A few have cats. There are no cats in the coffee. go.bsky.app/G321HCf
January 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Here are some gorgeous queer indie bookshops worth your time and money. Some have coffee. A few have cats. There are no cats in the coffee. go.bsky.app/G321HCf
Oh @stellacreasy.bsky.social , you did an amazing job keeping calm and putting the woefully uninformed Ali Miraj right about decriminalisation of abortion on @lbc.co.uk just now.
January 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Oh @stellacreasy.bsky.social , you did an amazing job keeping calm and putting the woefully uninformed Ali Miraj right about decriminalisation of abortion on @lbc.co.uk just now.
I can't decide whether this is a) amazing and I want it to happen to me or b) the most frightening thing ever.
A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life...
December 21, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I can't decide whether this is a) amazing and I want it to happen to me or b) the most frightening thing ever.
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For writers in SW England a talent development programme for writers serious about their work and ready to take it to the next level, apply for Write Space. Apply via www.literatureworks.org.uk
Please share
Please share
December 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM
For writers in SW England a talent development programme for writers serious about their work and ready to take it to the next level, apply for Write Space. Apply via www.literatureworks.org.uk
Please share
Please share
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A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
December 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
And also my wedding anniversary 🤔🔪
December 11, 2024 at 11:00 PM
And also my wedding anniversary 🤔🔪
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I got this beauty from Gail. She'll put anything you like on the paper ♥️
December 8, 2024 at 10:00 PM
I got this beauty from Gail. She'll put anything you like on the paper ♥️
A good list, but I'd also include House of Leaves. One of the frightening books I've read.
6 Spine-Tingling Thrillers and Horrors Set in Unusual Houses www.novelsuspects.com/book-list/6-...
6 Spine-Tingling Thrillers and Horrors Set in Unusual Houses
Home is not a place… it’s a feeling. Within these novels, home doesn’t quite give off warm and welcoming feelings. In seemingly perfect homes, something sinister lies beneath the floorboards, waiti…
www.novelsuspects.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:37 PM
A good list, but I'd also include House of Leaves. One of the frightening books I've read.
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I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
www.futurelearn.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 AM
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
All of them true.
A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
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December 1, 2024 at 10:42 PM
All of them true.
Preach.
When you’re young and you drop something, you just pick it up.
When you’re older and you drop something, you stare at it for
awhile wondering if you actually need it. 😂🤣😂
When you’re older and you drop something, you stare at it for
awhile wondering if you actually need it. 😂🤣😂
November 30, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Preach.
I grew up in Cheshire very close to the salt mine but we just took it for granted, so it's fascinating to read this.
🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
1/14
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
1/14
November 19, 2024 at 10:49 PM
I grew up in Cheshire very close to the salt mine but we just took it for granted, so it's fascinating to read this.