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@ceciliabennett.bsky.social
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Senior Editor at Neem Tree Press; PhD in translated fiction, streaming platforms and new media; collector of plants and hobbies. They/she but the 'she' is in a smaller font and looks a little embarrassed about itself.
Enabler of Dorley
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Attention zine fans! I'm doing the final bit of organising with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social to prepare for Hallowzine at the NLS from 11-4 on Sunday! Featuring this lovely story by Lyndsey, illustrated by me!
The front cover of a cream and black coloured zine called Cat's Eyes. It features a screen with a control panel beneath it. On the screen is a cat's eye with the centre of the pupil cut out. Through the cut-out, you can see a mouse wearing an astronaut helmet
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I'm on the Smurf train now, baby
A blue train at a station platform. It is covered in images of characters from the smurfs. Two people are waiting to board in front of it.
September 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Looks like a Dorley girl has joined the M&S product development team @badambulist.bsky.social
Photo of banana, toffee and Weetabix based breakfast pots on sale at Marks and Spencer's.
August 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Saw this and thought of you @badambulist.bsky.social
A commemorative plate for Weetabix with gold edging and a pastoral image of cows, a bridge and a factory in the background. Gold letters spell out "Weetabix Limited 1936-1986"
July 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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This iconic little fact just popped up in a list I was reading of trans contributors to video games
A screenshot that has an image of game-play from Pokemon Stadium featuring four Magikarp flopping about in a mini game. The texts reads: Pokemon Stadium (1999, N64) The absolute goddamn peak of Maddie Blaustein's voice acting career! She voiced the Magikarp in the minigame where a bunch of Magikarp jump to hit a counter and yell "KAAAAARP". Honestly you don't even need the rest of the list, this is the absolute peak of trans contributions to videogames. Maddie Blaustein did a bunch of Magikarp noises. Everything else is just filler.
June 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Ah yes, the common stress responses: fight, flight, freeze, faun, and 🐸 frogs 🐸
Nine different monochrome ink drawings of frogs. They all look some shade of alarmed, disgruntled, resigned or outraged.
May 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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And another one! (A fraidy cat)
At the tip of the photo is a plywood block with a cat drawn on it in lithographic ink. Beneath it is a piece of paper with the reverse image printed on it. Both images are black and white.
April 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I've been trying my hand at Mokulito printing this weekend, turning drawn and carved into pieces of plywood into lovely prints!
A piece of birch plywood that has been painted on and carved into. The painting depicts trees and a reflection, and the carving depicts branches. A finished print straight out of the press. You can see the corner of the black in the corner of the image. The image is of trees and their reflection with white branches in the foreground. Half of the image has a blue background, achieved with a chine-collé technique (fancy for gluing different coloured paper to the background as you print)
April 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Leicestershire is such a charming place!
A street sign in the countryside surrounded by twigs and grass, reading "Flesh Hovel Lane". The sign conjures up an unpleasant image that is at odds with the idea that this is a charming place. There are allotments in the background.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Transition goals
A piece of street art in teal and yellow. There are three images that progress from each other. To the very right is a woman facing left. In the middle, facing the same direction is a similar looking person but now she has a beak and their arm looks like a wing. Finally, to the left is a bird. The implication is that these are all the same person in varying forms of metamorphosis.
February 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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In honour of the Year of the Snake! It's Medusa's time to shine 🌟🐍
A black and white linoprint of Medusa. Snake tongues spell out the words "year of the snake"
February 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Dorley in a nutshell
A sign in a building that says "downstairs sissy-boy" next to a diagram of some stairs with an arrow pointing down them
February 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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The bird thinks of the egg, but how often does the egg think of the bird? 🤔

(Lino inspired by sparrows near my mum's house)
Black and white lino print of a male sparrow. I've added shading using a wet paintbrush.
February 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Enquiring minds must know! 🤷‍♀️
A sticker found on the streets of Luxembourg that reads "where are all the lesbians in Luxembourg? - JoJo stickers"
February 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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What if this was my next print?
A drawing of a walrus with a human face saying: "prithee, tell me"
January 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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My newest go at printing!
A linocut print in the style of a botanical illustration depicting an iris and its rhizome on handmade paper with pink and blue petals through it.
January 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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A small series with flowers - I quite like the effect of the panels being disrupted!
Etched tetrapak print of a woman with a bob wearing a scarf, short jumper and skirt holding a flower. The print is all in tones of brown. Etched tetrapak print of two panels featuring a woman with a bob wearing a short jumper and skirt. In the first panel, she is looking at flowers, and in the second, she is holding something that is obscured. Both panels are cut-off or washed out in parts with some overlap. The print is all in tones of brown.
January 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Experiments in drypoint etching using a pasta maker and the packaging from a candle
A hand holding a print of a wrinkled and surprised looking face surrounded by petals and the caption "chin up buttercup!" The print is brown. A hand holding a print of a happy dog on a lead behind a tired/I energetic man. The caption says "he'll liven up after his walk" and is from the dog's point of view about the man. The print is brown.
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Ok but I made this on my lunch break and ... should I pitch it as a new Dorley mug design?
Graphic that says "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gender" in the style of the "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" logo. Under it is a line drawing of a boy looking nervous and a girl (Christine?) looking relaxed and happy behind a laptop.
January 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Mum has sent me this picture. Uh oh...
Welcome to Dorley Hall, two hot chocolate spoons, a king's day cake and a DVD of Emilia Pérez on a table with a floral tablecloth.
January 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Starting my year as I mean to go on...
A cosy living room with fairy lights and lit candles. There is a coffee table in the foreground with a cup of coffee and a plant on it. In the background is a TV showing an episode of Because This is My First Life. A hand with yarn wrapped around the forefinger holds the very beginning of a purple and pink crocheted blanket.
January 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Aaaand today in Very British Treats...
A bag of unappetising looking dusty brown little pellets in a pink and brown packet that says "original choc nibbles - the original nobbly nibble"
December 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Scottish trains are so laid-back
A ScotRail train sitting at the platform. It is blue, white and yellow. The digital display that would usually have the destination on it just reads: chillin'
December 14, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Just did a quick, cheeky lunch-break lino printing session - hare we go!
A hand holding up a black and white linocut print of a hare sitting in the grass. The hare looks a little inquisitive.
December 12, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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What did you call me???!
A the front of a coffee shop at night. The shop is called "Format - Speciality coffee shop", but underneath in large capital letters it says "GIANT BRATWURST HO. DOGS AND TOG" The shop front is dark blue but the paint is peeling to the right. The lights inside are on and there is someone at the shop counter.
December 7, 2024 at 6:41 PM