Frances Robinson
@francespurple.bsky.social
My Substack about children's TV:
https://squareeyes.substack.com/
Copywriting, journalism, moderating
SE London
Formerly Brussels/Frankfurt/Paris
https://squareeyes.substack.com/
Copywriting, journalism, moderating
SE London
Formerly Brussels/Frankfurt/Paris
Finally put up the next Square Eyes!! Featuring Shape Island, Murderbot, Mark Ronson and mine and @tom-phillips.com thoughts on optimal programme length... open.substack.com/pub/squareey...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Finally put up the next Square Eyes!! Featuring Shape Island, Murderbot, Mark Ronson and mine and @tom-phillips.com thoughts on optimal programme length... open.substack.com/pub/squareey...
Saw this in M&S this morning and while it's not pink and girly it's also... 🤔🤔🤔 (Obv it's one of the greatest albums of all time )
August 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Saw this in M&S this morning and while it's not pink and girly it's also... 🤔🤔🤔 (Obv it's one of the greatest albums of all time )
Saw this at The Range today and NO, absolutely NOT, I haven't been on my summer holiday yet? How do I report an actual crime?? Stop it right now (unbeaten for crafting bits tho)
July 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Saw this at The Range today and NO, absolutely NOT, I haven't been on my summer holiday yet? How do I report an actual crime?? Stop it right now (unbeaten for crafting bits tho)
As someone who a) rides a bike and b) remembers what it was like to have toddler twins, I can only say: WTF BBQ OMG ROFLCOPTER www.cyclesprog.co.uk/blog/hetty-k...
Hetty Kingston on how she overcame two huge challenges with two tiny humans, from writing a book to racing an ultra with two toddlers in a trailer
Hetty Kingston on how she overcame two huge challenges with two tiny humans, from writing a book to racing an ultra with two toddlers in a trailer
www.cyclesprog.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As someone who a) rides a bike and b) remembers what it was like to have toddler twins, I can only say: WTF BBQ OMG ROFLCOPTER www.cyclesprog.co.uk/blog/hetty-k...
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“Okay Katy let’s go for one more take with the other lyrics.”
To a firework, your body is sentient gelatin. Nothing more. Nothing less. Remember that and use fireworks safely this July 4th.
June 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Okay Katy let’s go for one more take with the other lyrics.”
I did a degree in French and German and got taught throughout by proper serious linguists. When I learnt Flemish (in BXL) in my twenties, the language school teacher was a former pro footballer! His knees had gone, so he just retrained. Legend. But, ja, hoor, it is not the *most* serious language 😜
I wrote in the Nintendo subreddit that Dutch is like a drunk German trying to speak English and I got death threats
June 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I did a degree in French and German and got taught throughout by proper serious linguists. When I learnt Flemish (in BXL) in my twenties, the language school teacher was a former pro footballer! His knees had gone, so he just retrained. Legend. But, ja, hoor, it is not the *most* serious language 😜
Everyone talks about a midlife career change, I think I might become a professional art thief and steal all these! What a brilliant collection 🚅🚂😍 artuk.org/discover/cur...
The world’s favourite railway artworks | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 600,000 artworks by over 60,000 artists.
artuk.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Everyone talks about a midlife career change, I think I might become a professional art thief and steal all these! What a brilliant collection 🚅🚂😍 artuk.org/discover/cur...
What's the matter babe you haven't hung up the bejazzled hip-hop bulldog canvas I got you for your birthday over the mantelpiece?
June 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What's the matter babe you haven't hung up the bejazzled hip-hop bulldog canvas I got you for your birthday over the mantelpiece?
Truly, it was like renaissance Florence, but with more chain belts, skinny jeans tucked in boots and poker straight hair. A joy to be alive 🥂
Just realised that next year marks the 25 anniversary of the opening salvo of one of the greatest periods in human history: The 14 month period when Kylie released Fever, Sugababes released Angels With Dirty Faces & Girls Aloud formed.
June 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Truly, it was like renaissance Florence, but with more chain belts, skinny jeans tucked in boots and poker straight hair. A joy to be alive 🥂
Thoughts and prayers for Napkin, he's torn his cruciate ligament and has to stay in til (at least) Tuesday when we take him for an X-ray. His vigil of forlorn meows while staring at the catflap continues 😿
June 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Thoughts and prayers for Napkin, he's torn his cruciate ligament and has to stay in til (at least) Tuesday when we take him for an X-ray. His vigil of forlorn meows while staring at the catflap continues 😿
As someone who loves both Pulp and Shed Seven (was at the O2 last night and Scala recently) this is EXACTLY how people react when I talk about them!! But why! Disco Down, Speakeasy and Lies are all bangers for the ages. It is possible to appreciate both Jarvis and Rick on their own merits!!!
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As someone who loves both Pulp and Shed Seven (was at the O2 last night and Scala recently) this is EXACTLY how people react when I talk about them!! But why! Disco Down, Speakeasy and Lies are all bangers for the ages. It is possible to appreciate both Jarvis and Rick on their own merits!!!
Never thought I'd read anything actually relatable in @financialtimes.com magnificent HTSI supplement, but turns out the creative director of Christian Dior make-up and I have something in common! #snackattack
June 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Never thought I'd read anything actually relatable in @financialtimes.com magnificent HTSI supplement, but turns out the creative director of Christian Dior make-up and I have something in common! #snackattack
TWO faux Italian songs in a year?? This is the opposite of being spoiled 🫣
May 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
TWO faux Italian songs in a year?? This is the opposite of being spoiled 🫣
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Remember that time San Marino was represented by Flo Rida? I still think about that a lot. #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Remember that time San Marino was represented by Flo Rida? I still think about that a lot. #Eurovision
Italy: Somewhere only we NO
May 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Italy: Somewhere only we NO
... I give you this year's Azerbaijan entry, who have the same feature, but didn't make it through the semis, as an amuse bouche for tonight www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk1C...
Mamagama - Run With U (LIVE) | Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 | First Semi-Final | Eurovision 2025
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
www.youtube.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
... I give you this year's Azerbaijan entry, who have the same feature, but didn't make it through the semis, as an amuse bouche for tonight www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk1C...
It's been so busy this year I haven't had a chance to write a out #Eurovision - of course I'll tune in tonight. In the meantime, who remembers “The Calling” an 00s band where the singer's face didn't match his voice....
May 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's been so busy this year I haven't had a chance to write a out #Eurovision - of course I'll tune in tonight. In the meantime, who remembers “The Calling” an 00s band where the singer's face didn't match his voice....
Science, seaside, stories: new Square Eyes is up! open.substack.com/pub/squareey...
Too Fast, Too Informative: Cute Little Science Shows
Smuggling education into your children’s brains through the medium of song.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Science, seaside, stories: new Square Eyes is up! open.substack.com/pub/squareey...
Looks... Alright?
Pearl Lowe and Danny from off of Supergrass are selling their amazing cottage orné in Somerset if anyone has three and a half million quid to spare.
www.inigo.com/sales-list/s...
www.inigo.com/sales-list/s...
For Sale: Selwood Lodge, Frome, Somerset | Inigo
Selwood Lodge - an exceptional Grade II-listed house that marries Gothic revival architecture with European villa-style romance - is positioned on the northern edge of Frome.
www.inigo.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Looks... Alright?
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I got arrested in a library, for tippexing out all the punctuation in a book. Later, the judge warned me that anyone doing that should expect a very long sentence
May 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I got arrested in a library, for tippexing out all the punctuation in a book. Later, the judge warned me that anyone doing that should expect a very long sentence
I thought the "Delays possible until October" sign on roadworks meant one traffic jam could last that whole time. Would wonder about how we'd sleep in car, survive on 3 apples and a packet of fruit pastilles etc... was always relieved/delighted when it was only an hour!!
“Bizarre things you firmly believed when a kid” is one of my favorite genres and I firmly believe we all have excellent examples if we can remember them
May 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I thought the "Delays possible until October" sign on roadworks meant one traffic jam could last that whole time. Would wonder about how we'd sleep in car, survive on 3 apples and a packet of fruit pastilles etc... was always relieved/delighted when it was only an hour!!
Guys I'm a hot day dessert influencer-slash-genius: behold scones, jam and *clotted cream ice cream* (it's delicious)
April 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Guys I'm a hot day dessert influencer-slash-genius: behold scones, jam and *clotted cream ice cream* (it's delicious)
I tried that Dubai Chocolate... Am I just old or have people never had a Ritter Sport before?!?!??!!!
April 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I tried that Dubai Chocolate... Am I just old or have people never had a Ritter Sport before?!?!??!!!
Every word of this is excellent. Please, somebody, actually do it!! Always loves London-FFM by train for work and it would be so good for family holidays too 🙏🏻🚄
A train from the UK to Italy? We've heard that one before, but I'm on board | Jonn Elledge
A train from the UK to Italy? We've heard that one before, but I'm on board | Jonn Elledge
It’s a lot easier to tease new cross-Channel rail services than it is to actually start running trains. I’m crossing my fingers anyway, says author Jonn Elledge
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Every word of this is excellent. Please, somebody, actually do it!! Always loves London-FFM by train for work and it would be so good for family holidays too 🙏🏻🚄