Pure @dankackroyd.bsky.social vibes

I used to live like this! I once got the Eurostar having arrived at St Pancras 14 minutes before departure. Now I have children, it's several hours and £££ in Pret 😭

I will take any excuse to go and flick through old DWJ books... turns out it's a bit of both (might have to re-read the whole thing now)

Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones is set in a rough 70s comprehensive where magic (and Chrestomanci) start to appear...

Yes! Look I can explain to my children that there's things in 40s/50s Disney that aren't OK any more, but having to go to adult mode and then they see the one big banner for "scary thing with guns" to find eg Lady and the Tramp is hardly any better! It's ridiculous

Amen

I'm from York and don't remember it being much of a thing at all growing up, however, we do have the best asparagus, that's just a fact 💮 (nearest emoji I could find to white rose)

Seems mad, but as a fan of "crispiness" in fabrics, line drying is the decisive factor, age of clothes is largely irrelevant. If anything, towels get crispier as the fluff is gradually washed away?

(intended fun) amazing phrase, thank you

Sat next to him on the train on honeymoon! He absolutely is an icon 😜

I miss Guy Ryder from the ILO 😜

1)Yes we have that weekend paper subscription, it's great, the Magazine and Arts&Life are 💯 @henrymance.ft.com is brilliant
2) I tried to read Fourth Wing but got stuck halfway, got so bored of the pre-dragon chat, Diana Wynne Jones etc all better at pacing.
3) the shoes I'm wearing? I bought them

Oh no that's even worse!!! Sisterhood schmisterhood I guess 😭

What a knobber, jokes on him, I'm actually way more punctual since having children!! There's a lot less "slack" in the day, I find...

Thanks for that, I can never undo this now
"Murderbot, belongs to the Corporation
Murderbot, looking at Deltfall base
Murderbot, loves a cheesy TV station..." Etc etc

Storybots also great:
open.substack.com/pub/squareey...

Oh, there were pancakes at the breakfast. A big pile of them. You must have missed them? We always put pancakes out for our guests? How strange... Maybe you weren't paying attention? Getting too much bacon as usual?