Hilary Strong
@hilary6.bsky.social
Director of Making Theatre Gaining Skills, the Bognor Makerspace and Strong Ideas Ltd.
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I’ve just discovered #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, where people share the funny/awkward/downright strange sleeping situations they find themselves in while visiting family. While I’m comfortably in my own home this year, when I visit my parents in their teeny retirement cottage, my bed looks like this 🤣
December 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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@arusbridger.bsky.social Please sort out your subscription service. Just wasted an hour trying to get a refund for a payment that should have been cancelled. Every call handler told me a different story about who would fix it!
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@arusbridger.bsky.social Please sort out your subscription service. Just wasted an hour trying to get a refund for a payment that should have been cancelled. Every call handler told me a different story about who would fix it!
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My god, the sheer relief of reading a piece by someone who knows something about this football match and didn't just learn to spell Maccabi two days ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
My god, the sheer relief of reading a piece by someone who knows something about this football match and didn't just learn to spell Maccabi two days ago www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
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If you can give, here's the aggregate and guaranteed legit portal to suit everyone who wants to help Ukraine. If you're uneasy with donating for combat, you can support de-mining, paramedics, emergency responders, hospital reconstruction, etc. war.ukraine.ua/donate/
Donate to Ukraine’s defenders
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
war.ukraine.ua
March 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you can give, here's the aggregate and guaranteed legit portal to suit everyone who wants to help Ukraine. If you're uneasy with donating for combat, you can support de-mining, paramedics, emergency responders, hospital reconstruction, etc. war.ukraine.ua/donate/
Glorious daffodils are always cheery. My £2 bunch from the supermarket are warding off the winter blues.
January 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Glorious daffodils are always cheery. My £2 bunch from the supermarket are warding off the winter blues.
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‘We owe it to the thousands of children who have been killed to pause and open ourselves up to the fullness of the little lives that were snatched away.’
Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully, says columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
‘We owe it to the thousands of children who have been killed to pause and open ourselves up to the fullness of the little lives that were snatched away.’
Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I can’t help thinking that there must be some people on Trump’s team a little anxious about Elon Musk’s behaviour. Perhaps they need to sit him down at a desk with a large intray of cost-cutting problems to solve? Might focus his mind…
January 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I can’t help thinking that there must be some people on Trump’s team a little anxious about Elon Musk’s behaviour. Perhaps they need to sit him down at a desk with a large intray of cost-cutting problems to solve? Might focus his mind…
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Yet another outing for this sadly perennial piece (c/o @tortoisemedia.bsky.social).
I know why social care isn’t being fixed
Finding £17,000 a month towards the care of my parents forced me to reflect on the collective delusions and political cowardice that conspire to prevent us confronting – once and for all – this huge s...
www.tortoisemedia.com
January 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Yet another outing for this sadly perennial piece (c/o @tortoisemedia.bsky.social).
Good news about the Government’s plan for Social Care review. The challenge is not how to fix it but how to get all political parties backing. I hope they include town hall meetings and strengthened all-party committees.
January 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Good news about the Government’s plan for Social Care review. The challenge is not how to fix it but how to get all political parties backing. I hope they include town hall meetings and strengthened all-party committees.
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North Utsire, South Utsire - are they the most poetic location names?
For those, like myself, who need a map of the 31 shipping forecast regions…
January 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
North Utsire, South Utsire - are they the most poetic location names?
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This is a beautiful tribute.
I miss Valentina & her kiosk. I miss her positivity & warm-heartedness. Valentina has been undergoing cancer treatment. To cheer her up I turned the Valentina’s Kiosk theme into a song & the legendary BBC Singers
have recorded it for her. Here is Valentina’s Song. Conducted by David Hill.
have recorded it for her. Here is Valentina’s Song. Conducted by David Hill.
Valentina's Song (Tomorrow Will Be Better Than Today).
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 26, 2024 at 12:06 PM
This is a beautiful tribute.
@friendsofthecoli.bsky.social great to have an important theatre join the blue sky gang!
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 AM
@friendsofthecoli.bsky.social great to have an important theatre join the blue sky gang!
A momentous time with so many exciting people arriving and a sense of hopefulness that slaps in the face the dismal behaviour of the new regime. Thanks to @carolvorderman.bsky.social for doing such stalwart work as new member monitor. And what a relief that @buitengebieden.bsky.social has joined.
November 17, 2024 at 6:54 PM
A momentous time with so many exciting people arriving and a sense of hopefulness that slaps in the face the dismal behaviour of the new regime. Thanks to @carolvorderman.bsky.social for doing such stalwart work as new member monitor. And what a relief that @buitengebieden.bsky.social has joined.
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Final thoughts today. My conclusion is that many in the US have no idea what's coming for it. Can't/won't believe. 'The institutions will hold'. 'There's always the courts.' Let's hope so. But the plan is shock & awe. Think high-profile scapegoats, a climate of fear, institutional cowardice.
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Final thoughts today. My conclusion is that many in the US have no idea what's coming for it. Can't/won't believe. 'The institutions will hold'. 'There's always the courts.' Let's hope so. But the plan is shock & awe. Think high-profile scapegoats, a climate of fear, institutional cowardice.
This is lovely. I’ve also got a selection of BBC letters which were always written with kindness and good suggestions. Somebody should make a film!
"There's something a little bit special about paper."
I've got a few letters to show you...
I've got a few letters to show you...
Some of the letters the BBC sent me as a kid
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
This is lovely. I’ve also got a selection of BBC letters which were always written with kindness and good suggestions. Somebody should make a film!
@arfursmith.bsky.social you’re here! What joy. X
November 15, 2024 at 10:47 AM
@arfursmith.bsky.social you’re here! What joy. X
Right I’m in. Can’t seem to figure out how to upload an image but will recruit a 12 year old to assist. Hoping the experience will be better that my last social media experience!
August 16, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Right I’m in. Can’t seem to figure out how to upload an image but will recruit a 12 year old to assist. Hoping the experience will be better that my last social media experience!