Jess McCabe
@jessmccabe.bsky.social
Deputy ed at Inside Housing
Wtf: in the 18th and 19th centuries, green park and st James’ park were covered with cows and milkmaids, and you could buy milk fresh from the cow
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November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wtf: in the 18th and 19th centuries, green park and st James’ park were covered with cows and milkmaids, and you could buy milk fresh from the cow
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2020/05/02/s...
memoirsofametrogirl.com/2020/05/02/s...
“I would rather she swallowed bad books than not like reading at all”
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“I would rather she swallowed bad books than not like reading at all”
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.
Advice from 1689 France on what a young woman should be reading, from 1) her grandmother and 2) her uncle.
A nice chart from the FT and Dostoyevsky anecdote from the Guardian to calm the nerves of anyone worried about the imminent death of literacy
on.ft.com/4qGgk9K
on.ft.com/4qGgk9K
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A nice chart from the FT and Dostoyevsky anecdote from the Guardian to calm the nerves of anyone worried about the imminent death of literacy
on.ft.com/4qGgk9K
on.ft.com/4qGgk9K
I happened to compliment my aunt on her coat today, and she said, well you should like it, it was yours.
It was one of my coats from secondary school in the 90s and still has my name tag sewn in
They don’t make clothes that last this long anymore…
It was one of my coats from secondary school in the 90s and still has my name tag sewn in
They don’t make clothes that last this long anymore…
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I happened to compliment my aunt on her coat today, and she said, well you should like it, it was yours.
It was one of my coats from secondary school in the 90s and still has my name tag sewn in
They don’t make clothes that last this long anymore…
It was one of my coats from secondary school in the 90s and still has my name tag sewn in
They don’t make clothes that last this long anymore…
October including a fantastic book by a brilliant colleague, @peteapps.bsky.social
I also very much recommend the Sun King by Nancy Mitford, in case anyone wants to talk about Louis XIV I am ready now
I also very much recommend the Sun King by Nancy Mitford, in case anyone wants to talk about Louis XIV I am ready now
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
October including a fantastic book by a brilliant colleague, @peteapps.bsky.social
I also very much recommend the Sun King by Nancy Mitford, in case anyone wants to talk about Louis XIV I am ready now
I also very much recommend the Sun King by Nancy Mitford, in case anyone wants to talk about Louis XIV I am ready now
Contemporaneous court reporting in 17th century France: someone goes to the trial, then tells their friend the great letter writer Madame de Sévigne about it, she writes you a letter about it.
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Contemporaneous court reporting in 17th century France: someone goes to the trial, then tells their friend the great letter writer Madame de Sévigne about it, she writes you a letter about it.
I get the desire not to misgender people, but addressing people by last name only? Dear McCabe? What am I, a child at boarding school? Who is cheering herself up from her overprivileged homesickness by FOIing Hastings Council?
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I get the desire not to misgender people, but addressing people by last name only? Dear McCabe? What am I, a child at boarding school? Who is cheering herself up from her overprivileged homesickness by FOIing Hastings Council?
You can even see a corridor and selection of the door handles from the Robin Hood Gardens estate
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You can even see a corridor and selection of the door handles from the Robin Hood Gardens estate
I went on a tour of some new housing in the Olympic Park today, about 35% affordable. It’s right next to the V&A East Storehouse, in which hangs the facade of the old Robin Hood Gardens estate, preserved for visitors much like the 1666 wooden facade of a house in the main V&A
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I went on a tour of some new housing in the Olympic Park today, about 35% affordable. It’s right next to the V&A East Storehouse, in which hangs the facade of the old Robin Hood Gardens estate, preserved for visitors much like the 1666 wooden facade of a house in the main V&A
A toilet story Mitford recounts as true, however - Louis XIV liked to take carriage rides only with women but didn’t want them to have any physical needs. The Duchess of chevreuse was on a 6 hour ride with him and needed the loo:
October 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A toilet story Mitford recounts as true, however - Louis XIV liked to take carriage rides only with women but didn’t want them to have any physical needs. The Duchess of chevreuse was on a 6 hour ride with him and needed the loo:
Is this in the crown? 🤔
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Is this in the crown? 🤔
Has someone turned Wii sports into a bar concept
October 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Has someone turned Wii sports into a bar concept
In this version of the garden of Eden, on the sixth day god created the basset hound
October 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In this version of the garden of Eden, on the sixth day god created the basset hound
Ai is good because instead of just reproducing the book jacket info you can get AI to randomly speculate what it might be about
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ai is good because instead of just reproducing the book jacket info you can get AI to randomly speculate what it might be about
A signed Steve Reed “build baby build” hat has found its way to @insidehousing.bsky.social towers from Labour Party conference
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A signed Steve Reed “build baby build” hat has found its way to @insidehousing.bsky.social towers from Labour Party conference
Muriel Spark, what a writer. I’ve been reading Loitering With Intent. You get so invested in the realism and character then Spark pulls the rug out and reminds you it’s actually a little postmodern experimental gem about writing and art
October 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Muriel Spark, what a writer. I’ve been reading Loitering With Intent. You get so invested in the realism and character then Spark pulls the rug out and reminds you it’s actually a little postmodern experimental gem about writing and art
You and me both Sandy
September 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
You and me both Sandy
Spotted today but not bought to save it for someone who likes Zola more than me, but: Zola photographing south London!
September 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Spotted today but not bought to save it for someone who likes Zola more than me, but: Zola photographing south London!
I’ve started All that Glitters about the art fraud, but immediately got hung on this. Does he mean he’s speaking in a pastiche of the mid Atlantic accent or some kind of modern version? Does he sound like a Brit who’s spent so long in the US they’ve started to exhaustedly say “wadder” and “erb”
September 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’ve started All that Glitters about the art fraud, but immediately got hung on this. Does he mean he’s speaking in a pastiche of the mid Atlantic accent or some kind of modern version? Does he sound like a Brit who’s spent so long in the US they’ve started to exhaustedly say “wadder” and “erb”
The baby is so bad and then I just noticed this bloke’s teeth lips 👄
September 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The baby is so bad and then I just noticed this bloke’s teeth lips 👄
Can I somehow blame AI for this
September 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Can I somehow blame AI for this
I met some of the local residents that are getting support, such as Asim who had just got a job again
September 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I met some of the local residents that are getting support, such as Asim who had just got a job again