Milla Reed
@millareed.bsky.social
Writing commercial fiction, rep’d by Shesto Literary. Co host of The Emergency Chicken podcast. Gardening and crafting too. https://linktr.ee/millareed
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Milla Reed
@millareed.bsky.social
· Jan 6
IT'S OUT TODAY! The story of finding Mum's diaries from 1951/52. They paint a vibrant portrait of the age and the people. Do you know anyone who lived in Kent, or is of an age to enjoy a trip down Memory Lane?
#books #booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #1950s #History
Link below.
#books #booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #1950s #History
Link below.
This ol’ jug looked tired so I gave him a red and green makeover. It’s the #decoupage version of wearing a Xmas jumper. 😁
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This ol’ jug looked tired so I gave him a red and green makeover. It’s the #decoupage version of wearing a Xmas jumper. 😁
A lady from Hong Kong wanted to tell me how interesting she found 'According to Eve' as someone who hadn't been raised here.
She doesn't use Amazon. By the time my hair was done, she had written this. How lovely!
#accordingtoeve #1950s #history #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #medway
She doesn't use Amazon. By the time my hair was done, she had written this. How lovely!
#accordingtoeve #1950s #history #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #medway
October 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A lady from Hong Kong wanted to tell me how interesting she found 'According to Eve' as someone who hadn't been raised here.
She doesn't use Amazon. By the time my hair was done, she had written this. How lovely!
#accordingtoeve #1950s #history #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #medway
She doesn't use Amazon. By the time my hair was done, she had written this. How lovely!
#accordingtoeve #1950s #history #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #medway
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There's a special place in hell for those - and it's not just Mone - whose first thought during a national emergency was that this it was an opportunity to get rich by looting the Treasury.
October 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There's a special place in hell for those - and it's not just Mone - whose first thought during a national emergency was that this it was an opportunity to get rich by looting the Treasury.
Well I’ve been in rapture because my car came from the garage days earlier than expected. Is that what they meant?
September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Well I’ve been in rapture because my car came from the garage days earlier than expected. Is that what they meant?
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The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.
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As seen on Facebook:
September 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
As seen on Facebook:
Now this is a great idea!
There ought to be a weekly (daily?) show based entirely on exposing the most recent lies, fabrications and deceptions of every political side. With a leader board to reveal who lies most.
Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’
September 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Now this is a great idea!
Shame it doesn’t start til 10pm. You’d think they’d need to get cracking earlier to fit it all in by morning.
September 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Shame it doesn’t start til 10pm. You’d think they’d need to get cracking earlier to fit it all in by morning.
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This week’s Private Eye.
July 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This week’s Private Eye.
Do you want to see my latest review? It’s possibly a tad over the top.
Of course you do, you might want to buy According to Eve for your Granny. She’s so hard to buy for, it’d be an easy win. 😁
Of course you do, you might want to buy According to Eve for your Granny. She’s so hard to buy for, it’d be an easy win. 😁
May 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Do you want to see my latest review? It’s possibly a tad over the top.
Of course you do, you might want to buy According to Eve for your Granny. She’s so hard to buy for, it’d be an easy win. 😁
Of course you do, you might want to buy According to Eve for your Granny. She’s so hard to buy for, it’d be an easy win. 😁
Woke up to find the According to Eve is riding high in the charts again at no 3. maybe one day she'll make it to the top spot!
A massive thank you to everyone who bought it over the weekend 🙂
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s #localhistory #kent
A massive thank you to everyone who bought it over the weekend 🙂
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s #localhistory #kent
May 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Woke up to find the According to Eve is riding high in the charts again at no 3. maybe one day she'll make it to the top spot!
A massive thank you to everyone who bought it over the weekend 🙂
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s #localhistory #kent
A massive thank you to everyone who bought it over the weekend 🙂
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s #localhistory #kent
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Readers know best—and this review nails it! According to Eve keeps winning hearts 📚👏 #localhistory #1950sKent
So touched by this lovely new review. It’s official - readers are way better than me at describing According to Eve! Thank you so much, Old Mr T 😁
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
May 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Readers know best—and this review nails it! According to Eve keeps winning hearts 📚👏 #localhistory #1950sKent
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"So the hotel is haunted yes? And the little boy is cycling on his tricyle along the hotel corridors and he gets to the lift. The lift doors open and ... thousands of gallons of glutinous black tar pour out."
"And that's your movie idea?"
"That's my elevator pitch."
"And that's your movie idea?"
"That's my elevator pitch."
April 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"So the hotel is haunted yes? And the little boy is cycling on his tricyle along the hotel corridors and he gets to the lift. The lift doors open and ... thousands of gallons of glutinous black tar pour out."
"And that's your movie idea?"
"That's my elevator pitch."
"And that's your movie idea?"
"That's my elevator pitch."
Well this was a surprise. A guy I haven't spoken to for years liked my my recent radio interview so he decided to animate it! So if you missed me talking about finding Mum's diaries, you can catch up :-)
#kent #1950s #History #medway
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HP...
#kent #1950s #History #medway
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HP...
April 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Well this was a surprise. A guy I haven't spoken to for years liked my my recent radio interview so he decided to animate it! So if you missed me talking about finding Mum's diaries, you can catch up :-)
#kent #1950s #History #medway
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HP...
#kent #1950s #History #medway
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1HP...
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So touched by this lovely new review. It’s official - readers are way better than me at describing According to Eve! Thank you so much, Old Mr T 😁
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
April 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So touched by this lovely new review. It’s official - readers are way better than me at describing According to Eve! Thank you so much, Old Mr T 😁
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
I didn’t have being mentioned on the radio in the same sentence as the pope on today’s scorecard.
There's an interview about finding Mum's diaries/According to Eve going out on BBC Radio Oxford at 11.40am on Easter Monday.
It includes more details about what happened between Eve and Fred that I've discovered since writing the book. I'd love it if someone listened! :-)
It includes more details about what happened between Eve and Fred that I've discovered since writing the book. I'd love it if someone listened! :-)
April 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I didn’t have being mentioned on the radio in the same sentence as the pope on today’s scorecard.
So touched by this lovely new review. It’s official - readers are way better than me at describing According to Eve! Thank you so much, Old Mr T 😁
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
April 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So touched by this lovely new review. It’s official - readers are way better than me at describing According to Eve! Thank you so much, Old Mr T 😁
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
#1950s #kent #rochester #chatham #gillingham #localhistory
There's an interview about finding Mum's diaries/According to Eve going out on BBC Radio Oxford at 11.40am on Easter Monday.
It includes more details about what happened between Eve and Fred that I've discovered since writing the book. I'd love it if someone listened! :-)
It includes more details about what happened between Eve and Fred that I've discovered since writing the book. I'd love it if someone listened! :-)
April 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
There's an interview about finding Mum's diaries/According to Eve going out on BBC Radio Oxford at 11.40am on Easter Monday.
It includes more details about what happened between Eve and Fred that I've discovered since writing the book. I'd love it if someone listened! :-)
It includes more details about what happened between Eve and Fred that I've discovered since writing the book. I'd love it if someone listened! :-)
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Monthly random question:
Is anyone able to access issues of the Listener, the old BBC magazine?
We're looking for the 2 April 1930 edition, and it seems to be available on Gale or through the National Library of Scotland...
(Many thanks in advance!)
Is anyone able to access issues of the Listener, the old BBC magazine?
We're looking for the 2 April 1930 edition, and it seems to be available on Gale or through the National Library of Scotland...
(Many thanks in advance!)
April 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Monthly random question:
Is anyone able to access issues of the Listener, the old BBC magazine?
We're looking for the 2 April 1930 edition, and it seems to be available on Gale or through the National Library of Scotland...
(Many thanks in advance!)
Is anyone able to access issues of the Listener, the old BBC magazine?
We're looking for the 2 April 1930 edition, and it seems to be available on Gale or through the National Library of Scotland...
(Many thanks in advance!)
In According to Eve, it's not exactly clear why Eve and Fred broke up. In this radio interview (from BBC Radio Oxford) you'll discover what I've learnt since. It's being repeated on Easter Monday.
drive.google.com/file/d/1OxUQ...
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s
drive.google.com/file/d/1OxUQ...
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s
April 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In According to Eve, it's not exactly clear why Eve and Fred broke up. In this radio interview (from BBC Radio Oxford) you'll discover what I've learnt since. It's being repeated on Easter Monday.
drive.google.com/file/d/1OxUQ...
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s
drive.google.com/file/d/1OxUQ...
#medway #rochester #chatham #gillingham #1950s
I have a poorly friend so Friday night drinks have been moved to mine. Ready Steady….
April 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I have a poorly friend so Friday night drinks have been moved to mine. Ready Steady….
This is OH at the bar, so now I ask what he’s drinking on the way to the pub to get his thinking done.
[at the front of a bread line] uh yeah, uh. uh, i’ll have the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. huh. i’ll uh, i’ll. oh you know what? here’s what i’ll do. i’ll get the uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is OH at the bar, so now I ask what he’s drinking on the way to the pub to get his thinking done.
Had an outrageous review for According to Eve. Now everyone will think it’s a Jilly Cooper novel!
April 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Had an outrageous review for According to Eve. Now everyone will think it’s a Jilly Cooper novel!
I wish I didn't have to tell you to check inside your gardening gloves for bees, yet here we are. #gardening
a black and white photo of a woman making a funny face with her mouth wide open .
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April 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I wish I didn't have to tell you to check inside your gardening gloves for bees, yet here we are. #gardening