Philip Ardagh
@philipardagh.bsky.social
Award-winning children's author, poet, reviewer & commentator. Lifetime Ambassador CILIP School Libraries Group, ambassador Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Northern Children's Book Festival. Co-writer 'High in the Clouds' with Paul McCartney
Hi! Are you bombarded by similar ads on your FACEBOOK feed? Are you confronted with a rash of ads for one particular type of product/service? Jewellery? Cars? Watches? Clothes? Loft conversions? Are they of interest? Did you once click on such an ad in the past? I'd love to know. Thank you x
October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hi! Are you bombarded by similar ads on your FACEBOOK feed? Are you confronted with a rash of ads for one particular type of product/service? Jewellery? Cars? Watches? Clothes? Loft conversions? Are they of interest? Did you once click on such an ad in the past? I'd love to know. Thank you x
The blue one in the Tweenies.
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The blue one in the Tweenies.
I'm heading to Wigtown - the Scottish Book Town - for the Wigtown Book Festival, have reached the Lake District, AND THE SUN IS STILL SHINING. Unheard of! Here's the year I was there with Lucy Mangan. (She's the one of the right.) @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I'm heading to Wigtown - the Scottish Book Town - for the Wigtown Book Festival, have reached the Lake District, AND THE SUN IS STILL SHINING. Unheard of! Here's the year I was there with Lucy Mangan. (She's the one of the right.) @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social
This popped up on my timeline this morning. With my constant philanthropy and radiating goodness and selflessness 24/7, even I forget sometimes just HOW giving I am.
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This popped up on my timeline this morning. With my constant philanthropy and radiating goodness and selflessness 24/7, even I forget sometimes just HOW giving I am.
Hmmm. So the low birth rate and migration means that there won't be enough people in the west do do all the jobs to keep the infrastructures working for the older generations. Hmmmm. I wonder what the solution might be?
Increased immigration?
Increased immigration?
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hmmm. So the low birth rate and migration means that there won't be enough people in the west do do all the jobs to keep the infrastructures working for the older generations. Hmmmm. I wonder what the solution might be?
Increased immigration?
Increased immigration?
So true. So very true.
August 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So true. So very true.
Is this in response to the news that, just over forty weeks ago, The Local Radish, a store in Beech Grove, Indiana, hosted a Taylor Swift themed event called "The Local Radish: Taylor's Version," or just one of those mind-blowing coincidences that could throw the Earth off its axis?
August 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Is this in response to the news that, just over forty weeks ago, The Local Radish, a store in Beech Grove, Indiana, hosted a Taylor Swift themed event called "The Local Radish: Taylor's Version," or just one of those mind-blowing coincidences that could throw the Earth off its axis?
The lengths I go to, @Waterstones.bsky.social See? Even my jacket matches the sun and clouds on this Moomin bag I'm bringing to tonight's Moomin Superfan panel at @WaterstonesPicc.bsky.social! # Moomins @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The lengths I go to, @Waterstones.bsky.social See? Even my jacket matches the sun and clouds on this Moomin bag I'm bringing to tonight's Moomin Superfan panel at @WaterstonesPicc.bsky.social! # Moomins @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social
Waiting to catch a train to London for this evening's Moomin Superfans panel at @WaterstonesPicc.bsky.social with a great line-up... and me! @finlandinuk.bsky.social @SortofBooks.bsky.social @RiotComms.bsky.social @MacmillanKidsUK.bsky.social #Moomins
August 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Waiting to catch a train to London for this evening's Moomin Superfans panel at @WaterstonesPicc.bsky.social with a great line-up... and me! @finlandinuk.bsky.social @SortofBooks.bsky.social @RiotComms.bsky.social @MacmillanKidsUK.bsky.social #Moomins
Did I mention that I have a new picture book out on Aug 15? Pre-order it today (31 July) at Waterstones online - using the code SUMMER25 - and you'll get 25% OFF. And, even if you miss the deadline, it's STILL worth ordering at full price! [Illustrations:Maria Karipidou.] @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Did I mention that I have a new picture book out on Aug 15? Pre-order it today (31 July) at Waterstones online - using the code SUMMER25 - and you'll get 25% OFF. And, even if you miss the deadline, it's STILL worth ordering at full price! [Illustrations:Maria Karipidou.] @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
You're lucky, I'm expected to lightly caress a Van de Graaff generator, like a half-arsed crystal ball, whilst listening to a heavenly choir. Dare I ask what you were expected to mime too?
July 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You're lucky, I'm expected to lightly caress a Van de Graaff generator, like a half-arsed crystal ball, whilst listening to a heavenly choir. Dare I ask what you were expected to mime too?
To get 25% off my latest picture book OLD MacDONALD ON THE MOVE, illustrated by Maria Karipidou, be sure to order it from Waterstones Online BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 31st JULY. It's out in early August and is jam-packed with silliness, fun, and "E-I-E-I-O!"s! Please share!
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
To get 25% off my latest picture book OLD MacDONALD ON THE MOVE, illustrated by Maria Karipidou, be sure to order it from Waterstones Online BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 31st JULY. It's out in early August and is jam-packed with silliness, fun, and "E-I-E-I-O!"s! Please share!
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
2/2 Trump will find an excuse to postpone or cancel them with a manufactured ‘terrorist outrage’, WAR or ‘civil unrest’. Opposition measures need to be put in place to make such action is as difficult as possible. The fight to save the mid-terms starts NOW.
July 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
2/2 Trump will find an excuse to postpone or cancel them with a manufactured ‘terrorist outrage’, WAR or ‘civil unrest’. Opposition measures need to be put in place to make such action is as difficult as possible. The fight to save the mid-terms starts NOW.
1/2 DON’T LET TRUMP CANCEL NEXT YEAR’S MID-TERMS
With opinion polls showing Trump’s support crumbling and the cracks beginning to show in the Republican Party’s united front, do you really think the administration’s going to allow the Democrats to sweep the mid-term elections in 2026? No way. 🧵
With opinion polls showing Trump’s support crumbling and the cracks beginning to show in the Republican Party’s united front, do you really think the administration’s going to allow the Democrats to sweep the mid-term elections in 2026? No way. 🧵
July 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
1/2 DON’T LET TRUMP CANCEL NEXT YEAR’S MID-TERMS
With opinion polls showing Trump’s support crumbling and the cracks beginning to show in the Republican Party’s united front, do you really think the administration’s going to allow the Democrats to sweep the mid-term elections in 2026? No way. 🧵
With opinion polls showing Trump’s support crumbling and the cracks beginning to show in the Republican Party’s united front, do you really think the administration’s going to allow the Democrats to sweep the mid-term elections in 2026? No way. 🧵
That's right. If your dog destroys this bear we'll replace your dog with one with no teeth... so, in effect, you're getting a new best friend AND a cuddly bear. (Seems a tad extreme.)
July 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
That's right. If your dog destroys this bear we'll replace your dog with one with no teeth... so, in effect, you're getting a new best friend AND a cuddly bear. (Seems a tad extreme.)
One of the annoying side-effects of AI photos & videos is that animals are truly amazing without the need to create even MORE incredible situations & interactions artificially. Quite apart from their fooling some of the people some of the time, they can make the genuine article somehow seem lesser.
July 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
One of the annoying side-effects of AI photos & videos is that animals are truly amazing without the need to create even MORE incredible situations & interactions artificially. Quite apart from their fooling some of the people some of the time, they can make the genuine article somehow seem lesser.
Not only is the wheat in this field genetically modified, the picture itself is AI. #DoubleWhammy
July 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not only is the wheat in this field genetically modified, the picture itself is AI. #DoubleWhammy
Those were the days when you could get 460 Mars Bars for 2p...
July 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Those were the days when you could get 460 Mars Bars for 2p...
We make our own entertainment around here...
July 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We make our own entertainment around here...
Let me recommend a technique not dissimilar to that employed in 'GRUBTOWN TALES The Wrong End of the Dog' where folk attempted to lure back a pelican who'd flown off with screen-idol Tawdry Hipbone's pooch -which she'd employed as a hairpiece - in its beak. They rubbed down a hotel in mackerel pate.
June 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Let me recommend a technique not dissimilar to that employed in 'GRUBTOWN TALES The Wrong End of the Dog' where folk attempted to lure back a pelican who'd flown off with screen-idol Tawdry Hipbone's pooch -which she'd employed as a hairpiece - in its beak. They rubbed down a hotel in mackerel pate.
There I was thinking I'd have to learn how to drive, pass a test and get a licence but, according to SAGA, I can drive with confidence AND feel safe on the road just by taking out their car insurance! YIPPEEEE!!! @saga.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
There I was thinking I'd have to learn how to drive, pass a test and get a licence but, according to SAGA, I can drive with confidence AND feel safe on the road just by taking out their car insurance! YIPPEEEE!!! @saga.bsky.social
Dear @andylaneauthor.bsky.social, I feel that, on a sunny day such as this, where temperatures & tempers rise, it's the perfect time to retreat to shady spot and a good book and to enjoy this serene vintage footage of the retired Sherlock Holmes, during his bee-keeping phase in Sussex. Please share
June 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Dear @andylaneauthor.bsky.social, I feel that, on a sunny day such as this, where temperatures & tempers rise, it's the perfect time to retreat to shady spot and a good book and to enjoy this serene vintage footage of the retired Sherlock Holmes, during his bee-keeping phase in Sussex. Please share