Formerly English teaching in the frozen north; now in my retirement era. Occasional blogger. Childless book lady. Invisible in a crowd.
Bookshelves, mostly.
Joined February 2009
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A few more showers around tomorrow. Strengthening winds on Tuesday night with gusts even inland of 40-45 miles an hour on Wednesday. @geoff_maskell has a cool, showery and blustery forecast for the next few days.
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Happy #WorldBookNight! 📚
It’s the #NationalYearOfReading2026 and we are delighted to be joining the #GoAllIn2026 campaign to help people get more out of what they already love by encouraging them to read about it.
Why not join the #ReadingHour from 7-8pm tonight and enjoy your favourite read, whether you’re reading, listening or sharing a book!
Happy #WorldBookNight!
We hope you'll be joining us for the #ReadingHour from 7-8pm tonight - whether you’re reading, listening, or sharing a book, it all counts.
Let us know how you'll be celebrating in the comments 👇️
#NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026 @Go_All_In_2026
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I’ve just realised that the darkest ten weeks of the winter are behind us & just now we’re gaining 2 minutes of daylight each day here in the UK. A hopeful thought 🌿
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This is one of the most beautiful moments you will ever witness.
Sir Nicholas Winton helped 669 children — most of them Jewish — escape the Holocaust.
His humanitarian accomplishments would remain unknown and unnoticed by the world for nearly 50 years.
Then in 1988 he was invited to the BBC TV show That's Life!. There he sat — unknowingly — as part of the studio audience, surrounded by the children he had rescued. They were now adults.
Then they surprised him with one of the greatest gifts of all time. Their presence.
They were there, all alive — because of him. Not only was he reunited with dozens of children he had saved, but he was also introduced to many of their children and grandchildren.
Please remember Sir Nicholas Winton, for his humanitarian operation known as the Czech Kindertransport.
Sir Nicholas George Winton, a British stockbroker, and a gift to this planet, left us on July 1, 2015, at the age of 106.
May his memory forever be a blessing and inspiration to all.
Please share. International Holocaust Day cannot be forgotten. But many are working to make that happen.
🕯️ ♥️
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The biggest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, Albert Heijn, has brought the magic of Last Christmas to life in this heartwarming commercial. 🎶💖 See if you can spot a familiar face 👀 Last Christmas has also hit the #1 spot for the first time ever in the Netherlands! 👏
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Noli timere
Don't be afraid.
Remembering Seamus Heaney who died on this day in 2013.
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Friends,
Want to take a stand against racism in NI?
👇 This was a message sent to us as a family during this season.
PLEASE please Retweet this 👇 for our precious ethnic communities.
‘Your clan is our clan’
We stand together 💚
ALT Says ‘Your Clan is our Clan’ .. standing together against racism
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No to racism. No to the haters in Belfast today.
Thinking of the late, great John Hume today, on his anniversary.
#Belfast
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You have to love this celebration. How much it means to them. 🇬🇧 #OlympicGamesParis2024
STILL ALIVE!!! 🤯
The moment @andy_murray & Dan Evans booked their spot in the @Olympics quarter-finals 😍😍😍
🎥 @BBCSport
nitter.gq/BBCSport/status/181838…
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Whatever you do today, watch this.
Mona McSharry winning Olympic Bronze.
10/10 montage from RTÉ 👏
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Two down-on-their-luck old friends use their redundancy money to move to Blackpool and set up a drag bar. 'That is a Disgrace' coming to ITV X this Autumn.
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And now, the end is near
The Tories face the final curtain
The exit poll made it clear
Conservative defeat is now certain
They've pinched a bucket-full
Left holes on each and every highway
And less, much less than this
They made their lies pay
Good days, they've had so few
But then again, too few to mention
Ignored what they had to do
Shirked responsibility without exception
They fought fake culture wars
Flogged infrastructure off to Huawei
And less, much less than this
They made their lies pay
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you'll mourn
Like the MP caught with tractor porn
After four leaders, left with just Rishi
Bets on the election all very fishy
You voted Labour, I've got a new neighbour
Time to do things my way!
#GeneralElection2024
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A shimmering display last night of Noctilucent Clouds high in the mesosphere. Water vapour and dust particles freeze to form ice crystals, giving the night-shining clouds their unique formations. @bbcniweather @angie_weather @barrabest @WeatherCee @VisitCauseway @WeatherAisling
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'I'm your Tory candidate. I bet you a tenner that you're not going to vote for me'
My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph
Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints
Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com
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History makers 🙌
The first ever running of the mixed 4x400m relay at the European Athletics Championships is won by Ireland!
They take home European gold for the first time since 1998 🥇
#BBCAthletics
