Oh, @tomsbrown.bsky.social !

The corner of St. John’s Street, Cambridge, on a sunny day, seen through the branches of a tree and entirely empty.

Took this photo back when Cambridge was deserted six years ago during lockdown.

Today we rescued ladybirds.

I had a magnificent salad for lunch.

And drank hot chocolate made from reduced post-Easter chocolate eggs.

#SmallJoys

The front cover of the book. Blue. Text reads A Year in Willerby. Stories and other ephemera from a haunted village. The illustration is of main street. Cobblestone road and timbered cottages.

A Year in Willerby.
Stories and other ephemera from a haunted village.
Limited edition run of 100.
Locally printed and bound with original lino cut art.
Sent straight from the village with a handwritten letter.
We ship worldwide.
Not available on Amazon.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

Mad fact... 42% of Labour Prime Ministers have had to fire Peter Mandelson.

Cover of Three Twins at the Crater School by Chaz Brenchley. Art by Ben Baldwin. Three young girls in green school uniforms cower back at the edge of a lake. From the waters emerges a giant Martian creature: part-insect, part-lobster. The Crater School buildings can be seen in the background.

Are you a fan yet? Chaz Brenchley's Crater School books are a perfect recreation of the classic girls' boarding school tales such as the Chalet School series. There's just one twist: the school is on Mars! The first book in the series is Three Twins at the Crater School.
wizardstowerpress.co...

Just finished the book last night and it was everything I wanted it to be, a story that celebrates Magic’s history while grounding it in the lives of real people and how the events affect them.

And then I see this story this morning, and it warms my heart that this is who wrote it ❤️ ❤️

If you have never read a Willerby story, start with this one. Magical, intriguing & true.

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 5PM - TUESDAY 21st April DON'T FORGET! Return your postal vote application form for elections on 7 May VOTE GREEN THURSDAY 7th May Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

⌛️ The deadline to register for a postal vote is 5pm today!

Won't be around on polling day? 📨

Register for a postal vote now ⤵️

And if you follow @observethedate.bsky.social you'll find out what they all are!

Those two lower steps have stories to tell. The youngster, up top, listens wide-eyed.

How and where to see Zack Polanski campaigning in Scotland this week The Scottish Greens have said that having Zack Polanski in Scotland will be “a real boost to our campaign”

Looking forward to joining @scottishgreens.org on Thursday!

www.thenational.scot/news/2603684...

Wow!

#Pagans4PopeLeo

Each to their own!

I am so glad to see this post again! There are some weird, wonderful, amazing and deeply unsettling replies hereto and quotes hereof. We are not all cut from the same cookie cutter at ALL!

Mine, too, I think. When my sense of smell is fully back... or maybe this would nuke the cold, who can say?

Honestly, I find that a little bit terrifying! XD

Those all sound wonderful!

That's slightly terrifying, tbh!

I mean, fair!

Aww! Thank you! x

I snorted. Brilliant line. Wish it were not so true.

16 large garlic cloves. That's not messing about. This looks amazing.

Oh you dear soul, thank you!

Strawberries are food of the gods, my to-do list hates me, there is a ginger cat splooting on the window seat, the Artemis crew are pure joy, & recent kind words about my songs are anchoring me while so much is in flux.

I've just hit my head on the corner of the chest of drawers. Ow. Send coffee.

Oh hello, we're back, are we? Jolly good.

My grotty cold came back for seconds, hurrah for Olbas oil, I forgot to put the bins out because my brain shut down & I went to bed & watched a REALLY BAD film, I honestly thought today was Thursday, got a phone/data issue that I'll have to take to the shop

Wow! How gorgeous is this?

I've just ordered mine.

Always a joy to visit Willerby - well, I mean, sometimes it's also deeply unnerving and occasionally terrifying, but you know, take a little care & listen to the locals.

Because the scary stuff is often beautiful too.

Back atcha. Wiggle your feet and fingers, roll your beck a bit, breathe deep a few times. Find some beauty for your eyes to settle on.

"It's the stock and the cellar and the hearth and the hive that decides who falls and who survives."

@taliskimberley.bsky.social's magnificent Kitchen Heroes.