#Exeter calling. The littlest has gone on a school residential for three days. The biggest is almost a man. Where should the 2 adults, who haven’t been out on the town for a long time, go for a cocktail? Much as I love the library cafe and Wagamama’s I’m ready to revisit a former version of myself!

British teenagers after a day on BlueSky

Just found a list from a while ago. Wonder what I was working on?

Have discovered the reason the vegetables aren’t growing as quickly as expected #dogsky

I loved all the shortlist this year, but this book carried my heart 👇

Some of you don’t seem to understand that a trillion just doesn’t go that far these days. I mean, it’s clearly not enough to buy even one friend.

Together in all their glory, the 2026 winners: The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet and The Correspondent by Virginia Evans🏆 Thanks to our 2026 sponsors Audible, Baileys and @findmypast.bsky.social.

#Manchester - two fun days coming up for people with #dementia and carers….I’ll be there as well!

London, The Tower – sent to Miss Freeman in Gloucestershire in 1904 from her brother: "You did not answer the last portion of my letter. Please do so the next time you write. Love to all from Archie." Both were teachers. #PostedInThePast

Beautiful day,assessing a bunch of 10 yr olds for their school’s civic award.They each nervously shared their evidence, proud as punch about the things that made their heart sing-football, dance, drawing, darts, dogs &, rather wonderfully, bird ringing.Their faces when I told them they had passed..

You know you’re home when you spot #RivingtonPike And a grey sky!

Platform 14 #Manchester #Piccadilly you never change #homecoming #freezing

What???!!!! #ecfc

Good news for Exeter’s Ukrainian community 💙💛 A new Ukraine Community Connecting Service is launching in Exeter, delivered by Devon Ukrainian Association CIC. More: news.exeter.gov.uk/exeter-backs...

Reminds me of walking past #Exeter college on the induction days at the start of every new college year. Such an array of expression and individuality. These are kids who 9 weeks earlier would have been stuffed into school uniforms.

March: CHIFFCHAFF IT’S A CHIFFCHAFF OH GOD THIS IS AMAZING SPRING IS HERE April: a chiffchaff. Nice. May: got any other tunes? No? OK then. June: stfu you chiffing little bastard I swear to god

📝 On this Day: 1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ years since Exeter City was formed Exeter City started out as St Sidwell’s United – and it was on this day in 1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣1️⃣ that we hear about the club for the first time! 🔗 Read the full story ⬇️ #ECFC #SemperFidelis

Exeter Comedy Festival kicks off today with the Gala. Still tickets available. Loads of great acts on throughout ECF. The big names have sold out but there are some real gems with seats available. We're so lucky to have this going on, don't miss it! www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/book-tickets...

It’s the loveliest of #Exeter festivals #respect

A surprisingly quiet trip to the beach, found some sea glass #Exmouth

Because health care isn’t just about medicine. #NiceThings

Sunbathing in #Exeter. Is it true that the wings of #cormorants are not waterproof which is why they have to hang themselves out to dry?

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

The Strategy Unit is inviting dementia professionals to share views on culturally adapted care for global majority communities in England. Interviews are online and last around 60 minutes. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/share-your-e...

Harlequin ladybird larva…apparently #insect #summer #notverycute

I miss this doggie. Wasn’t there also a Tommy Cooper mural here at one point or am I misremembering? #Exeter #onthewaytothequay

Community groups across Exeter can now apply for Ward Grants of up to £350 to help fund local projects, events and activities - from festivals and craft groups to theatre productions and community gatherings. More: news.exeter.gov.uk/community-gr...

Such joy in this photo

A special new addition has arrived! You can now take a living piece of Exeter Cathedral home with you 🌱 A limited number of horse chestnut seedlings, grown from our iconic horse chestnut tree on Cathedral Green (believed to be over 150 years old), are now available from the Exeter Cathedral Shop.

Looking for ways to keep the kids entertained this half term? There’s loads happening across Exeter this May, from free retro gaming at Guildhall Shopping Centre to a wild animal trail at Princesshay 🦁 Plus family crafts, workshops and hands-on activities at RAMM and Exeter Phoenix all week long.

Boo. Where will I go and buy presents for the men in my life? That’s a real shame though for #exeter

I will never tire of walking back to #Exeter from #Starcross along the estuary. One of the dogs did though.

Watching a show with the 17 year old and I lookup an actress who I’m surprised to discover is Bono’s daughter. 17 yr old asks “Who’s Bono” which aged me. Two days later he’s found U2 on Spotify and I’m regretting ever saying anything

I create my botanical photos using recent research so that looking at them alleviates anxiety & twice a yr I list card sets & prints on Etsy. I haven't been able to work much recently due to depression so buying cards/a print from me would honestly help masses.Pls RT,ty🌿 www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

I’m here all day and terrible at networking so please do come and talk to me if you want to know about #dementia support. @gerisoc.bsky.social

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan

This may make me sound old as dust or too young depending on your perspective, but whatever: we are all so damn lucky that Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recorded music together so frequently, like how insanely fantastic is that power combo? What a generous gift.

Exeter’s first City Nature Challenge has been a huge success. More than 1,500 wildlife observations were recorded over one weekend, with 507 different species spotted across the city - including 89 never previously recorded in Exeter! More: news.exeter.gov.uk/nature-chall...

I’m destined never to see the @theunthanks.bsky.social in #Exeter. Last time me & hubby bought for each other for Xmas,so 4 in total..then I was away for work so he took our neighbour instead!This time I hadn’t noticed that the live in babysitter would be sitting AS Levels.Anyway, I was gifted this

Not Berlin — Cologne, 1977 — but we are posting anyway because it’s such a great photo. By Josef Koudelka.

One of the best things about being at the University of Exeter is the random friends you meet on the way into the office. What a campus we have!

Tony Tiger #Greece

Albania - How many nans did this guy have?! I feel like Albania always does something like this... The physical nan reveal was cool I guess ... Until she robbed his glasses and looked like she was gonna kiss him... I liked his big clock tho ... And his wings!

I can't get this image out of my head. It spawned a whole bunch of geography jokes, the South London version being 'Peckham, East Dulwich, Dulwich Village'. Angela, Totnes. Andy, Paignton and Wes, Salcombe? I'll get my coat....

The juxtaposition of photos here from the BBC. #Andy #Wes #Angela Angela does look bloody marvellous though (I know that’s not the point)

The #TransitDog of the day is this melancholy train non-enjoyer.💜

I used to find the rag and bone man quite spine chilling. The refrain would be distant to begin and then suddenly under my back bedroom window. I usually hid and have no idea if he was 19 or 219.

A Friday off and walking #Starcross to #Exeter along the estuary. It involves a train trip to Starcross, which my dog has a tradition of not much enjoying. She doesn’t quite know what to do with herself and her bendy bus body.

Does anyone know if Andy Burnham likes cats?