@nataliehaynes.bsky.social Canadian fans klaxon: Natalie will be in Toronto March 14. Get your tickets here #booksky www.eventbrite.ca/d/canada--to...

For all you Natalie Haynes fan living in Toronto, here are the details to get a ticket for her Toronto gig www.eventbrite.ca/d/canada--to...

For all you @nataliehaynes.bsky.social fans in Toronto: here’s the link to tickets to NH’s Toronto gig www.eventbrite.ca/d/canada--to...

We’re excited for the GCVI Concert Jan 23 in support of the DSC! Music from Alanis Morissette’s 'Jagged Little Pill' at the GCVI Auditorium, 155 Paisley St., Guelph and it's all in support of donkeys in need. Admission is pay-what-you-can, with all proceeds going directly to the Sanctuary.

#WaitingForTheOut on @bbciplayer.bsky.social is by far the best tv drama I’ve seen in a long time: writing, production and acting are all five star. A best supporting actor for #StephenWight surely awaits?

Toast time for Squirrel and Letty-Lou may need to start a bakery. Maybe special toast for farm animals #toasttime #toast

And here is the river Acheron, if you were wondering about a trip to Hades! Episode 2 of Divine Fury is out tomorrow, if you want to join me…

Cave hunting with Christos the Boatman! Behind the scenes of Divine Fury on History Hit 🌊

I LOVE Squirrel - see bio pic. ❤️

Doug Ford is a Jobs Disaster.

Q7 (10th January 1978). John Bluthal and Spike Milligan mime along to Everything Is Fresh Today (performed by Jack Hodges in 1933).

Here she is… 🗡️🐏💚 The US & Canada cover for No Friend to This House, published by Harper Books on March 10! Isn’t she a beauty? What do you think? You can preorder here, or from your local bookstore: bookshop.org/p/books/no-f...

A decade ago, my photographer niece, Alys tomlinson, took an award-winning picture of a Belarusian nun. They stayed in touch and over several years, Alys co-directed a barely-funded, yet rich and extraordinary documentary about Vera -and today it’s been BAFTA longlisted!.

To cope with temperatures as low as -50°C, Emperor penguins huddle together! 🐧 These groups are made up of hundreds of penguins who slowly rotate to make sure each bird can enjoy the warm centre, which can reach more than 20°C.

If you’ve been enjoying Demeter and Persephone on History Hit, you can read more about their mighty mother and daughter bond for CHEAP this month on Kindle! Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth is just 99p. ⚡️ www.amazon.co.uk/Divine-Might...

The Sooty Show (7th January 1987). Sweep - upset that the others have been ignoring him recently - decides to pretend he's very, very depressed (writing everything down in a book entitled 'Sweep's master plan for more ATTENTION').

In a couple of weeks I’ll be in the beautiful Great Hall at Hay Castle, in conversation with Francine Stock! Please join us if you can, digging into my work and the classical world… There will be a book signing afterwards! 🏰 www.haycastletrust.org/m-1-hay-cast...

Delighted that my next novel Richard Heart Julianne will be coming out on the mighty @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social next year. Hope you enjoy it. I loved writing it.

Divine Fury: Demeter and Persephone Episode 1: The Abduction OUT NOW! 🏛️✨ Click here: access.historyhit.com/videos/divin...

John Lennon Ringo Starr The #Beatles A Hard Day’s Night

So many memories bound up with these Brooke Bond tea card booklets Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

You guys were so fabulous in the autumn, I added more live events! Would love to see all of you in person; let's talk classics & books... Details and tickets on my website: nataliehaynes.com/tour/ ✨

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

Woohoo! Number one!! 🕺 Thanks for having me, @historyrage.bsky.social

Just watched Ep 1 of this magnificent tale of a mother’s enduring love and relentless search for her daughter told by the rock goddess herself @nataliehaynes.bsky.social Run don’t walk to History Hit. Natalie tells this story like no one else can.

If you have ANY interest in the London poor of the late 19thC or even if you don’t, I highly recommend any courses by @misssarahwise.bsky.social

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. ‘Dates’ A box on the coffee table is a Ladybird Christmas essential. (Fifth Picture Book, 1973)

Merry Christmas VT (from the Secret Story of the BBC Christmas Tapes, tx 23rd December 2018)

New #StrongMessageHere is up. @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and I discuss our words and phrases of the year. And I’m compared by AI to a kangaroo.

Christmas party time for our animals. Our donkeys wanted to escape and do a toast run

Amazing achievements by Bluemoose, a publisher with only one full-time employee.

I’ve been invited to be part of this speakers series starting at the top of 2026. More information at www.playmepodcast.com

It’s National Maple Syrup Day, and we couldn’t resist shining the spotlight on our very own Maple! Since arriving at the DSC in March 2025, Maple has shown us just how sweet she is (fitting name, right?). Happy Maple Syrup Day from Maple — no tapping required

Today only! No Friend to This House is 99p on Kindle. If you use Kindle for accessibility reasons or travel, or can’t afford the hardback this year, this is your chance! 👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPX5CLD...

Maenad (to Dionysus): my very small panther farts in your general direction. @nataliehaynes.bsky.social Royal Ontario Museum

WATCH: This happens everyday and it’s a disgrace. Doug Ford never has the guts to get up and answer my questions.

🤫 Pssst: did you want a signed special indie edition with sprayed edges for a Christmas gift? They’re almost all gone, but we have just heard there are a few copies at @citybookshove.bsky.social! They ship everywhere, but get in there quickly… www.city-books.co.uk/products/pre...

Happy December Birthdays to Pippin, Heather, and Josh! We’re celebrating three wonderful donkeys this month, and we hope you’ll join us in sending them all the warm birthday wishes they deserve! Each of these donkeys brings so much joy to the sanctuary!

A 14-year-old girl getting her hair straightened with an iron before a night out with friends, 1964

On this day in 1960, the first episode of Coronation Street was broadcast live from the Granada Studios at 7.00 pm.

Ricky Gervais donates £2.5million to animal charities

My new memoir ‘Phone Charger: My Life Walking to the Bedroom to Fetch Something But Forgetting What It Was By the Time I Get There, Then Walking Back To See If Anything in the Front Room Jogs My Memory, Then Repeating It to Myself While I Walk Back to the Bedroom’ is out next year.

That’s right! Podcast out now…

Audio recording of the Beatles on Juke Box Jury (7th December 1963) youtu.be/xmS9G_EpcNQ?...

A soft, small, hopeful thing.

www.msf.org/bringing-med... “Fleeing war and leaving their homes behind add a serious toll on people’s mental health. We see a lot of patients who suffer from anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder due to their pasts.” #Sudan

The wait continues - the change of use application for SHT is not on the agenda for the 9th December Lambeth Planning Meeting. However, this means you can still email the Council with your objections - information here: https://streathamhilltheatre.org/campaign

I am really missing the posts of @lissakevans.bsky.social. I do hope all is well. Anyone in touch?