I’ve been on a train twice in two weeks. I also have cold. I feel these two facts might not be entirely unrelated.

Having a major attraction in close proximity can affect house prices, in most cases increasing them, like is the case with Chester Zoo northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/eco...

Landlords! Stop ripping out baths. Showers are for psychopaths. If I can afford your exorbitant rent, I can afford to run hot water. (This post brought to you by Why Am I Not A Millionaire?)

People who currently rent- all the adverts I’ve seen say no pets (even the one with feeding bowls and a cat tree in the photo). If you have pets, did you ask nicely or just forget to mention it when you took the lease?

Oh god. We’re onto commas on my TEFL course and they want me teach that the Oxford comma is necessary and correct. Utter nonsense!

Brighton. Tiny tiny shoes to represent murdered children. #Gaza

Sees interesting job. Goes to ad. No salary. Goes to 8 page job brochure. No salary. FFS people! I don’t care how many staff networks you have if I can’t live on what you propose to pay. PUT THE SALARY IN THE ADVERT

This guy seems to have forgotten we all saw him do a silly little dance in his replica PE kit the other day. Why would any military person not just laugh in his shiny face?

I know what you're thinking and no, that's not how they rescued him. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Only an estate agent could think open plan kitchen/ living room is a feature and not a bug!

Nearly a new record today with 40 points on a person spec to be addressed in my application. The record is 42!

September's nearly over! So that means... Get ready for the next GLAM meet up! It'll be at the Harrison - same place as before - and it'll be on Tuesday 21 October. Let us know if you can make it over here... gigs.museumsshowoff.org.uk/2025/09/24/g... Everybody welcome!

He might look like a big fluffy fool in whose mouth butter wouldn’t melt but this is the unholy creature who was playing with a terrified mouse under my bed at 6.15 this morning. I’m so glad my own fat lump, Mischa, has never caught more than an already dead fly!

Predictable spin on today’s ugly announcement from our fash-hungry media.

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this? PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information? KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

In the most Solo Greek Holiday thing ever, my EarPod just fell out into a plate of hummus. #Classy

Hotel breakfast cat is working hard to protect the 4th seat at every table. Thank you for service, Puss!

I genuinely thought my English racism had kicked in but in fact no, the President of Ireland (god bless his soul) is indeed commenting in front of a big old horse!! 🤣

@jonnelledge.bsky.social describing the Lib Dems as like the Sealed Knot is more generous than they deserve but it made me laugh loudly.

I’m pathetically conflicted avoidant in my private (but not professional) life but this morning I girded my loins and got myself moved from the room from hell. 💃 This won’t be the best holiday I’ve ever had but I’m slightly hopeful it may not be the worse 🙄

Shall we play worst hotel in Europe. I paid £900+ for this. I’ve never felt so ripped off.

KPOW! ZAP! BLAM! WHAMF! In 1979 the Anti-Nazi League published 'Action Pact', a comic showing schoolchildren Mike & Vince battling NF fascist lies together as the Justice Brothers National & local ephemera, photos & more feature in the archives of the Leamington Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Committee

I’m not even surprised any more, just more disgusted by the world every day.

We are horrified by the attack in Oldbury, in which a young Sikh woman was raped in a racially aggravated attack. This is an act of violence, racism, and misogyny. This attack exposes the myth of the far right claiming to defend women & girls. Their real agenda is racism. #StandUpToRacism

I’ve just been rejected for an interview for a job I did 15 years ago. Since then I’ve been managing those doing that job. If you are employed, near 50 and a woman, cling to your post with all your might because there is unlikely to be another one out there for you. (I might delete when I calm down)

I’ve just seen a job in a museum that requires someone to manage a building, customer service, projects, volunteers AND collections care! I make that roughly three people’s jobs for £30k+. Maybe their trustees should just admit they can’t afford to run a professional museum.

Those who know me will understand how much I loved Graham Greene’s acting if I tell you Ive seen Thunderheart more than once and knew that he’d been in 2 episodes of Murder She Wrote. RIP

I can never leave this cafe!

@icomuk.bsky.social on #Kyiv @britishcouncil.bsky.social & #EU buildings attacked by Russian missiles

I’ve made three attempts to update the address on my driving licence and the site has crashed each time. It’s also useless on a mobile so if DVLA want to post threats of fines, they can but they can post them where the sun doesn’t shine!

Autumn is upon us. Pub is the only answer

Today’s office is a converted church with very good coffee! Quieter than the central library too!

One for people in Brighton

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE! We've just hit the £1000 mark for my Athens Marathon fundraising! If you're able to spare a few quid to help support vulnerable young people, every little bit helps! www.justgiving.com/page/jack-sh...

Also, on a sport theme, I'm running the Athens Marathon to raise money for Freedom Youth; one of the UK's longest running support services for LGBTQIA+ youth - please support if you can: www.justgiving.com/page/jack-sh...

I'm ded 💀 😂 😂 😂

Wow! We are so close to hitting £1000! Will you be the generous soul that helps us get there? I'm running the Athens Marathon to support Freedom Youth, which supports young LGBTQIA+ people, who need our help now more than ever. www.justgiving.com/page/jack-sh...

I keep hearing that Vance isn’t stupid. If it’s not his stupidity then he’s just a vile creep relying on Americans’ stupidity.

This is my friends’ cat, Loki. There are times when he looks just like a cuddly toy!

Having a look round Preston Manor. Thoroughly enjoying the lack of any explanation as to why the lady of the house has left a copy of the Karma Sutra on her bed!

For years people said we shouldn’t surrender our flag to the NF and its successors. We didn’t surrender it, they took it and now they’re back sellotaping them to street lights. They can kept the stupid thing; it’s what else they’re bringing with them that we should be seeing.

just saw a part time curator job for 20k a year in central London. tbh it’s at the point now anytime a cultural institution advertises a role they may as well just say “those who require a salary to live need not apply”. every year it gets worse, and we’re seeing how arts and culture suffers for it!

I’m trying to remember the name of a German film. It was about a group of young actors who hear the Berlin Wall has fallen. In my memory they set off to drive to Berlin but I may have misremembered. It is not, as Google insists, either The Lives of Others or Goodbye Lenin. Possibly made early 00s

I was going to get coffee an hour ago but then Loki turned up!

It was lovey to meet everyone who came along to tonight’s museum meet up. Watch this space for details of the next one.

After 6 years in Chatham which is best described as not lovely, I’m really enjoying staying in a nice middle class bit of Brighton where every other building is a coffee shop. It isn’t how I grew up so I don’t care if it’s smug or pretentious. It’s just really nice.

LGBTQIA+ young people need safe spaces now more than ever. I'm running the Athens Marathon to support Freedom Youth, which has been supporting queer young people since 1995. If you can donate, even a few quid can make a world of difference: www.justgiving.com/page/jack-sh...

My friends are doing things with a kettlebell. I’m drinking tinned Margarita. I win.

Betty the rabbit trying to give me a heart attack! She just threw herself onto her side and stayed there. Luckily I could just see her breathing.