I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN ON CHRISTMAS THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS THAT IS ADVENT WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif

This trial seems to have been in Housing dept - genuinely don’t see how teachers or care staff could reduce hours without need for extra staff to cover contact time. And if it’s only implemented in some council depts that leads to inequality between staff groups www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Lovely day for a walk in the snow #Bärenbadalm #ChaletSchool

Off to see the Boomtown Rats at the Barrowlands - like going to a live episode of #TOTP2

Just watched the first episode of Riot Women - it’s bloody brilliant and I’m now going to start a rock band, who’s in?

Didn’t think @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social could get any better tonight until @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social came on with a divine poem #ShelvesInMyHead #MyLovelyHorse

First heard this poem read by Brian Patten himself - quite the most beautiful poem about loss and love

Heading off on holiday with a wetsuit, a box of red wine, and a phone with a full set of In Our Time downloads, and I mean if I had to be defined as a person

Sharing an ecumenical pint with @aidanmarshall.bsky.social as I read this

6. Mainie Jellett, The Virgin of Eire (1940s)

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Angela Rayner's resignation was the correct thing to do. But the bigger story is how she was treated during her time in office. Macclesfield Cllr James Barber-Chadwick argues that Rayner's hounding is a result of prejudice against a working class woman.

I see Sir Walter is dressing as a weegie these days

Microsoft: this file is locked for editing by Maggie McTernan Me: but I’m Maggie McTernan!

Just back from a week walking St Cuthbert’s Way - some reflections on pilgrimage from my walk maggietalksrubbish.blogspot.com/2025/07/st-c...

Can’t wait to see headlines announcing how our political institutions, parties, and media have acted to address and drastically reduce the sexism and misogyny in politics though I fear I might be waiting a long time.

Home from the longest train journey on the longest night

Well this is quite beautiful. Life takes us further from those we’ve lost so we tell their stories to keep them with us, and toast them when we drink the champagne

What’s your sign?

Just noticed that the time sits tucked behind the Mourne Mountains on my phone and that makes me strangely happy

Love a pub toilet that tells you how to get back to the bar

Love a pub toilet that tells you how to get back to the bar

I could have sworn I got on the train at Glasgow Central, how did I end up in Pride and Prejudice?

Féach cad a tháinig sa phost inniu!

Greatest Eurovision song of all time bar none #TOTP

Ah Tel ❤️ #TOTP

My hotel has a book exchange in the foyer, this one spoke to me

Train sitting in the platform “awaiting events”

Interesting

This makes for distressing reading - we should be repealing the 1861 Act, not investigating more intrusively

Well this is better than much of what we’ve heard tonight #Eurovision

“I was not expecting this!” - my godson to every second thing that is happening on #Eurovision

Just finished #DoctorWho and

Tardis earrings and European necklace - I’m ready for Saturday night, baby!

It’s the prettiest boy in the ‘80s *sigh* #TOTP

I recognise fewer than half the people singing Perfect Day #TOTP

Shamima Begum was trafficked and exploited, we should be protecting her, not stripping her of citizenship

“Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.” Lovely interview on #Today with Tom and James Holland on the significance of our siblings

When I was little, my mum made a Pippa size dolls house for me and my sister - I still have it and use it as a bedside bookshelf

First time I came to Glasgow was to the Barrowlands to see The Alarm, the same year the sign was first switched on ⭐️🎶 Gorgeous piece by @peteralanross.bsky.social

I think we should institute a Rail Sunday, don’t you think @thurible.net?

The Fair Pay Agreement must be fully funded. Neither cash-strapped councils nor care providers operating on fine margins can absorb the cost of higher pay. Upcoming work from @thefabians.bsky.social out soon will set out how an ambitious FPA could tackle the care workforce crisis 4/6

If I have to work on a Saturday, let it involve mediaeval reenactment

Watching #TOTP on catch up and Kirsty McColl *sigh*

If you’ve never heard of Lise Meitner, treat yourself to today’s #InOurTime to learn about once of the greatest c20th century physicists who was overlooked for a Nobel Prize because… well, you’ll find out www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Check the fax machine

Unmanageable Revolutionaries - Women and Irish Nationalism, by Margaret Ward