Paula Clarke Bain
@baindex.org
Book indexer, editor, boss at baindex.org | Society of Indexers Chair and Fellow | CIEP APM | Cryptic crossword novice setter Pixie | Stockport, UK 🧚🏻 www.mycrossword.co.uk/Pixie See also @indexers.bsky.social www.indexers.org.uk #IndexSky
British Pork from SNL UK. What’s it got? It’s got the lot. Love to see this official upload at last and still willing George Fouracres on to the end. #SNLUK www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWdQ...
British Pork: It’s Got the Lot | SNL UK
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Indexer on a train, July 2026. Heading to London to represent @indexers.bsky.social in a publishing vodcast / video podcast. Will share more details when it’s out. #IndexSky
What are the distinctive challenges of indexing books about music or dance? Our Coffee Morning on 16 July looked at this topic, with presentations by Marian Aird, @baindex.org, and Pauline Hubner.
How can indexers work best with books that cover challenging or upsetting subjects? Indexer @tanyaizzard.bsky.social discusses ways to support yourself if you're working with material you find difficult: buff.ly/GMf5ZeX
Indexing difficult topics
There are all sorts of books about topics that indexers might find difficult. There are histories and memoirs of atrocities and traumas; medical textbooks descr
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Manchester Recorder Orchestra return to Buxton Festival Fringe for their silver anniversary (25th) #BuxtonFringe concert tonight. I’ll be tootling my tenor again. @buxtonfringe.bsky.social
A full night of comedy delights at Buxton Working Men’s Club (or underneath it) from Barrel of Laughs and then local/global legend Kate Butch. I love Buxton Fringe. 😻 @buxtonfringe.bsky.social @undergroundvenues.bsky.social @thekatebutch.bsky.social
An enjoyable Coffee Morning Zoom today with @indexers.bsky.social (with thanks to host Ruth Martin). Marian Aird, Pauline Hubner and I presented on indexing books on music and dance. Here’s a few of my trickier indexes on Stephen Dodgson, Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham. #IndexSky
What a picture. This moorland wildfire smoke is sometimes blowing our way (Stockport, Greater Manchester). I have stocked up on face masks.
MetJam@metjam.co.uk · 3w agoProlonged dry and hot weather mixed with a keen easterly to north-easterly wind leads to a rapid spread of wildfires. This picture, taken by Christopher Furlong, showing Manchester coated in smoke, is unlike any picture I've ever seen from this country - extraordinary.
And another vote here for ‘Yes, we do have to read the whole book’. @indexers.bsky.social #IndexSky
Society of Indexers@indexers.bsky.social · 4w agoIn today's Ask the Indexers blog post, our panel tell us what they wish people understood about our niche job - mainly, that it really is a job, and that no, a computer/AI can't do it. Read more here: buff.ly/VREMHpE #IndexSky
In the absence of an index, simply read the book cover to cover several times, advises William Robb, enfeebled author.
A great actor is all men, somehow (3,5) #cryptic #crossword
I’ve been sent this several times already for some reason. From today’s Guardian cryptic crossword 30,054 set by Brendan. www.theguardian.com/crosswords/c...
John Oliver getting his soap slap on General Hospital. I love everything about this.
🇨🇦 Fuzzy 🇵🇹@canadianfuzzy.bsky.social · last mo.John Oliver gets his wish of getting slapped on a soap 😆 #GH
On our #CrypticSunday stream today, we're tackling 22 different MyCrossword setters! One cryptic was entirely set by emaherself, and one by 21 people collaborating as Platypus, led by @tpgrammar.bsky.social. Join us at 12 noon BST! twitch.tv/crypticsunday
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Hello we are Matt and Rachel.We stream cryptic crosswords almost every Sunday at 12pm UK time.
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A pleasure as always to create the index to Revolutionary Subjects for Benjamin Kohlmann. I have now indexed four of his books on literature, and a fifth is in the pipeline.
Verso Books@versobooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoNow available for preorder - Revolutionary Subjects: A Radical History of the Bildungsroman by Benjamin Kohlmann "A source of much-needed cultural sustenance in hard times." - Bruce Robbins
As we head into a long holiday weekend in the US, our staff share their summer reading recommendations, including books by @glumghost.bsky.social and @djbduncan.bsky.social ... and Moby Dick! buff.ly/bBLLeqj
This morning’s Talking About the Past Zoom session was about indexing local history. Ann Hudson, who has years of experience of indexing this area, talked us through the issues and shared some fascinating examples from her own work.
In our latest blog post, our panel of expert indexers discuss pushing their professional boundaries. When is it a good idea to stretch yourself and take on something different or challenging? And conversely, when is it a good idea to know your limits?
Ask the Indexers: pushing your professional boundaries
For today’s blog post, we asked our panel of indexers about projects outside their comfort zone – whether in terms of the type of book, type of indexing or subj
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Comedy murder-mystery returns to Stockport next month. Murder Inc presents: FASHION VICTIM – a murder-mystery set at fashion show! Wednesday 22nd July @ Thread. Tickets on sale now: wegottickets.com/f/22040 #stockport #comedy #improv #murdermystery
In accordance with ancient tradition, our next Prime Minister is announced to the nation while standing between a furry and a man with a bin on his head.
‘The Other Side: Only Connect’ 1979 play by Noel Greig and Drew Griffiths from Gay Sweatshop is on BBC Four tonight. It’s preceded by an introduction by its commissioner/producer W Stephen Gilbert, who is now a book indexer and active member of @indexers.bsky.social.
Ian Greaves@greavesian.bsky.social · 2mo agoCredit to the BBC for responding to a suggestion and running with it so speedily: the very welcome repeat of Noel Greig & Drew Griffiths' extraordinary Only Connect (1979) is on Wednesday night www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... 🏳️🌈
Obviously, we say hire a professional indexer. But you might find our information for authors useful: www.indexers.org.uk/about-indexi..., especially the linked blog posts from @baindex.org and @tanyaizzard.bsky.social
Authors and indexes
Some authors feel that they are the best people to index their own books, as they are the experts on the subject matter and familiar with the books' structure.
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