Gina
@brokenbiros.bsky.social
I had to phone someone so I picked on you
Years ago I posted about a particular type of request for input you get on social media: “Can anyone recommend Hungarian short stories about fishermen who have lost or damaged their hats while *not* at work. Ideally 1920s/30s. I know the obvious ones.”
Really not doing so well with the whole sleeping thing at the moment
This weather is making me so thoroughly miserable. Please can it just rain?
I’ll be back at Highgate Cemetery on 17 November looking at its history as location for film and television Booking details here: highgatecemetery.org/events
As a child I would frequently get Jimmy Cricket and Jiminy Cricket mixed up
Dunwich and the surrounding area is one of my most favourite places - I’m so sad about this. A pic from happier times.
National Trust@nationaltrust.org.uk · 6d agoThis week, a wildfire has torn through Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, leaving the entire nature reserve devastated. An area of around 210 football pitches has been affected with rare habitats and wildlife lost in a matter of hours.
Listening to a podcast about Gonorrhoea while I wait for my takeaway to arrive
Here she is, just the most loveliest perfume (to me anyway, might be an acquired taste)
'Early Morning.' (1954) In Arthur Taylor's picture, a lone passenger heads to his train for an early morning commute to work. In the 1950s, the biggest passenger demand in the UK was for summer day trips to the seaside rather than the morning commute to the office.
Writing this card at the Post Office Tower. We have just been up the top looking at a lovely view, you could see Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge & lots of other famous places. On Monday we went to the cinema and had dinner at a Wimpy Bar.
My friend Simon has just sent me this astonishing poem that was in his local (Exeter branch) Wetherspoons magazine.
Andy Burnham getting the driver to put his Wonderstuff tape on for the drive back to No 10
‘Sorry to see you go, Sir Keir, I know you always particularly appreciated my vase-on-head trick’
Next time we host the World Cup Final we should have half an hour of brass bands and Russ Abbot in the middle
I watched Bryan Forbes’ ‘The Whisperers’ last night - I think I enjoyed it on the whole but it’s a strange thing, kind of three different films fighting each other and probably a bit too much going on? Tempted to read the book.
If you are taking a medicine that you have to administer by injection, may I recommend not accidentally hitting a blood vessel when you do
