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Shelly Dennison
@dennisonshelly.bsky.social
Writer & Comms Consultant supporting not-for-profits.
Trustee @johnrayinitiative.bsky.social
Website: https://shellydennison.co.uk/
Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shellydennison
Spent less than half an hour this afternoon doing an under the bonnet job on my website that I've been putting off for months because I thought it'd be a nightmare to sort out. I'm kicking myself but I'll take the win.
#TinyJoys
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Shelly Dennison
If you're having a bad morning I promise this will make you feel better (unless you dislike grumpy claymation penguins)
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
January 21, 2026 at 10:03 AM
My brain seems to have decided to go on strike this afternoon.
January 20, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Lovely light this evening. #TinyJoys
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Worth a read if you're working in comms in the charity sector.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The RSPB confirming what we all suspected. The birds know... 😂
'Alright pal, got plans for the #BigGardenBirdwatch?'

'Nah, just the usual... hang out of sight whilst she's doing the count, then touch down once the hour's over. You?'

'Classic. Planning some fly-bys with a few of the boys, but we'll only land one at a time.'

'Niiice.'
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 AM
My husband has changed his regular wfh days for 2026 and I no longer have office days on account of being completely freelance so neither of us have any idea what day it is anymore.
January 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Yahoo have improved their desktop email which obviously means it's much worse.
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
If you're a small charity or community project looking to refresh your content for 2026 but aren't quite sure where to start, then I'd love to hear from you.

shellydennison.co.uk/communicatio...
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Oh good. Apparently @blackwells.bsky.social use Evri now so that's a book we may never actually see...
January 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Reposted by Shelly Dennison
The next @johnrayinitiative.bsky.social book club is on February 23 @ 19:30–21:00 UK time. We will be discussing ‘Here Comes the Sun’ online, the latest book by Bill Mckibben @billmckibben.bsky.social All welcome!
jri.org.uk/book_events/...
JRI Book Club 'Here Comes the Sun'
'Here Comes the Sun', Bill McKibben, published by WW Norton & Company, 2025 McKibben delivers a compelling, hopeful manifesto for our climate-stricken world. McKibben charts the breathtaking surge...
jri.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I like to think that I'm well organised but for the second time recently I can't find a document that I'm looking for that ought to be filed somewhere obvious but isn't.
a woman with a surprised look on her face says " where is it "
Alt: a woman with a surprised look on her face says " where is it "
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Finally got round to deleting my Threads account on the basis that having not used it in a year I'm unlikely to go back.
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
My new series explores the history of Bedfordshire through plants and animals.

You can read the introduction here: shellydennison.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...

#LocalHistory
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Combatted the cold and miserable weather by making apple crumble for tea. #TinyJoys
January 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Apparently the PM was hanging out in our church hall today...
January 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Shelly Dennison
Take note charity sector still on X.

If this week's news isn't a red line for you, what is?
I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Greenbelt today offering a masterclass in how not to do crisis comms. ifyyk
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I was half thinking of trying the new BBC Lynley this evening but the reviews aren't particularly encouraging. Has anyone seen it and enjoyed it?
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I don't have words for how much I hate the 'this appears to be a long document, would you like an AI summary?' thing.

No I wouldn't. I want to read it. That's sort of the whole point of wanting to properly understand a thing for myself.

Rant over.
January 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Reposted by Shelly Dennison
The Denny windows at Tewkesbury Abbey aren’t just windows – they are emotion, filtered through light.

I was lucky enough to photograph Tom Denny at work in his home studio. More here: www.digest.andymarsh...
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Reposted by Shelly Dennison
I like the implication in these pictures that on the other 364 days of the year, the zoo has only the vaguest sense of how many lions it should have
London Zoo are doing their annual stock take and it is a thing of joy (pics from Getty Images)

www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Antidote to a trying day: Virginia Woolf and champagne truffles. I know how to live. #TinyJoys
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM