Elen Caldecott
@elencaldecott.bsky.social
I write children's fiction. I puppy-wrangle. Hoffi coffi. If there's dancing, I'm in. Senior Lecture, Creative Writing at Lancaster. Published Bloomsbury, OUP, Andersen Press. All jokes my own. She/her
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I actually have started writing down my favorite, trusted online recipes in a binder because I am not sure the sites will survive.
When I traveled overseas last year, I bought a paper travel guide, something that I never thought I would do again.
When I traveled overseas last year, I bought a paper travel guide, something that I never thought I would do again.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I actually have started writing down my favorite, trusted online recipes in a binder because I am not sure the sites will survive.
When I traveled overseas last year, I bought a paper travel guide, something that I never thought I would do again.
When I traveled overseas last year, I bought a paper travel guide, something that I never thought I would do again.
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The enemy fleet is threatening to open fire on us, Captain.
But not in a hurtful or insulting way.
But not in a hurtful or insulting way.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The enemy fleet is threatening to open fire on us, Captain.
But not in a hurtful or insulting way.
But not in a hurtful or insulting way.
If your laws make it possible for Candice Owens to stop Brigitte Macron taking a piss when she's shopping at big Tesco's, then your laws are wrong.
EHRC latest: UK trans 'bathroom ban' to be based on how people look, leaks suggest
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/trans-toilet-ban-ehrc/?utm_content=1763925600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/20/trans-toilet-ban-ehrc/?utm_content=1763925600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
EHRC latest: UK trans 'bathroom ban' to be based on appearance, leaks suggest
The EHRC's code of practice on people's rights to enter gendered facilities could allow individuals to be banned based on appearance, leaks have suggested.
www.thepinknews.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
If your laws make it possible for Candice Owens to stop Brigitte Macron taking a piss when she's shopping at big Tesco's, then your laws are wrong.
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THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
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THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
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November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
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THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
THE CREATIVES4SUDAN AUCTION IS NOW LIVE!!!!
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I thought I'd bought a 'Dark Chocolate Bar' in M&S. Turns out it's a 'Dark Chocolate DATE Bar'. My mouth hasn't been this disappointed since finding out that the little lemon soaps from Body Shop tasted nothing like lemon sherbets.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I thought I'd bought a 'Dark Chocolate Bar' in M&S. Turns out it's a 'Dark Chocolate DATE Bar'. My mouth hasn't been this disappointed since finding out that the little lemon soaps from Body Shop tasted nothing like lemon sherbets.
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27 days until the days get lighter for longer 🎉😁
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
27 days until the days get lighter for longer 🎉😁
For the morning crowd, Creatives 4 Sudan auction is open!
Children's/YA writers in need of feedback, you can bid for a (min) 2k editorial report on the first 15k of a novel. Written by me, an award-winning author with 15 years experience and a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing. I am kind but thorough. #UKKidLit #kidlit
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
For the morning crowd, Creatives 4 Sudan auction is open!
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Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
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There are heaps of awesome items donated by heaps of creatives all raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Bid, bid, bid: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Artwork by @Raafaye (insta)
Artwork by @Raafaye (insta)
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There are heaps of awesome items donated by heaps of creatives all raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Bid, bid, bid: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Artwork by @Raafaye (insta)
Artwork by @Raafaye (insta)
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YOU get a book, YOU get a book, YOU get a book! I’m offering a WHOLE class set of The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes with teacher notes as part of the Creatives4Sudan auction. Bid here: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Shipping worldwide 🌍
Please share widely if you can 🙏🏾
#edusky
Shipping worldwide 🌍
Please share widely if you can 🙏🏾
#edusky
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November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
YOU get a book, YOU get a book, YOU get a book! I’m offering a WHOLE class set of The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes with teacher notes as part of the Creatives4Sudan auction. Bid here: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Shipping worldwide 🌍
Please share widely if you can 🙏🏾
#edusky
Shipping worldwide 🌍
Please share widely if you can 🙏🏾
#edusky
Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
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💫There's still time to enter 2025's Bath Children's Novel Award, but hurry - entries close Sunday, 30th Nov. This year's £5,000 winner will be judged by lit agent Clare Wallace and the prize is open to emerging children's & YA writers worldwide.
Full details at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
Full details at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025 - £5,000 writing prize
The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 international competition for emerging authors of children’s novels, YA, chapter books and picture book texts.
bathnovelaward.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
💫There's still time to enter 2025's Bath Children's Novel Award, but hurry - entries close Sunday, 30th Nov. This year's £5,000 winner will be judged by lit agent Clare Wallace and the prize is open to emerging children's & YA writers worldwide.
Full details at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
Full details at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
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Our two-day conference, 'On Writing for Young People' is over for another year. We had, amazing speakers, wonderful workshops and the quality of the CHAT was off-the-scale. Thank you to everyone who made it possible. It was maybe the best one yet.
Now to lie in a darkened room for the weekend...
Now to lie in a darkened room for the weekend...
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our two-day conference, 'On Writing for Young People' is over for another year. We had, amazing speakers, wonderful workshops and the quality of the CHAT was off-the-scale. Thank you to everyone who made it possible. It was maybe the best one yet.
Now to lie in a darkened room for the weekend...
Now to lie in a darkened room for the weekend...
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Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
A train which is 90 minutes late departing the station is being roundly cheered up by a bunch of huns celebrating a 40th with pre-lunch tequila.
You might think this is sarcasm, but it genuinely is not. They are willing the train to move with their joie de vivre and Bailey's.
You might think this is sarcasm, but it genuinely is not. They are willing the train to move with their joie de vivre and Bailey's.
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A train which is 90 minutes late departing the station is being roundly cheered up by a bunch of huns celebrating a 40th with pre-lunch tequila.
You might think this is sarcasm, but it genuinely is not. They are willing the train to move with their joie de vivre and Bailey's.
You might think this is sarcasm, but it genuinely is not. They are willing the train to move with their joie de vivre and Bailey's.
Turns out, I didn't know what Jenrick looked like. But if I'd asked AI for a picture of a Deano at a Harvester on Mother's Day, that would have got me quite close.
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Turns out, I didn't know what Jenrick looked like. But if I'd asked AI for a picture of a Deano at a Harvester on Mother's Day, that would have got me quite close.
I feel about Michelle Visage the way that Michelle Visage feels about Madonna.
What a stone cold goddess.
What a stone cold goddess.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I feel about Michelle Visage the way that Michelle Visage feels about Madonna.
What a stone cold goddess.
What a stone cold goddess.
👏👏👏
a “Space Force”, if you will
we need a department of kerning
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Every news podcast I listen to is poing over the Epstein emails, trying to parse out meaning from the tea leaves. Because apparently paedo millionaires and their pals have the communication skills of over-stewed Darjeeling.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Every news podcast I listen to is poing over the Epstein emails, trying to parse out meaning from the tea leaves. Because apparently paedo millionaires and their pals have the communication skills of over-stewed Darjeeling.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Loooooook!
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A permanent Lecturer position in Children's Literature and Creative Education is available at Goldsmiths, University of London. Please consider applying and/or sharing with others. As the Head of the MA Children's Literature, I'll be working closely with the successful applicant! Deadline: 4 Dec.
Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
jobs.gold.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Loooooook!
😍😍😍
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Heard about "tailgate parties" at American sports events.
Wondered why we didn't do that in the UK, it sounds fun.
Thought, for about ten seconds, about trying to drive or park anywhere near a stadium on a game day.
Understanding dawns.
Wondered why we didn't do that in the UK, it sounds fun.
Thought, for about ten seconds, about trying to drive or park anywhere near a stadium on a game day.
Understanding dawns.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Heard about "tailgate parties" at American sports events.
Wondered why we didn't do that in the UK, it sounds fun.
Thought, for about ten seconds, about trying to drive or park anywhere near a stadium on a game day.
Understanding dawns.
Wondered why we didn't do that in the UK, it sounds fun.
Thought, for about ten seconds, about trying to drive or park anywhere near a stadium on a game day.
Understanding dawns.
Joyce Carol Oates is an assassin, there are body parts all over my timeline.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Joyce Carol Oates is an assassin, there are body parts all over my timeline.