James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social
Drinks tea. Writes a bit. Prone to accidental hibernation. Nests with @literatelady.bsky.social & a cat.
#TheArchers
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#XR
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#TheArchers
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#XR
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That was as much a vigil as the other day was a rampage #TheArchers
Everyone ready for Vigil Night? #thearchers
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
That was as much a vigil as the other day was a rampage #TheArchers
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Right, all whodunnits need a map 🧐
George was found where X marks the spot (naturally 😄).
The building marked The Surgery is now The Vicarage.
Note that Rex's boat is supposedly moored on the part of the Am just north of Church Spinney.
Glebe Cottage throws Carol into the frame 😄
#TheArchers
George was found where X marks the spot (naturally 😄).
The building marked The Surgery is now The Vicarage.
Note that Rex's boat is supposedly moored on the part of the Am just north of Church Spinney.
Glebe Cottage throws Carol into the frame 😄
#TheArchers
January 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Right, all whodunnits need a map 🧐
George was found where X marks the spot (naturally 😄).
The building marked The Surgery is now The Vicarage.
Note that Rex's boat is supposedly moored on the part of the Am just north of Church Spinney.
Glebe Cottage throws Carol into the frame 😄
#TheArchers
George was found where X marks the spot (naturally 😄).
The building marked The Surgery is now The Vicarage.
Note that Rex's boat is supposedly moored on the part of the Am just north of Church Spinney.
Glebe Cottage throws Carol into the frame 😄
#TheArchers
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
#TheArchers
So all of this is about motives and psychological flaws; and nothing to do with alibis at midnight on New Year's Eve, when most of the suspects would have many witnesses to their whereabouts?
#TruthAndLies
So all of this is about motives and psychological flaws; and nothing to do with alibis at midnight on New Year's Eve, when most of the suspects would have many witnesses to their whereabouts?
#TruthAndLies
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
#TheArchers
So all of this is about motives and psychological flaws; and nothing to do with alibis at midnight on New Year's Eve, when most of the suspects would have many witnesses to their whereabouts?
#TruthAndLies
So all of this is about motives and psychological flaws; and nothing to do with alibis at midnight on New Year's Eve, when most of the suspects would have many witnesses to their whereabouts?
#TruthAndLies
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Sorry, is this meant to be ‘really happening’ in Ambridge-land, or is this just a fictional drama based upon #TheArchers
Yes, I know.
It’s a bit meta.
Yes, I know.
It’s a bit meta.
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Sorry, is this meant to be ‘really happening’ in Ambridge-land, or is this just a fictional drama based upon #TheArchers
Yes, I know.
It’s a bit meta.
Yes, I know.
It’s a bit meta.
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If you see someone sleeping rough and you want to put them in touch with local support services, please use Streetlink
thestreetlink.org.uk
thestreetlink.org.uk
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you see someone sleeping rough and you want to put them in touch with local support services, please use Streetlink
thestreetlink.org.uk
thestreetlink.org.uk
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Anyway, St Thomas Food Fight will be serving hot food and drinks tomorrow morning (New Year's Day) on Cowick Street, opposite the Post Office. 11:30am to 12:30pm.
Everyone welcome, not only the homeless. And we will be providing free warm hats, gloves, scarves, and socks too. And mince pies.
Everyone welcome, not only the homeless. And we will be providing free warm hats, gloves, scarves, and socks too. And mince pies.
December 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Anyway, St Thomas Food Fight will be serving hot food and drinks tomorrow morning (New Year's Day) on Cowick Street, opposite the Post Office. 11:30am to 12:30pm.
Everyone welcome, not only the homeless. And we will be providing free warm hats, gloves, scarves, and socks too. And mince pies.
Everyone welcome, not only the homeless. And we will be providing free warm hats, gloves, scarves, and socks too. And mince pies.
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Does anyone know why Torbay Council has triggered their Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP), but Exeter City Council @exetercouncil.bsky.social hasn't?
It's freezing out there. 🥶🌨️💨
And with the wind chill it's even worse.
It's freezing out there. 🥶🌨️💨
And with the wind chill it's even worse.
December 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Does anyone know why Torbay Council has triggered their Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP), but Exeter City Council @exetercouncil.bsky.social hasn't?
It's freezing out there. 🥶🌨️💨
And with the wind chill it's even worse.
It's freezing out there. 🥶🌨️💨
And with the wind chill it's even worse.
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My learned OH has just pointed out that George needs a registered address for his parole.
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My learned OH has just pointed out that George needs a registered address for his parole.
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
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Who else feels shortchanged by that episode - they never told us what the eyelash trends for 2026 were going to be? #TheArchers
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Who else feels shortchanged by that episode - they never told us what the eyelash trends for 2026 were going to be? #TheArchers
#TheArchers
That *was* shocking.
And given the continuity announcer's spoiler, it's very tempting to say that the Grundys shouldn't turf George onto the street. Manage his anger and violence until he can get professional help.
But that puts them all at risk.
Very difficult.
That *was* shocking.
And given the continuity announcer's spoiler, it's very tempting to say that the Grundys shouldn't turf George onto the street. Manage his anger and violence until he can get professional help.
But that puts them all at risk.
Very difficult.
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#TheArchers
That *was* shocking.
And given the continuity announcer's spoiler, it's very tempting to say that the Grundys shouldn't turf George onto the street. Manage his anger and violence until he can get professional help.
But that puts them all at risk.
Very difficult.
That *was* shocking.
And given the continuity announcer's spoiler, it's very tempting to say that the Grundys shouldn't turf George onto the street. Manage his anger and violence until he can get professional help.
But that puts them all at risk.
Very difficult.
According to #TheUnbelievableTruth, Pol Pot & Mussolini were Geography teachers.
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
According to #TheUnbelievableTruth, Pol Pot & Mussolini were Geography teachers.
I got a free smartwatch with my last mobile; and naturally (because it's possible) I loaded its face with useful info such as date, weather, heart rate, step count, water intake, battery & calendar.
But it turns out I can't see any of that without glasses, so I've upgraded the watch face to this:
But it turns out I can't see any of that without glasses, so I've upgraded the watch face to this:
December 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I got a free smartwatch with my last mobile; and naturally (because it's possible) I loaded its face with useful info such as date, weather, heart rate, step count, water intake, battery & calendar.
But it turns out I can't see any of that without glasses, so I've upgraded the watch face to this:
But it turns out I can't see any of that without glasses, so I've upgraded the watch face to this:
In this hazy Twixtmas period, I rely more than ever on my external electronic brain (calendar, reminders, lists, notes, etc) to tell me what I'm supposed to be doing.
But older polite society scorns screens in social settings.
Does anyone have a way of easing this tension?
But older polite society scorns screens in social settings.
Does anyone have a way of easing this tension?
December 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In this hazy Twixtmas period, I rely more than ever on my external electronic brain (calendar, reminders, lists, notes, etc) to tell me what I'm supposed to be doing.
But older polite society scorns screens in social settings.
Does anyone have a way of easing this tension?
But older polite society scorns screens in social settings.
Does anyone have a way of easing this tension?
#TheArchers
"Events spiral out of control" tomorrow... 😬
"Events spiral out of control" tomorrow... 😬
December 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#TheArchers
"Events spiral out of control" tomorrow... 😬
"Events spiral out of control" tomorrow... 😬
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You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
December 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
#TheArchers
If George is all loved-up again with Amber, why is drinking by himself and spontaneously lashing out at Fallon and Hannah?
If George is all loved-up again with Amber, why is drinking by himself and spontaneously lashing out at Fallon and Hannah?
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#TheArchers
If George is all loved-up again with Amber, why is drinking by himself and spontaneously lashing out at Fallon and Hannah?
If George is all loved-up again with Amber, why is drinking by himself and spontaneously lashing out at Fallon and Hannah?
#TheArchers
George is doing his damnedest to alternate all those who've tried to help him, even his victims.
His brittle shell of toxic masculinity hides a desperately fragile ego.
Can he be saved?
George is doing his damnedest to alternate all those who've tried to help him, even his victims.
His brittle shell of toxic masculinity hides a desperately fragile ego.
Can he be saved?
December 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#TheArchers
George is doing his damnedest to alternate all those who've tried to help him, even his victims.
His brittle shell of toxic masculinity hides a desperately fragile ego.
Can he be saved?
George is doing his damnedest to alternate all those who've tried to help him, even his victims.
His brittle shell of toxic masculinity hides a desperately fragile ego.
Can he be saved?
They used to be "The January Sales". Eventually they became "The Boxing Day Sales".
Now (if you ignore a month of Black Friday sales) the sales start on Christmas Eve, at least according to John Lewis.
But I'm wondering if I no longer understand what the word "sales" means.
#ConfusedGenX
Now (if you ignore a month of Black Friday sales) the sales start on Christmas Eve, at least according to John Lewis.
But I'm wondering if I no longer understand what the word "sales" means.
#ConfusedGenX
December 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
They used to be "The January Sales". Eventually they became "The Boxing Day Sales".
Now (if you ignore a month of Black Friday sales) the sales start on Christmas Eve, at least according to John Lewis.
But I'm wondering if I no longer understand what the word "sales" means.
#ConfusedGenX
Now (if you ignore a month of Black Friday sales) the sales start on Christmas Eve, at least according to John Lewis.
But I'm wondering if I no longer understand what the word "sales" means.
#ConfusedGenX
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Durham Cathedral yesterday evening, before the service of 9 lessons & carols. (Photo courtesy of Mr M) We were seated in the south transept, next to the largest Christmas tree I’ve ever seen. 😊
For anyone local, there’s another 9 lessons & carols service tomorrow at 3pm. (Advised to arrive early) xx
For anyone local, there’s another 9 lessons & carols service tomorrow at 3pm. (Advised to arrive early) xx
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Durham Cathedral yesterday evening, before the service of 9 lessons & carols. (Photo courtesy of Mr M) We were seated in the south transept, next to the largest Christmas tree I’ve ever seen. 😊
For anyone local, there’s another 9 lessons & carols service tomorrow at 3pm. (Advised to arrive early) xx
For anyone local, there’s another 9 lessons & carols service tomorrow at 3pm. (Advised to arrive early) xx
Cracker joke:
Someone stole the kitchen scale. It was broken though, so they won’t get a weigh with it.
(Nicked from wafflegame.net/daily)
Someone stole the kitchen scale. It was broken though, so they won’t get a weigh with it.
(Nicked from wafflegame.net/daily)
Waffle
The waffle-shaped daily word game.
wafflegame.net
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Cracker joke:
Someone stole the kitchen scale. It was broken though, so they won’t get a weigh with it.
(Nicked from wafflegame.net/daily)
Someone stole the kitchen scale. It was broken though, so they won’t get a weigh with it.
(Nicked from wafflegame.net/daily)
The emulsified high-fat offal tube returns
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The emulsified high-fat offal tube returns
How journalists report a large puddle in the car park
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How journalists report a large puddle in the car park
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He saw the light.
Bishop Richard Moth named as new Archbishop of Westminster
Bishop Richard Moth named as new Archbishop of Westminster
The new leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has been appointed by the Pope.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
He saw the light.
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Merry gentlefolk, it is time.
Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
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Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
>
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Merry gentlefolk, it is time.
Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
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Today is the day.
Today is comma-mas.
Today is the day where we contemplate the correct placing of the comma in 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'.
And if we are lucky, we can have a row about it.
>