Shirls
@holmfirthartist.bsky.social
Tea drinker, band lover, cat wrangler. Like art, books, birds, animals, music, gardening and the North. Usually either too cold or too hot. I live near the moors. It’s all a bit Wuthering Heights.
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
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The Light Before Christmas at the Anglican Cathedral is simply wonderful. See it this week! ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Light Before Christmas at the Anglican Cathedral is simply wonderful. See it this week! ❤️
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You might want to watch this. Berlin 1933 on iPlayer. Three parter, all very familiar, and useful if you think history doesn’t repeat itself.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Berlin 1933 - Series 1: Episode 1
As the new year dawns, Berlin is fractured and divided. Street battles intensify, and cracks deepen as the National Socialists have become the strongest party in Germany.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You might want to watch this. Berlin 1933 on iPlayer. Three parter, all very familiar, and useful if you think history doesn’t repeat itself.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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People are feeling the pinch. The rising cost of essentials like food, warmth and clothing will push thousands of people to the doors of food banks for the first time this winter.
Things don’t have to be this way.
Things don’t have to be this way.
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People are feeling the pinch. The rising cost of essentials like food, warmth and clothing will push thousands of people to the doors of food banks for the first time this winter.
Things don’t have to be this way.
Things don’t have to be this way.
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"iT's BegiNNning To LoOk a LOt LikE ChRistMAs..."
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"iT's BegiNNning To LoOk a LOt LikE ChRistMAs..."
Inspecting the merchandise @craftycow.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Inspecting the merchandise @craftycow.bsky.social
Just remembered I have Christmas PJs and it’s the month for it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just remembered I have Christmas PJs and it’s the month for it.
Neighbour invited me round for a brew. His spaniel gave me ALL THE LOVES.
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Neighbour invited me round for a brew. His spaniel gave me ALL THE LOVES.
That Wham thing needs to die a death. It’s a stone cold classic, and if there’s one song you ought to be able to hear on repeat this month, it’s that.
I still miss George and if I never hear Mariah, De Burgh and Tull again it will be too soon.
I still miss George and if I never hear Mariah, De Burgh and Tull again it will be too soon.
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
That Wham thing needs to die a death. It’s a stone cold classic, and if there’s one song you ought to be able to hear on repeat this month, it’s that.
I still miss George and if I never hear Mariah, De Burgh and Tull again it will be too soon.
I still miss George and if I never hear Mariah, De Burgh and Tull again it will be too soon.
Mum and I have been building connection lately. She has written some lovely things in my Christmas card. I cried, then I cried some more.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Mum and I have been building connection lately. She has written some lovely things in my Christmas card. I cried, then I cried some more.
She might have survived but I feel so sorry for Balvinder. Her ‘this shit again,’ expression tells the story.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
She might have survived but I feel so sorry for Balvinder. Her ‘this shit again,’ expression tells the story.
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If you have ever been sad in your life, this thread of Smol Paul moment will actually fully cure you.
And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you have ever been sad in your life, this thread of Smol Paul moment will actually fully cure you.
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Guess which number the gays live at....🌈✨️🎄
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Guess which number the gays live at....🌈✨️🎄
Watching New Zealand’s Best Houses ahead of Strictly and I hate all these dark cubes. Gorgeous country though.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Watching New Zealand’s Best Houses ahead of Strictly and I hate all these dark cubes. Gorgeous country though.
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I have an invite out for tea but don’t think I can make it and that’s making me sad. I want to see my friend.
Pain is flaring.
So far today, I have forced down a slice of dry toast (breakfast) and some tomato soup (lunch) and still feel queasy and like I have been knocked over the head.
Pain is flaring.
So far today, I have forced down a slice of dry toast (breakfast) and some tomato soup (lunch) and still feel queasy and like I have been knocked over the head.
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I have an invite out for tea but don’t think I can make it and that’s making me sad. I want to see my friend.
Pain is flaring.
So far today, I have forced down a slice of dry toast (breakfast) and some tomato soup (lunch) and still feel queasy and like I have been knocked over the head.
Pain is flaring.
So far today, I have forced down a slice of dry toast (breakfast) and some tomato soup (lunch) and still feel queasy and like I have been knocked over the head.
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A snow (or sleet) shower approaching Upper Loch Torridon from the north west about an hour ago.
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A snow (or sleet) shower approaching Upper Loch Torridon from the north west about an hour ago.
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This is what the News Agents are calling a boom in “welfare bills”
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This is what the News Agents are calling a boom in “welfare bills”
She’s had a hard* day.
* Lies. Slept all day. Still sleeping.
* Lies. Slept all day. Still sleeping.
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
She’s had a hard* day.
* Lies. Slept all day. Still sleeping.
* Lies. Slept all day. Still sleeping.
There’s a lot of dramatic sighing going on. This is the first cat I’ve ever had that makes dog noises. Before this, she was on the window ledge, growling at the neighbour’s daughter.
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There’s a lot of dramatic sighing going on. This is the first cat I’ve ever had that makes dog noises. Before this, she was on the window ledge, growling at the neighbour’s daughter.
My feed is filling up with Thanksgiving dinners and I AM HUNGRY NOW.
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My feed is filling up with Thanksgiving dinners and I AM HUNGRY NOW.