Philip Ardagh
@philipardagh.bsky.social
Award-winning children's author, poet, reviewer & commentator. Lifetime Ambassador CILIP School Libraries Group, ambassador Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Northern Children's Book Festival. Co-writer 'High in the Clouds' with Paul McCartney
Apparently, she moved house and forgot to dig it back up from under the patio. The house's new owners stepped in and did it for her.
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Apparently, she moved house and forgot to dig it back up from under the patio. The house's new owners stepped in and did it for her.
Good to see you front and centre in this year's Christmas Celebrity Bake Off, tinsel and all, Gareth. Did the puppets help with the [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Good to see you front and centre in this year's Christmas Celebrity Bake Off, tinsel and all, Gareth. Did the puppets help with the [email protected]
I've mixed feelings about Children in Need. It's fantastic that people have already donated such a HUGE sum for such a varied array of charities, helping children with a wide variety of different needs; changing lives. But I do wish they'd given the money to me. #CiN #BBCCiN
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Cute, but we don't need to buy one of these because we have bats in our attic. All we'd have to do is open the loft hatch and there you go.
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Cute, but we don't need to buy one of these because we have bats in our attic. All we'd have to do is open the loft hatch and there you go.
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Hi! Are you bombarded by similar ads on your FACEBOOK feed? Are you confronted with a rash of ads for one particular type of product/service? Jewellery? Cars? Watches? Clothes? Loft conversions? Are they of interest? Did you once click on such an ad in the past? I'd love to know. Thank you x
October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hi! Are you bombarded by similar ads on your FACEBOOK feed? Are you confronted with a rash of ads for one particular type of product/service? Jewellery? Cars? Watches? Clothes? Loft conversions? Are they of interest? Did you once click on such an ad in the past? I'd love to know. Thank you x
The blue one in the Tweenies.
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The blue one in the Tweenies.
All novels are really menus in which the characters are offered as dishes to cannibals.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
All novels are really menus in which the characters are offered as dishes to cannibals.
AI DEEPFAKE OF ME SPEWING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
This is very disturbing because, with the exception of the moving image of me at the beginning of my segment, the words and images are not mine. My voice is AI generated and - I assume - sounds very like me. (I can't hear the join) Disgraceful.
This is very disturbing because, with the exception of the moving image of me at the beginning of my segment, the words and images are not mine. My voice is AI generated and - I assume - sounds very like me. (I can't hear the join) Disgraceful.
Also featured in the latest batch of Russian disinformation videos are comedian @geoffnorcott.bsky.social and children's author @philipardagh.bsky.social, again with their voices being deepfaked to attack Armenia.
October 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
AI DEEPFAKE OF ME SPEWING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
This is very disturbing because, with the exception of the moving image of me at the beginning of my segment, the words and images are not mine. My voice is AI generated and - I assume - sounds very like me. (I can't hear the join) Disgraceful.
This is very disturbing because, with the exception of the moving image of me at the beginning of my segment, the words and images are not mine. My voice is AI generated and - I assume - sounds very like me. (I can't hear the join) Disgraceful.
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“Show us your warrant!”
“Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔
*busts in the door with babies crying*
“Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔
*busts in the door with babies crying*
September 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Show us your warrant!”
“Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔
*busts in the door with babies crying*
“Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔
*busts in the door with babies crying*
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Occam's Razor always rules. Always.
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Occam's Razor always rules. Always.
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A popular nursery rhyme given a zany new twist #OldMacDonaldontheMove @philipardagh.bsky.social illustrated Maria Karipidou @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #pictureobok of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dqS
Old MacDonald on the Move
Old MacDonald on the MovePhilip Ardagh and Maria KaripidouWalker Books Philip Ardagh has taken the popular nursery rhyme and twisted it hither and thither to create a zany new version. Nothing, it …
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September 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A popular nursery rhyme given a zany new twist #OldMacDonaldontheMove @philipardagh.bsky.social illustrated Maria Karipidou @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #pictureobok of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dqS
This popped up on my timeline this morning. With my constant philanthropy and radiating goodness and selflessness 24/7, even I forget sometimes just HOW giving I am.
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This popped up on my timeline this morning. With my constant philanthropy and radiating goodness and selflessness 24/7, even I forget sometimes just HOW giving I am.
When you have a platform and use it for good. The wonderful Hugh Bonneville. The skill is to move on before the interviewer can say, "Yes, but..."
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
When you have a platform and use it for good. The wonderful Hugh Bonneville. The skill is to move on before the interviewer can say, "Yes, but..."
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
Hmmm. So the low birth rate and migration means that there won't be enough people in the west do do all the jobs to keep the infrastructures working for the older generations. Hmmmm. I wonder what the solution might be?
Increased immigration?
Increased immigration?
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hmmm. So the low birth rate and migration means that there won't be enough people in the west do do all the jobs to keep the infrastructures working for the older generations. Hmmmm. I wonder what the solution might be?
Increased immigration?
Increased immigration?
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Who did this?
August 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Who did this?
Especially if that room was at IBM headquarters and you only went there to clean it, once in a while.
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Especially if that room was at IBM headquarters and you only went there to clean it, once in a while.
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Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him
August 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him
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Kitty trolling. 😸😸😸😸
August 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Kitty trolling. 😸😸😸😸
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There's a real possibility that not only was Thomas Hardy's heart briefly kept in a biscuit tin but that a cat ate it. This can be neither proved nor disproved because authorities have refused an exhumation, despite the fact that the rest of Hardy's remains are 115+ miles away in Westminster Abbey.
The toilet on Apollo 10 broke and poo floated around while the astronauts argued about whose it was, based on consistency eg that one's too sticky it's not mine
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There's a real possibility that not only was Thomas Hardy's heart briefly kept in a biscuit tin but that a cat ate it. This can be neither proved nor disproved because authorities have refused an exhumation, despite the fact that the rest of Hardy's remains are 115+ miles away in Westminster Abbey.
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So true. So very true.
August 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So true. So very true.
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