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Sara Benwell

@sarabenwell.bsky.social

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Journalist, cat lover, board game player, BOTC stream guest, Jilly Cooper Bookclub member, book reviewer, OC Alumna, mum. Editor StrategicRISK, freelance @ Telegraph, Sun, Times, Mirror, Mail, Which?, Money.co.uk, Finder, Best, GH (etc!). Comms consultant.

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All the Marks are brown (and the Mark is grey) @biondino.bsky.social · 7d

I hope I shuffle off after the kind of life Jilly Cooper had, and I hope my pals on the internet talk about me like they're talking about Jilly (this is not going to happen).

Still, at least I've always got this:

Me, Kate and Sara repping the indefatigable Jilly Cooper on Only Connect as "The Jillies"

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 7d

My godmother just messaged me while I was wrestling Sybil at the vet - couldn’t be a more appropriate scenario to find out that heavenly Jilly Cooper has died. The JCBC went for lunch with her again this year and she met (and loved) Sybil.

Jilly Cooper holds a stick with a badger’s head, while a golden retriever refuses to be corralled for a photo. I look totally thrilled.

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Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · 7d

The world has lost some of its sparkle without Jilly in it.

Not only have her books brought joy to millions, but she was one of the most generous people I’ve ever met, with her time, her stories, her champagne.

She will be so missed. My life would’ve been very different without the JC book club.

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · 11d

I’m not saying my cats are insane, but please Gods what is happening here?

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · 23d

I’m late to the party on this one, but what an absolute corker of a novel.

Sensational writing from Oyin Braithwaite and now I must guy everything else she’s written immediately.

It’s quick as well, I gulped it down in one go. Really original story. Well worth a read if you haven’t already.

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · 26d

It’s on Board Games Arena if you have that. It’s deceptively hard, and really strategic, but super fun.

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · 26d

I’ve played a lot of good board games recently, but I’m afraid to say Boop has taken over my life. Productivity through the floor.

Who needs novels, TV, family time, when you can push adorable little cats across a board?

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Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Sep 5

10 authors I love so much that I auto-buy anything they write, no questions asked.

Christopher Brookmyre
@naominovik.bsky.social
Stephanie Garber
@jasperfforde.bsky.social
@mariankeyes.bsky.social
Fredrik Backman
R. F. Kuang
@janecasey.bsky.social
David Nicholls
@beafitzgerald.bsky.social

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Sep 1

I rewatched last year and you are absolutely correct. For your next project I really recommend an Ally McBeal rewatch. Gloriously insane.

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Sep 1

This book is an absolute banger. To the point where you should definitely be paying more than 99p for it. Nonetheless - what a bargain. Buy buy buy!

Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · Sep 1

Guess which horrible little book is 99p for the whole of September? 👁️🫦👁️
bit.ly/428p9OK

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Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Sep 1

The thing that no one warns you about parenthood is how much it messes up your Spotify algorithm.

Can already tell that this year’s wrapped will be wild, just eleven thousand “potty songs”, Let It Go, and the Six soundtrack.

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Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Aug 30

Just rattle some dice and see who looks up excitedly.

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Aug 30

To be fair, I think this is (genuinely) a specifically male problem.

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Aug 30

On the one hand: I’m a terrible parent because we’re on our second watch of the Little Mermaid (today).

On the other… my three year old now knows the word cecaelia and what it means…

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Aug 30

CORRECT

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Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Aug 30

Me at 11pm: yeah sure I can play board games. But only for an hour.

Me at 4am: trying to explain that EVERYONE fancied the Disney fox version of Robin Hood

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Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Aug 30

Sam: what if I tried to make the world a better place

Benwell: have you seen a toothbrush and also what if I’m generally really unhelpful and logical.

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