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Anna Tuckett

@annatuckett.bsky.social

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Woman of a certain age, yet another aspiring writer, parent carer, border collie & bantam owner, Wiltshire dweller. Will answer any question about Polish food. 🇵🇱🇬🇧 My Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/annatuckett?r=2dha&utm_medium=ios

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 1d

My latest post on Substack will be of interest to anyone planning to see the blockbuster Marie Antoinette Style exhibition. open.substack.com/pub/annatuck...

We had a beautiful dream and that was all.

This week, come with me to the Victoria & Albert Museum

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve had it on my wish list ever since I’ve heard of this book on @backlisted.bsky.social, so thank you very much!

Dean Street Press @deanstpress.bsky.social · 3d

This week's free Kindle
A House on the Rhine by Frances Faviell #freetillfriday
US🔗 bit.ly/4n18Rza
UK🔗 bit.ly/3KWDQPd
#furrowedmiddlebrow #booksky

Print of girl's face looking pensive as she clutches an envelope. There is a port with boats and a church behind her.

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Clothes in Books @clothesinbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Comfort read: Angela Thirkell's social comedies always entertain, and we get hats again. Before Lunch (she was running out of nice lightweight titles) clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/befo...

Before Lunch by Angela Thirkell (and hats again)

Before Lunch by Angela Thirkell published 1939 This was, I believe the last of Thirkell’s books to appear before WW2 broke out: she ...

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! #autumn #fall #fungi

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 1d

My latest post on Substack will be of interest to anyone planning to see the blockbuster Marie Antoinette Style exhibition. open.substack.com/pub/annatuck...

We had a beautiful dream and that was all.

This week, come with me to the Victoria & Albert Museum

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Lucinda Hawksley @lucindahawksley.bsky.social · 2d

Farewell #JillyCooper, from one dog lover to another. All my memories of you are kind ones. If you've ever wanted to know where Jilly got the inspiration to name one of her most famous characters, read on..... open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve just read Andy Weir’s sci-fi novel Project Hail Mary, and a female Russian astronaut’s most distinguishing feature is her fondness for v. strong, “rough” vodka.

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning! #fungi #autumn

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning! #autumn #fall

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Clothes in Books @clothesinbooks.bsky.social · 6d

What is it about DE Stevenson? Massive bestselling author of the mid 20th Cent, strange structures, page-turners, and excellent details of life - from ironing nylong to hatshops. This one is The Blue Sapphire, early 1960s. clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/iron...

Ironing Nylon & a Hatshop: The Blue Sapphire by DE Stevenson

The Blue Sapphire by DE Stevenson published 1963 [ excerpt ] ‘Miss Julia,’ [the housekeeper] said. ‘Are you sure you’d not lik...

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 5d

I hope your family and friends are OK, Aaron. Thinking of you.

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Jane Maylin🍇🍷 @janetrad.bsky.social · 6d

"So in 1966 [Soviet cosmonaut] Yuri Gagarin comes back to earth and as a treat, the Kremlin sends him to the wine tunnels of Moldova," he tells me. "He goes into these cellars of méthode wines which are, like, 250km long. And he has quite a few drinks and they lose him." Brilliant stuff!

Oliver Styles @ollystyles.bsky.social · 6d

Finally managed to chat to the wonderful Emre Rende of Château Garbage... www.wine-searcher.com/m/2025/10/ga...

Garbage Collector's Focus on Fine Wine | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion

Instagrammer Emre Rende knows his wine, but big names don't always hit the spot. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning! #Autumn #Fall

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 8d

Last September light.

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning! #autumn #roses

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 11d

Good morning! #autumn #fall #fungi

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Annie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 14d

Got my ducklings in a row
#ducklings

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 15d

Just bought it, it’s 99p for Kindle today.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 16d

People are doing rapture jokes like there’s no tomorrow.

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 16d

Good morning! #fungi #autumn #fall

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 17d

I just remembered the time when Ernest Rutherford’s cousin, a no-nonsense nun, told me she wasn’t at all impressed by his monkeying about with the atom

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Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 17d

Good morning! This mushroom was almost neon-bright in the sunshine.

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 18d

Scum

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 18d

Good morning! #autumn #fall #fungi

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 18d

Autumnal New Forest.

Anna Tuckett @annatuckett.bsky.social · 19d

Happy Friday! This week, I’m very excited to share my first interview, the first of many, I hope. I spoke to Victoria Walsh about her biography of Rena Stewart - if you’ve never heard of Rena, you’re in for a treat. I really enjoyed this conversation and hope you will, too.

"The Story of Rena Stewart" by Victoria Walsh, interview with the author

This week, I speak to my friend Victoria Walsh about her recently published book

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