Ben Southwood 🐿️
@bensouthwood.com
He/him. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ally.
Former mental health nurse, now carer to my three autistic kids.
Writes children’s stories as a hobby.
Synth-pop.
Sci-fi/fantasy.
Dogs & cat.
Forteana.
Burnley F.C.
Doctor Who.
Vegetarian.
English immigrant in Ireland.
Former mental health nurse, now carer to my three autistic kids.
Writes children’s stories as a hobby.
Synth-pop.
Sci-fi/fantasy.
Dogs & cat.
Forteana.
Burnley F.C.
Doctor Who.
Vegetarian.
English immigrant in Ireland.
Kitten spam, because it’s been quite horrific on here of late.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Kitten spam, because it’s been quite horrific on here of late.
She really is the most wonderful little thing. This dressing gown (yes I’m in a dressing gown at 18:30hrs) is her favourite.
January 24, 2026 at 6:32 PM
She really is the most wonderful little thing. This dressing gown (yes I’m in a dressing gown at 18:30hrs) is her favourite.
Spot the tortie. The tortie who is where she isn’t meant to be.
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Spot the tortie. The tortie who is where she isn’t meant to be.
She’s so wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully pretty...
January 20, 2026 at 5:24 PM
She’s so wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully pretty...
Could you ever get bored of it? Nah.
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Could you ever get bored of it? Nah.
My terrier cries her eyes out every time I take her to the groomer. I drive off utterly devastated.
This was her around 30 minutes later, the manipulative hound.
This was her around 30 minutes later, the manipulative hound.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
My terrier cries her eyes out every time I take her to the groomer. I drive off utterly devastated.
This was her around 30 minutes later, the manipulative hound.
This was her around 30 minutes later, the manipulative hound.
I wasn’t a cat person until she showed me up during storm Amy. Now it’s just a matter of integrating her with my dogs.
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I wasn’t a cat person until she showed me up during storm Amy. Now it’s just a matter of integrating her with my dogs.
These are a few weeks ago as she’s just recovering from conjunctivitis and her eyes are still sore. :-)
January 16, 2026 at 12:41 PM
These are a few weeks ago as she’s just recovering from conjunctivitis and her eyes are still sore. :-)
It’s just the flash from the camera.
January 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
It’s just the flash from the camera.
‘I will rearrange your carefully curated office, and you will just sit there like the little bitch you are…’
January 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
‘I will rearrange your carefully curated office, and you will just sit there like the little bitch you are…’
Agatha yesterday. Tricky to get a pic, but I was enjoying the cuddle and did my best.
January 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Agatha yesterday. Tricky to get a pic, but I was enjoying the cuddle and did my best.
He smells a bit, but he has a heart of gold.
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
He smells a bit, but he has a heart of gold.
Her little eyes are improving, but she looks dreadful.
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Her little eyes are improving, but she looks dreadful.
I’m trying to tidy, but Agatha seems intent on reenacting this scene from
‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ after every shelf I declutter.
‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ after every shelf I declutter.
January 4, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I’m trying to tidy, but Agatha seems intent on reenacting this scene from
‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ after every shelf I declutter.
‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ after every shelf I declutter.
Your football team is pathetic, human!
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Your football team is pathetic, human!