Vic
@bookshopvic.bsky.social
New bookseller and long standing newsagent. Previously grumpy. Norfolk based. Big fan of both dogs and cats. Running adjacent.
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This feels like a good week to remind everybody that:
December 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This feels like a good week to remind everybody that:
December 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Dark muttering from the kitchen: ‘30 minutes a lb but it’s weighed in kilos, I think mumble mumble’.
December 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Dark muttering from the kitchen: ‘30 minutes a lb but it’s weighed in kilos, I think mumble mumble’.
When we lost Pepper in May I felt like I would never not be sad again. I was certain I wouldn’t have another black lab X. Pepper had other ideas
December 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When we lost Pepper in May I felt like I would never not be sad again. I was certain I wouldn’t have another black lab X. Pepper had other ideas
Scrooge does not give Emily/Miss Piggy very long to cook that enormous turkey
December 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Scrooge does not give Emily/Miss Piggy very long to cook that enormous turkey
What goes really well with a little ginger kitten?
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What goes really well with a little ginger kitten?
We have a kitten, so you must have spam
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We have a kitten, so you must have spam
@helenlohara.bsky.social
You like Christmas films. You like tree decorations. Has there yet been a tree decoration toaster? Perhaps with a fairy?
Thank you
You like Christmas films. You like tree decorations. Has there yet been a tree decoration toaster? Perhaps with a fairy?
Thank you
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
@helenlohara.bsky.social
You like Christmas films. You like tree decorations. Has there yet been a tree decoration toaster? Perhaps with a fairy?
Thank you
You like Christmas films. You like tree decorations. Has there yet been a tree decoration toaster? Perhaps with a fairy?
Thank you
I’m assuming that you can strip somebody of a title, (Prince, with a capital P) whilst still acknowledging the noun, (prince) .
Because otherwise Charles has just made it do that nobody is a Prince by dint of birth
Because otherwise Charles has just made it do that nobody is a Prince by dint of birth
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m assuming that you can strip somebody of a title, (Prince, with a capital P) whilst still acknowledging the noun, (prince) .
Because otherwise Charles has just made it do that nobody is a Prince by dint of birth
Because otherwise Charles has just made it do that nobody is a Prince by dint of birth
Catching up with The Witcher and the lady that lives in my phone is having a nervy b. #ciri #siri #thewitcher
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Catching up with The Witcher and the lady that lives in my phone is having a nervy b. #ciri #siri #thewitcher
Literally all this gvt had to do was be better than the Tories. That was it. That was the brief. A high school committee could’ve managed it. And yet 😔
October 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Literally all this gvt had to do was be better than the Tories. That was it. That was the brief. A high school committee could’ve managed it. And yet 😔
Nobody:
Not a single, solitary soul:
Allan: Let’s watch Birdsong
Me: 😭😭😭 forever
Not a single, solitary soul:
Allan: Let’s watch Birdsong
Me: 😭😭😭 forever
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nobody:
Not a single, solitary soul:
Allan: Let’s watch Birdsong
Me: 😭😭😭 forever
Not a single, solitary soul:
Allan: Let’s watch Birdsong
Me: 😭😭😭 forever
Got one episode left, but I think this is the best #DarylDixon series yet.
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Got one episode left, but I think this is the best #DarylDixon series yet.
Spent so long using the hideous cocktail cabinet as bookshelf, can’t actually close the door even when I move the books. Thankfully, my house is so tasteful, nobody will realise 😬🤫
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Spent so long using the hideous cocktail cabinet as bookshelf, can’t actually close the door even when I move the books. Thankfully, my house is so tasteful, nobody will realise 😬🤫
Really need a supply of soft toys to throw at the TV during #Newsnight
September 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Really need a supply of soft toys to throw at the TV during #Newsnight
I am so old that someone just didn’t know that Jarvis Cocker founded Pulp on #whowsntstobesmillionaire
September 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am so old that someone just didn’t know that Jarvis Cocker founded Pulp on #whowsntstobesmillionaire
There needs to be some kind of community cat pouch swap scheme. Of a box of 48 there’ll be one flavour Ham can’t stand. Never noticed how irritating it was when we had Pepper.
August 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There needs to be some kind of community cat pouch swap scheme. Of a box of 48 there’ll be one flavour Ham can’t stand. Never noticed how irritating it was when we had Pepper.
It’s Monday morning, not yet 9.30, and already someone has asked for a discount off a copy of The Times because an ink spot in n the front page Hooray!
July 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It’s Monday morning, not yet 9.30, and already someone has asked for a discount off a copy of The Times because an ink spot in n the front page Hooray!
When @laurenlaverne.bsky.social plays your history
July 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
When @laurenlaverne.bsky.social plays your history