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Hannah Cooper

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Archive TV viewer, writer, pint drinker: time you enjoy wasting is not wasted 🏳️‍🌈 “general excellent taste” “incredibly good company” “very nice” 📺 http://visualmutterings.com ⏪️ https://backintimefortv.co.uk 🐤@MrsSimonTemplar

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · Aug 5

New blog. There’s a new series of Callan - and a new Hunter. So what will Callan make of him, and can we trust a Soviet defector?

I take a look at the first episode of series 2 of Callan: Red Knight, White Knight.

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Red Knight, White Knight | Callan Review

Callan returns to the Section to meet a new Hunter and an old friend in Red Knight, White Knight, the first episode of Series 2.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 4h

Do you even care about your jumps, Lambert? DO YOU?!

Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 5h

Even with public transport, it’s not likely to start running later. I live in an area where the last bus home has been 8pm before. In other places, the last train or bus has usually been around or before midnight at best.

People used to the bus or train aren’t going to start shelling out on taxis.

Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 6h

A) I’ve rarely felt pubs need to be open later since I was 25.

B) Even as a pub-lover, I can no longer afford to drink in them as regularly.

C) I’m doubtful this can have any benefits outside some cities. Even at weekends, small town pubs struggle to stay busy.

D) Viva la daytime drinking.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be able to open into the early hours as part of Labour’s drive for economic growth, a move which critics say will lead to more drunken disorder. Ministers are pushing ahead with plans to allow premises that sell alcohol to extend their opening hours in order to boost “the British night out” and help the hospitality sector. Continue reading...

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, hard to tell on those. My dad is similarly a bit of a hoarder (my mother is the opposite, actively discouraging!) and while I don’t think he or my grandfather particularly sparked my interest in history, I can look back to my childhood and teenage years now and see how they encouraged it.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 12h

The pistol belonged to my great-grandfather, but I’ve no idea where the shotguns came in. The family had a shop and I once supposed it was protection.

He was a quiet gentle man, but had an interest in history and held on to many things - it was very easy to see where I got those traits from! 😁

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 13h

I was so impressed! My cousin wanted to take the pistol to school for show and tell! 🤣

My dad took care of their disposal… Before he did, we had an ex-forces family friend come round who took a look at the pistol for us. It was loaded. He made sure it was safe.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 13h

Blimey that is bonkers… My grandfather had Parkinson’s, although his dementia side didn’t appear until very late on. Aware his general health was worsening, he kept making trips into the loft (!) and presented us with various family heirlooms, including a WW1 police pistol and 2 ancient shotguns.

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Trap One🎙Podcast @trapone.bsky.social · 16h

And bringing us up-to-date,
@dhollingsworth.bsky.social, @sihart.bsky.social, @quiteamess.bsky.social & @hannahcooper.bsky.social discuss Smith & Sullivan Reunited

Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/mrxjedkn
Spotify: tinyurl.com/5h8zev5d
Podbean: tinyurl.com/23cmbsuu

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The cover for Smith and Sullivan Reunited

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Trap One🎙Podcast @trapone.bsky.social · 16h

K9 enjoyed more adventures in his own audio annual release in 2022:

Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/yfjcsmp4
Spotify: tinyurl.com/2a32mubx
Podbean: tinyurl.com/4dnuffnr

@sihart.bsky.social, @denisery.bsky.social, @hairofthehound.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social discuss these tales

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Trap One🎙Podcast @trapone.bsky.social · 16h

In last year’s T1 Christmas special @sihart.bsky.social & @quiteamess.bsky.social guided K9 & Company neophytes @colinneal.bsky.social & @hannahcooper.bsky.social through their first viewing!

tinyurl.com/3pntrrpp
iTunes: tinyurl.com/yjy8thm4
Spotify: tinyurl.com/mr493d9u

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Trap One🎙Podcast @trapone.bsky.social · 16h

To celebrate the anniversary of K9’s first appearance, this thread provides links to our loose trilogy of podcasts about the faithful robot dog’s adventures…

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 20h

English and History graduate here who now works in digital marketing. If you want useful websites that provide genuine, relevant value and that people can understand, you absolutely cannot rely on AI. You need people who can research, analyse and write for specific contexts and audiences.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21h

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch.

An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 23h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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TEATLES @teatles.bsky.social · 1d

Paul and Eddie wish you a very good morning

Paul (McCartney) drinking tea on a sofa with Eddie the Scottie dog

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 1d

For a while I thought I might manage this one day, but my mother has similarly never been an early person. She’s now been retired several years and enjoys sleeping until 8.30-9 most days.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t know about it! Think I’m rather out the loop since leaving Twitter regularly.

I am still keen to do a London crawl with Double Diamond - I mentioned it to @huskyteer.co.uk between cocktails last weekend, who is possibly up for it too.

Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 2d

We had a nice chat and I got some gentle form tips. My gym seems to have become more friendly, which is lovely yet also weird for me…

It’s my solo time, I’ve never had gym buddies and I’ve never spoken to people at the gym. Feel increasingly confident trying new things and asking for help though.

Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 2d

Sensed someone watching me at the gym as I was lifting dumbbells. I do a superset (different exercises back-to-back) and when I was done I looked away from the mirror to see the bloke next to me open-mouthed.

“You. Are. A. Machine!”

Honestly the best confidence boost I’ve ever had at the gym! 😁

a man in a black tank top is standing in an elevator with a woman in a white dress behind him

ALT: a man in a black tank top is standing in an elevator with a woman in a white dress behind him

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve got a quiet social month coming up, but it’s also the time when the shortening days and general grimness of looming winter starts to gnaw at my general disposition.

Chatted to a local friend last night, who has helpfully encouraged me to join 2 budget-friendly evenings out this week.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 2d

It’s nice and low-effort. Often ends up on as the last thing before bed when I’m channel hopping but not really up for committing to anything entirely. Useful for a preview of new shows and it benefits from you tuning in to more episodes as you get to know the different contributors.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 3d

He’s tinkering in Q Branch! That’s surely all there is!

Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 3d

I was a latecomer to Stranger Things but have watched the first 3 seasons over the last year. Interestingly, you’re the second person who’s recently told me they got bored early on. I was certainly less gripped initially but intrigued enough to stick with it and get to a more bingeable point.

Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 3d

I only started watching odd episodes of Gogglebox in the last couple of years, but it’s often been useful for me to go, “Yep, definitely don’t need to check out that show.”

I’ve been presuming that I Kissed a Girl/Boy are the low-budget homosexual equivalent.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 3d

Strictly’s cultural ubiquity means I kind of know how it works, but only saw Brucie presenting the end when it used to be on before Doctor Who.

For ages I assumed Love Island was this tiny barely watched thing on ITV2, but then had a couple of jobs where I was the only person not watching it.

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 3d

Line of Duty. I’ve seen the first episode twice but never found time for the rest.

Also Love Island and (probably the biggest) Strictly Come Dancing. Neither are my sort of thing.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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