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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · 5d

Was an absolute DORK over @janicehallett.bsky.social at the @chilternkills.bsky.social festival just now. I always said she's who I want to be when I grow up, and that's still mostly true, but just a tiny bit less after she said she's a 100% pantser!!😱

Signed title page of The Killer Question by Janice Hallet

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · 17d

There's this true crime advert that ends with someone saying, "How do you know the person sitting next to you right now isn't a psychopath?" and it makes me laugh every time because whose sitting next to me is him

My hand holding the paw of a sweet black cat

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · 21d

Got a new purse and trying to answer the eternal question: do I fill the purse with loyalty cards or my phone with loyalty apps?

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · 23d

Oh! You can also usually still eat garlic-infused oil, and the spice asafoetida can be a garlic substitute

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · 23d

I have onion and garlic issues too - you can try looking for low-FODMAP recipes as they also tend to avoid beans and lentils. Sometimes I substitute onions for fennel or celery in recipes for that taste and crunch.

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Aug 25

I finished my book and now I'm too sad to do anything else (Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro)

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Aug 24

I bought a new plants and it wasn't in my flat 2mins before Copper got at it...

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Aug 8

Happy #InternationalCatDay! Peanut is off his face on catnip

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 30

Oh I am SO pleased to see this. I worked with Prof Dougherty a lot at Imperial and she is one of those people you really want to be when you grow up. Smart, dedicated, kind and funny. A true inspiration.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years

Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 29

I read a LOT more now than I did 10 years ago, and yet I've still only heard of one of the Booker longlist again this year. It used to make me feel uncultured, but I think the type of book favoured is just not for me! 🤷‍♀️

The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · Jul 29

We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2025 longlist – 13 books ‘all alive with great characters and narrative surprises’.

Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.

➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2025

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 29

Just beautiful work there. The disclaimer really earning its place

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 28

Also, are you ever amazed by how consistent you are? I just scrolled back and in the last sale I wrote almost exactly the same thing: bsky.app/profile/hdun...

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 28

So how many books did you buy in the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale? I managed to restrict myself to six 😁

6 books:
Murder at the Black Cat Cafe - Seishi Yokomizo
The Witching Hour - Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar
Of the Flesh: 18 Stories of Modern Horror - Susan Barker, J K Chukwu
The Killer Question - Janice Hallett
The Chesil Beach Murders - Rachel McLean
Barrowbeck - Andrew Michael Hurley

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 18

I'm hiring! Love communicating complex topics and are handy with tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, LinkedIn and WordPress? Come join me and the incredible @degrees.ngo team as we navigate a fascinating interface between climate change and international development: www.degrees.ngo/careers/job-...

Job Opportunity: Digital Communications Officer

The Degrees Initiative seeks a Digital Communications Officer to join a growing, dynamic charity working on climate change and development.

www.degrees.ngo

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 12

Honestly, how disrespectful is this? Not only have they already told us two different values since April, they can't even be bothered to pretend to explain why the new figure is, naturally, higher (Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing, MTVH)

A letter about service charges rising. A sentence offering to explain why is unfinished

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 10

When I gave blood last week, one of the nurses found a 2hr video of silly cats on YouTube to put on the TV in the donation room. And my nurse gave me an extra bag of Mini Cheddars 'for the road' 💪🩸

Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Jul 10

Blood stocks are critically low for the NHS at the moment.

So here's my regular reminder to please give blood if you can. It's super easy, the nurses are lovely, and they give you snacks.

Sign up here 👇🏼
www.blood.co.uk

A photo of my arm with a needle in donating blood. There is a monkey covering it's eyes emoji over the point the needle goes into my arm.

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jul 10

Why did this make me want to do homework again. I miss doing assignments. Grown-up job work just doesn't hit the same

Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · Jul 9

Have you had students make zines as an assignment in a history course and if so did it work well? and can you share how you structured the assignment?

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jul 7

‘Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad’ (my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books)

Title:
Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad

An eight-panel cartoon showing a writer in a series of situations in a foreign country.

Panel 1: looking at historic buildings saying
"Kia bela vilaĝo!" which is translated below as "What a lovely village!"

Panel 2: in a pretty garden asking the gardener "Ĉu ĉi tiuj estas venenaj" meaning "Are any of these plants poisonous?

Panel 3: in a bar asking the server “Kie oni povas aĉeti pafilon?" meaning "
Can one purchase a firearm nearby?"

Panel 4: on a beach asking a fisherman "Ĉu la tajdo povus forporti kadavron?" meaning "Could the tide carry a dead body away?"

Panel 5: approached by a police officer and saying "Saluton, oficiro." which is translated below as "Hello officer."

Panel 6: being marched to the police station protesting "Okazis miskompreno!" meaning "There has been a misunderstanding!"

Panel 7: in the interrogation room the officer holds up a moleskine notebook, the writer explains "La murdo en mia notlibro estas fikcia." meaning "The murder planned in my notebook is fictional."

Panel 8: locked in a cell asking "Mi ŝatus telefoni al la Brita konsulejo." which means "I would like to telephone the British consulate."

Note: The foreign language used by the writer in the cartoon is Esperanto. It has not been proofread by an Esperanto speaker so there may be errors.

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jun 28

Every summer I think about leaving London

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jun 27

Peanut is ambidextrous, it seems...

A black cat in two photos, in the same spot, curled in two different directions

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jun 21

What a beautiful thing to arrive on the solstice from Jackie Morris and @tamsintheshed.bsky.social 🌅 Tinged with sadness tho as it's probably the last book I'll receive from #Unbound - 2 others are still on order but one (another folk title) was cancelled by the author this week

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy solstice from Stonehenge! I sang in the dawn this year 😊

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is 39

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · Jun 6

What's weirder? Black holes, human consciousness, or quantum spookiness? Join the debate (and me) tomorrow as three @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social scientists fight it out to have their 'thing' crowned the weirdest!
www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/event/weirde...

Weirdest Object in the Universe - The Great Exhibition Road Festival

From black holes to human consciousness, Imperial scientists compete for public votes as they pitch what they think is the strangest object in the cosmos.

www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk

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Hayley Dunning @hdunning.bsky.social · May 26

A small selection of the wonderful animals I got to say 'hi' to in South Africa :-)

A buffalo tries to look menacing but looks cute

One elephant rests their trunk on the back of two others

A weaver bird sits in the sling of grasses he has constructed in a thorny bush

An African penguin huddles in the sand with their two babies

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