Hilary Osborne
@hilaryosborne.bsky.social
Consumer and money editor at the Guardian, Akela at 4th Wood Green, worrier at all times
If you find yourself in Asda wondering: I’m the person who bought an orange that looked like a pumpkin and I don’t really know why
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you find yourself in Asda wondering: I’m the person who bought an orange that looked like a pumpkin and I don’t really know why
In alternative news to the Mansion House speech: the Cubs made these great clay prints as part of their Naturalist badge - images of Bruce Castle park will be preserved for ever
July 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In alternative news to the Mansion House speech: the Cubs made these great clay prints as part of their Naturalist badge - images of Bruce Castle park will be preserved for ever
It comes to something when even your DIY materials feel they have to state they won’t behave offensively
July 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It comes to something when even your DIY materials feel they have to state they won’t behave offensively
Summer food is so good isn’t it? £1.50 worth of tomatoes and cheese from Lidl and about three minutes of slicing
June 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Summer food is so good isn’t it? £1.50 worth of tomatoes and cheese from Lidl and about three minutes of slicing
Hoping one of the best-named cafes in london is able to capitalise (no pun intended) on this afternoon’s celebrations
May 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hoping one of the best-named cafes in london is able to capitalise (no pun intended) on this afternoon’s celebrations
Happy Mother’s day to the inhabitants of the New River
March 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy Mother’s day to the inhabitants of the New River
Put on a quiz night last night for Cubs, Scouts and their families. One round was ‘knot or not’ - everyone had to play and indicate what they thought, they were eliminated if wrong. Sad that we only got as far as stopper knot
March 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Put on a quiz night last night for Cubs, Scouts and their families. One round was ‘knot or not’ - everyone had to play and indicate what they thought, they were eliminated if wrong. Sad that we only got as far as stopper knot
What a bizarre headline
March 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What a bizarre headline
I’m currently rereading A Prayer for Owen Meany and it’s very difficult to not imagine this being said in the same screechy voice
March 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m currently rereading A Prayer for Owen Meany and it’s very difficult to not imagine this being said in the same screechy voice
The cat is absolutely, 100% refusing to even glance towards the TV that’s showing Crufts
March 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The cat is absolutely, 100% refusing to even glance towards the TV that’s showing Crufts
I think I’ve worked out how to save the first half of the £5k
February 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I think I’ve worked out how to save the first half of the £5k
I think the AI review summaries may be my new favourite thing.
January 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I think the AI review summaries may be my new favourite thing.
Sad about taking down my tree today. Lots of memories in the decorations, and I feel I really need the lights at the moment. But superstition has the better of me, and after last year I can’t risk more bad luck
January 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Sad about taking down my tree today. Lots of memories in the decorations, and I feel I really need the lights at the moment. But superstition has the better of me, and after last year I can’t risk more bad luck
But now it’s back - hurray! So if anyone out there is going through this, there is some hope
December 29, 2024 at 11:13 AM
But now it’s back - hurray! So if anyone out there is going through this, there is some hope
I think I lost about half my hair. It was tough
December 29, 2024 at 11:12 AM
I think I lost about half my hair. It was tough
This was me exactly two years ago, enduring my final round of chemo, with the cold cap. There was more battering to come - surgery, radiotherapy, etc - but as you can tell I was delighted to be finishing that bit
December 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
This was me exactly two years ago, enduring my final round of chemo, with the cold cap. There was more battering to come - surgery, radiotherapy, etc - but as you can tell I was delighted to be finishing that bit
Probably the one that made us laugh most (who sacked the sub editors?)
December 25, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Probably the one that made us laugh most (who sacked the sub editors?)
The Cubs practised their Money Skills by drawing up a shopping list of what to buy for Tottenham Foodbank with a budget of £10 per six and I dropped it off earlier
December 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM
The Cubs practised their Money Skills by drawing up a shopping list of what to buy for Tottenham Foodbank with a budget of £10 per six and I dropped it off earlier
The bus drivers and the dogs were among the stars for me
December 4, 2024 at 5:52 PM
The bus drivers and the dogs were among the stars for me
Stand down scientists, it’s been proved
November 24, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Stand down scientists, it’s been proved
Sometimes I wonder how I can understand all of the words yet still be baffled about the meaning
November 21, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Sometimes I wonder how I can understand all of the words yet still be baffled about the meaning
He’s not always this Zen but it’s quite infectious when he is
November 18, 2024 at 10:11 PM
He’s not always this Zen but it’s quite infectious when he is
Can it really be thirty(-four) years since I first sang along to @tmbg.bsky.social’s Flood?
November 17, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Can it really be thirty(-four) years since I first sang along to @tmbg.bsky.social’s Flood?