Jane Charman
@janeeecharman.bsky.social
Country vicar, all weathers, please close the gate
And here’s an article for anyone out there who really does buy a complete new set of Christmas decorations every year in order to comply with the vibe shift 🤨
The Christmas vibe shift: forget beige – the Home Alone look is all the rage
The Christmas vibe shift: forget beige – the Home Alone look is all the rage
This season calls for a tartan bow the size of a dinner plate, traditional baubles on the tree and a host of wooden nutcracker soldiers. ‘Ralph Lauren Christmas’ has gone viral, and gen Z has fallen hard for nostalgia and the 1990s
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
And here’s an article for anyone out there who really does buy a complete new set of Christmas decorations every year in order to comply with the vibe shift 🤨
Yesterday a friend gave me, just because, a hand turned candle holder fashioned out of laburnum wood with a lovely white candle. Thank you, it gave me such pleasure to receive it 😊
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yesterday a friend gave me, just because, a hand turned candle holder fashioned out of laburnum wood with a lovely white candle. Thank you, it gave me such pleasure to receive it 😊
A word of wisdom for feminists: never tell yourself that its job done, battle won. Women’s rights cannot be ‘established’ in any lasting static way, they have to be perpetually contended for.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A word of wisdom for feminists: never tell yourself that its job done, battle won. Women’s rights cannot be ‘established’ in any lasting static way, they have to be perpetually contended for.
‘Feminism’ these days is mostly about the dull plodding work of embedding and protecting the everyday rights that make women’s real lives a bit more tolerable. It’s no longer seen as cool or cutting edge or glamorous. Hence many are now neglecting it in favour of shinier toys.
‘The patriarchy runs deep’: women still getting a raw deal in the workplace as equality remains a dream
‘The patriarchy runs deep’: women still getting a raw deal in the workplace as equality remains a dream
Women work longer and per hour earn a third of what men are paid, in figures that have changed little in 35 years, UN report shows
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
‘Feminism’ these days is mostly about the dull plodding work of embedding and protecting the everyday rights that make women’s real lives a bit more tolerable. It’s no longer seen as cool or cutting edge or glamorous. Hence many are now neglecting it in favour of shinier toys.
Got a Falun Gong flier through my door this morning and I live in deepest Cumbria how’s that for global reach 😳
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Got a Falun Gong flier through my door this morning and I live in deepest Cumbria how’s that for global reach 😳
Does anyone else find that you can have A Bit Too Much of John the Baptist at this time of year?
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Does anyone else find that you can have A Bit Too Much of John the Baptist at this time of year?
Well today we had a ‘civic service’ to which the Mayor for the year invites the town councillors and fellow mayors from round about. Is this a Northern thing?
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well today we had a ‘civic service’ to which the Mayor for the year invites the town councillors and fellow mayors from round about. Is this a Northern thing?
One day in the postmodern West some people started to wonder what would happen if everyone simply chose the sex they wanted to be. ‘Let’s try it,’ they said. So they did.
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One day in the postmodern West some people started to wonder what would happen if everyone simply chose the sex they wanted to be. ‘Let’s try it,’ they said. So they did.
It had to be said 😆
They threw apple crumble at the display case; police have taken them into custardy...
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It had to be said 😆
So true bestie 😆
STORE: Thank you for your order!
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
STORE: We are preparing your order!
STORE: We put your order in a box!
STORE: Look who has a mailing label!
STORE: Your order has been shipped!
STORE: Your order is in your city!
STORE: Your order is nearby!
STORE: Your order sees you.
STORE: Turn around.
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So true bestie 😆
‘Tis the season to be receiving parcels and the feedback vampires are out in force. ‘We delivered your parcel, how did we do?’ Um, yep, you delivered it 🤨
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
‘Tis the season to be receiving parcels and the feedback vampires are out in force. ‘We delivered your parcel, how did we do?’ Um, yep, you delivered it 🤨
In other news there was a 3.3 magnitude earthquake in the Lake District last night so maybe these are the End Times after all
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
In other news there was a 3.3 magnitude earthquake in the Lake District last night so maybe these are the End Times after all
Good evening skylarks. The Women’s Institute, yes you heard me correctly, the Women’s Institute is in the national news. And a whole lot of people who have never for a nanosecond considered joining it are now arguing about who is eligible to be a member 🤨
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Good evening skylarks. The Women’s Institute, yes you heard me correctly, the Women’s Institute is in the national news. And a whole lot of people who have never for a nanosecond considered joining it are now arguing about who is eligible to be a member 🤨
We all know the feeling! 😆
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Buddy the runaway reindeer from Wales sparks major search
The animal, named Buddy, fled a festive celebration on the coast and went on the run for hours.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We all know the feeling! 😆
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead remains my favourite Stoppard play. Leopoldstadt was the last one I saw on stage. Rest in brilliance, Sir Tom.
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead remains my favourite Stoppard play. Leopoldstadt was the last one I saw on stage. Rest in brilliance, Sir Tom.
Good evening skylarks. For the puzzled among you, and there do seem to be a few, a feminist is someone who centres and prioritises the rights of women. Anyone who calls themselves a feminist and doesn’t do this is … something else.
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good evening skylarks. For the puzzled among you, and there do seem to be a few, a feminist is someone who centres and prioritises the rights of women. Anyone who calls themselves a feminist and doesn’t do this is … something else.
Good morning skylarks. No, the robin on your bird feeder isn’t a loved one trying to get in touch with you from beyond the grave, he’s there for the snax 🤷♀️
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Good morning skylarks. No, the robin on your bird feeder isn’t a loved one trying to get in touch with you from beyond the grave, he’s there for the snax 🤷♀️
Good morning skylarks. Just finished reading ‘Bohemia in London’, an early work by the multi faceted Arthur Ransome. A beautiful little study of literary and artistic life in Chelsea, Soho and Hampstead in his own young days, do find a copy if you can.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Good morning skylarks. Just finished reading ‘Bohemia in London’, an early work by the multi faceted Arthur Ransome. A beautiful little study of literary and artistic life in Chelsea, Soho and Hampstead in his own young days, do find a copy if you can.
Farewell regular flat white. 'Functional' coffees are hitting the high street www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yep, for an extra £ you can add collagen powder to your coffee even though we know it can’t survive the digestive process or make it to any parts of your body that might need collagen 🤷♀️
Yep, for an extra £ you can add collagen powder to your coffee even though we know it can’t survive the digestive process or make it to any parts of your body that might need collagen 🤷♀️
Do mushroom and protein 'functional' coffees have health benefits?
Coffees made with extra ingredients like mushrooms, protein and collagen are known as "functional coffees".
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Farewell regular flat white. 'Functional' coffees are hitting the high street www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yep, for an extra £ you can add collagen powder to your coffee even though we know it can’t survive the digestive process or make it to any parts of your body that might need collagen 🤷♀️
Yep, for an extra £ you can add collagen powder to your coffee even though we know it can’t survive the digestive process or make it to any parts of your body that might need collagen 🤷♀️
Hands up anyone who thinks a new Chinese mega embassy in central London is a really good idea 😳
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hands up anyone who thinks a new Chinese mega embassy in central London is a really good idea 😳
Now do coat hangers 🤔
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Now do coat hangers 🤔
The North wind hath blown and we have had snow. Must put out some iron rations for my robin.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The North wind hath blown and we have had snow. Must put out some iron rations for my robin.
X is down. I thought you’d all like to know that.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
X is down. I thought you’d all like to know that.
Good afternoon churchy skylarks. Have you ordered the candles for your Advent Wreath? Have you? Have you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Good afternoon churchy skylarks. Have you ordered the candles for your Advent Wreath? Have you? Have you?
Terry’s Chocolate Oranges were not the only fruit who knew
Terry’s of York’s famous Chocolate Orange was born in 1932. Its Chocolate Apple, launched in 1926 (which apparently didn't taste of apple), was discontinued in 1954 to allow more Oranges to be produced.
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Terry’s Chocolate Oranges were not the only fruit who knew