Jennie Walker
@jenniewalker.bsky.social
Yorkshire based, working in NHS. Wild swimming, travelling, history.
Pauline’s portrayal of Shirley shaped my early life. I didn’t even change my name when I married. Thank you, you beautiful woman for helping me grow into who I am today
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Family pays tribute to actor who was ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’
The Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, her family have announced.
She died peacefully, and surrounded by her family, in her care home in Highgate, north London, having had Parkinson’s disease for several years, they said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Pauline’s portrayal of Shirley shaped my early life. I didn’t even change my name when I married. Thank you, you beautiful woman for helping me grow into who I am today
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Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
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Aww man #ThePiano makes me cry for a full hour every Sunday night. Beautiful stories of how music changes lives. When things seem bleak this celebration of humanity is like a balm
April 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Aww man #ThePiano makes me cry for a full hour every Sunday night. Beautiful stories of how music changes lives. When things seem bleak this celebration of humanity is like a balm
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This thread is like balm for a frazzled bonce (i.e. it’s good)
A while ago a lovely German man appeared at our church. He came a few times to look around during our Saturday opening hours, before asking if the piano abandoned in the corner worked.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
March 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This thread is like balm for a frazzled bonce (i.e. it’s good)
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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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Today in 180AD Commodus succeeded his father, Marcus Aurlieus as Roman Emperor. He would go berserk, naming the city, months & legions after himself.
One contemporary wrote that he turned Rome "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust".
One contemporary wrote that he turned Rome "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust".
March 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today in 180AD Commodus succeeded his father, Marcus Aurlieus as Roman Emperor. He would go berserk, naming the city, months & legions after himself.
One contemporary wrote that he turned Rome "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust".
One contemporary wrote that he turned Rome "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust".
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
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Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
March 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
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The Star Spangled Banner in the minor key by Bill Bailey
Sounds very Russian
Perhaps he knows something about what’s going on?
Sounds very Russian
Perhaps he knows something about what’s going on?
March 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Star Spangled Banner in the minor key by Bill Bailey
Sounds very Russian
Perhaps he knows something about what’s going on?
Sounds very Russian
Perhaps he knows something about what’s going on?
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Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
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'Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?'
Carl Jung
Carl Jung
February 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
'Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?'
Carl Jung
Carl Jung
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This is what we all should remember.
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is what we all should remember.
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Today I shall mainly be avoiding the news.
January 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today I shall mainly be avoiding the news.
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In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8
January 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8
Art didn’t mean very much to me growing up in the Durham Coalfields. But I fell in love with Van Gogh on a trip to Amsterdam and I treat myself to seeing a new one every year for my birthday. This year, The Sower at The National Gallery. Bright and beautiful - what a joy
January 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Art didn’t mean very much to me growing up in the Durham Coalfields. But I fell in love with Van Gogh on a trip to Amsterdam and I treat myself to seeing a new one every year for my birthday. This year, The Sower at The National Gallery. Bright and beautiful - what a joy
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This is who Elon Musk really is. Don’t buy a Tesla.
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
TESLA = TRUMP
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is who Elon Musk really is. Don’t buy a Tesla.
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...
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Just got the result of my 4th post-cancer mammogram. Four years in the clear. Hooray! Thank you to the terrific NHS staff, who got me the result before New Year; and to anyone out there due for a mammogram, don't put yours off. Mine saved my life...
December 30, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Just got the result of my 4th post-cancer mammogram. Four years in the clear. Hooray! Thank you to the terrific NHS staff, who got me the result before New Year; and to anyone out there due for a mammogram, don't put yours off. Mine saved my life...