Jess McCabe
@jessmccabe.bsky.social
Deputy ed at Inside Housing
Distraction January
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Distraction January
I’m rereading Howard’s End again, but I could only find the copy I made tepid undergraduate notes in. One in the introduction refers to a “diacotamy” (sic)
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I’m rereading Howard’s End again, but I could only find the copy I made tepid undergraduate notes in. One in the introduction refers to a “diacotamy” (sic)
This baby was six weeks old:
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This baby was six weeks old:
I’m just going to share the specific bit about what was in the Grenfell report and our analysis of that >>
January 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I’m just going to share the specific bit about what was in the Grenfell report and our analysis of that >>
All this effort to from a human to make AI generated writing sound human, when you, a human, could simply write the thing in the first place and achieve instant success in sounding like a human being
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
All this effort to from a human to make AI generated writing sound human, when you, a human, could simply write the thing in the first place and achieve instant success in sounding like a human being
How ever much I do the spelling bee, it still confounds me sometimes.
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
How ever much I do the spelling bee, it still confounds me sometimes.
Just once again banging the drum that I really don’t believe that literacy is over, or that books are over - it’s just the type of book being sold has changed:
- More than a 40% increase in genre sales in ‘24
- bookshops can’t keep up with demand for the heated rivalry books
- 16 million fanfics
- More than a 40% increase in genre sales in ‘24
- bookshops can’t keep up with demand for the heated rivalry books
- 16 million fanfics
January 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Just once again banging the drum that I really don’t believe that literacy is over, or that books are over - it’s just the type of book being sold has changed:
- More than a 40% increase in genre sales in ‘24
- bookshops can’t keep up with demand for the heated rivalry books
- 16 million fanfics
- More than a 40% increase in genre sales in ‘24
- bookshops can’t keep up with demand for the heated rivalry books
- 16 million fanfics
Can we talk about how diabolical the editors of the squishmallows 2026 annual are for including pages and pages of squishmallows and encouraging kids to try and collect them all, wtf.
December 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Can we talk about how diabolical the editors of the squishmallows 2026 annual are for including pages and pages of squishmallows and encouraging kids to try and collect them all, wtf.
Just found out what Euston station used to look like??
I now also realise that The Glass Bar, for those who remember, must have been in one of the only remaining parts of the original station
I now also realise that The Glass Bar, for those who remember, must have been in one of the only remaining parts of the original station
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just found out what Euston station used to look like??
I now also realise that The Glass Bar, for those who remember, must have been in one of the only remaining parts of the original station
I now also realise that The Glass Bar, for those who remember, must have been in one of the only remaining parts of the original station
2025 was a good reading year
December 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
2025 was a good reading year
Matt Damon strapped to some kind of CGI sheep then Matt Damon blinding CGI polythemus
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Matt Damon strapped to some kind of CGI sheep then Matt Damon blinding CGI polythemus
This is incredible, a tapestry by Frida Hansen norwegiantextileletter.com/sorover/
December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is incredible, a tapestry by Frida Hansen norwegiantextileletter.com/sorover/
It's not actually scaffolding related, but this is the part of the story that stood out the most for me while editing this piece:
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It's not actually scaffolding related, but this is the part of the story that stood out the most for me while editing this piece:
I actually loved the book this is based on 🐑
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I actually loved the book this is based on 🐑
A medieval woman in a hood, this old guardian article has some more amazing pics www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A medieval woman in a hood, this old guardian article has some more amazing pics www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I’ve gone down a rabbit hole of medieval graffiti carved into the walls of churches and cathedrals
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’ve gone down a rabbit hole of medieval graffiti carved into the walls of churches and cathedrals
Elif’s friends and family opening up their christmas presents like
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Elif’s friends and family opening up their christmas presents like
It’s a lively interview! One of the objectors has called the proposal “vandalism”- it’s next to a rather lovely sounding garden by William Kent, who influenced Capability Brown, but the site itself was previously an American airbase. This feels like @jonnelledge.bsky.social’s YIMBY patch
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It’s a lively interview! One of the objectors has called the proposal “vandalism”- it’s next to a rather lovely sounding garden by William Kent, who influenced Capability Brown, but the site itself was previously an American airbase. This feels like @jonnelledge.bsky.social’s YIMBY patch
I only re-read one author this year,
I went through almost all of EM Forster again. He’s one of my all time faves but I hadn’t tackled some of these for a very long time, particularly passage to India, which I read in 6th form but is a startlingly different book when you’re a grown up IMO
I went through almost all of EM Forster again. He’s one of my all time faves but I hadn’t tackled some of these for a very long time, particularly passage to India, which I read in 6th form but is a startlingly different book when you’re a grown up IMO
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I only re-read one author this year,
I went through almost all of EM Forster again. He’s one of my all time faves but I hadn’t tackled some of these for a very long time, particularly passage to India, which I read in 6th form but is a startlingly different book when you’re a grown up IMO
I went through almost all of EM Forster again. He’s one of my all time faves but I hadn’t tackled some of these for a very long time, particularly passage to India, which I read in 6th form but is a startlingly different book when you’re a grown up IMO
Another Nancy Mitford also made my year, this time her history of Louis XIV, which got me completely obsessed with this time period, wonderful
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Another Nancy Mitford also made my year, this time her history of Louis XIV, which got me completely obsessed with this time period, wonderful
I read so many good books this year, but one of the most surprising, enjoyable, confounding was the Blessing by Nancy Mitford. It was adapted to film, and somewhat reads like that was always the intent, but sadly it seems like it was poorly done. The sensibility is of its era (1951) but surprising
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I read so many good books this year, but one of the most surprising, enjoyable, confounding was the Blessing by Nancy Mitford. It was adapted to film, and somewhat reads like that was always the intent, but sadly it seems like it was poorly done. The sensibility is of its era (1951) but surprising
Going to construction sites really is a bonus to my job, you get these unique insights to London. A completely new viewpoint on London for me, even though this site is only a few minutes from the office
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Going to construction sites really is a bonus to my job, you get these unique insights to London. A completely new viewpoint on London for me, even though this site is only a few minutes from the office
Another day, another construction site - in just over a year this will be flats with a great view over the Thames
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Another day, another construction site - in just over a year this will be flats with a great view over the Thames