Jo Illsley
@joillsley.bsky.social
NHS Library staff, Artist, big fan of cats, 80's horror movies, history and just general shenanigans.
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Happy birthday to the people’s poet - John Cooper Clarke
January 25, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Happy birthday to the people’s poet - John Cooper Clarke
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
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“It’s a good thing that China thinks in terms of centuries, because they are about to meet the British planning system.”
Academic Daniel Susskind on the proposed Chinese embassy in London
Academic Daniel Susskind on the proposed Chinese embassy in London
January 23, 2026 at 9:49 AM
“It’s a good thing that China thinks in terms of centuries, because they are about to meet the British planning system.”
Academic Daniel Susskind on the proposed Chinese embassy in London
Academic Daniel Susskind on the proposed Chinese embassy in London
If you see this, post your green.
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
If you see this, post your green.
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Victoria Beckham at Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Victoria Beckham at Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding
I'm pretty sure my great uncle(s) were in this band..
Nothing like a brass band in winter to warm the heart when there's snow on the ground. Here's Ripley Silver Prize Band (sporting some rather smart hats) outside the building in which they used to practice, in the 1920s.
#archives #nationalhatday
#archives #nationalhatday
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm pretty sure my great uncle(s) were in this band..
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(Quietly sliding my campaign for all UK babies to be issued cigarettes and an elegant carriage clock back in the drawer) wow that’s great
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
(Quietly sliding my campaign for all UK babies to be issued cigarettes and an elegant carriage clock back in the drawer) wow that’s great
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this might be the greatest Christmas photo ever
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
this might be the greatest Christmas photo ever
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My dad telling us how he carved the turkey after mum spent the past three days in the kitchen.
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My dad telling us how he carved the turkey after mum spent the past three days in the kitchen.
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Heroes of Great Britain advent calendar - door 11
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Heroes of Great Britain advent calendar - door 11
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Absolutely tremendous stuff from this week's Popbitch
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Absolutely tremendous stuff from this week's Popbitch
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Throwback to when Roses were worth buying
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Throwback to when Roses were worth buying
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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He's m ng ist
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
He's m ng ist
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
He’s check ice
He find ou
naught ice
Norman Collier is comi town
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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When I learned Norwich B&M is selling Brannigans Beef and Mustard.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
When I learned Norwich B&M is selling Brannigans Beef and Mustard.
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I'm just asking questions.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm just asking questions.
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I bought one of those self-assembly bird tables a while back. The lazy bastards haven't even opened the box, all they've done is shit on it.
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I bought one of those self-assembly bird tables a while back. The lazy bastards haven't even opened the box, all they've done is shit on it.
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He died for our thinth.
August 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
He died for our thinth.