PaulineAnn🌻
@mrspa.bsky.social
Love books, walking and wine in any order retired civil servant.
Happily married 💕
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Happily married 💕
NO DMs !!!!!!!!
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Good luck to anyone starting the year with a new health regime. Here’s how mine always goes.
January 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Good luck to anyone starting the year with a new health regime. Here’s how mine always goes.
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As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
December 15, 2024 at 11:24 AM
As parents, we're supposed to remember the first time we did stuff with our kids, but the last time is equally as significant, if not more.
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
This poem is from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023), my second full collection...
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A rather personal column from me this week, and my thanks to @bylinetimes.bsky.social for publishing it with no paywall.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
Russell Jones's Week Moment: My Cancerversary
15 years after the removal from his kidney of the biggest tumour in Stockport, Russell Jones commemorates the agony and reflects on the heroism of the NHS doctors and nurses who saw him through
www.bylinesupplement.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A rather personal column from me this week, and my thanks to @bylinetimes.bsky.social for publishing it with no paywall.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
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The #DignityDeclaration asks:
Why do the “tough” choices always hurt ordinary people, while the richest are let off the hook?
thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
Why do the “tough” choices always hurt ordinary people, while the richest are let off the hook?
thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The #DignityDeclaration asks:
Why do the “tough” choices always hurt ordinary people, while the richest are let off the hook?
thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
Why do the “tough” choices always hurt ordinary people, while the richest are let off the hook?
thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
I wish these were still in print my children and grandchildren loved them. I'd like to read them to my great grandchildren. #outofprint #Vintage_Treasures #vintagebooks #childhoodmemories #books #childrensbooks
March 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I wish these were still in print my children and grandchildren loved them. I'd like to read them to my great grandchildren. #outofprint #Vintage_Treasures #vintagebooks #childhoodmemories #books #childrensbooks
Toxic Town on Netflix makes for compelling TV how much more corruption within governing bodies is there. I couldn't understand why criminal charges were not brought. We can never hope to reduce corruption unless people are brought to justice. @netflix
March 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Toxic Town on Netflix makes for compelling TV how much more corruption within governing bodies is there. I couldn't understand why criminal charges were not brought. We can never hope to reduce corruption unless people are brought to justice. @netflix
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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All the dictators stick together because they need each other to stay in power.
Exactly like Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan.
Exactly like Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
All the dictators stick together because they need each other to stay in power.
Exactly like Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan.
Exactly like Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan.
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A 2% wealth tax in the UK on people with over £100m (like France) would raise £30bn a year.
It's time to tax the rich.
It's time to tax the rich.
February 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A 2% wealth tax in the UK on people with over £100m (like France) would raise £30bn a year.
It's time to tax the rich.
It's time to tax the rich.
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It's amazing some people see multimillionaire Nigel Farage, owned by GB News, owned by Donald Trump, owned by Elon Musk, never worked a real job in his life.
A billionaire owned, never a common man.
But still they think, he's going to fight for me against the billionaires.
🤣
A billionaire owned, never a common man.
But still they think, he's going to fight for me against the billionaires.
🤣
February 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's amazing some people see multimillionaire Nigel Farage, owned by GB News, owned by Donald Trump, owned by Elon Musk, never worked a real job in his life.
A billionaire owned, never a common man.
But still they think, he's going to fight for me against the billionaires.
🤣
A billionaire owned, never a common man.
But still they think, he's going to fight for me against the billionaires.
🤣
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Public Enquiries cost the tax payer a small fortune… it’s criminal to ignore the recommendations and criminal to use them as a delaying process… I would prefer we get on with tackling the known issues in the way the previous inquiries recommend!!
Keir Starmer, "For the leader of the opposition to call for another inquiry, when the Conservatives didn't even implement the 20 recommendations from the Jay report"
"It shows that trying to get noticed is becoming more important than the issue itself"
"It shows that trying to get noticed is becoming more important than the issue itself"
January 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Public Enquiries cost the tax payer a small fortune… it’s criminal to ignore the recommendations and criminal to use them as a delaying process… I would prefer we get on with tackling the known issues in the way the previous inquiries recommend!!
After four days of foggy gloom we finally have sunshine 🥳 🌞
December 29, 2024 at 9:31 AM
After four days of foggy gloom we finally have sunshine 🥳 🌞
I love a morning walk, we have panto in York today then I am going to try and get some normality in my life. The fog has finally lifted after 4 days and it looks promising out there. We finally have sunshine
#walkingforfitness #walking #sunshine #panto
#walkingforfitness #walking #sunshine #panto
December 29, 2024 at 9:20 AM
I love a morning walk, we have panto in York today then I am going to try and get some normality in my life. The fog has finally lifted after 4 days and it looks promising out there. We finally have sunshine
#walkingforfitness #walking #sunshine #panto
#walkingforfitness #walking #sunshine #panto
We have fog but I was amazed this morning to hear the dawn chorus, then a flock of geese flew over making a racket 😂 I presume the fog enhanced the birdsong.
December 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM
We have fog but I was amazed this morning to hear the dawn chorus, then a flock of geese flew over making a racket 😂 I presume the fog enhanced the birdsong.
A Thousand Splendid Suns.
So hard to believe history is repeating itself.
So hard to believe history is repeating itself.
December 21, 2024 at 4:45 PM
A Thousand Splendid Suns.
So hard to believe history is repeating itself.
So hard to believe history is repeating itself.
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This is me trying to recreate John Atkinson Grimshaw's famous painting of Hull Docks dating back to 1882. Taken from virtually the same location.
#hull #yorkshire #travel #architecture #photography #art
#hull #yorkshire #travel #architecture #photography #art
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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Happy winter solstice - that's the days getting longer now but still plenty time to coorie in by the fire
December 21, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Happy winter solstice - that's the days getting longer now but still plenty time to coorie in by the fire
Baked more mince pies but we keep eating them 😋
December 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Baked more mince pies but we keep eating them 😋
What a gorgeous day, the sun illuminating the river bank trees
December 19, 2024 at 8:53 AM
What a gorgeous day, the sun illuminating the river bank trees
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Should be in every newsagents window.
December 17, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Should be in every newsagents window.
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Dalgleish on Channel 5 is a simple pleasure. The ability of the production team to create the biegeness of the mid 1970s is remarkable.
December 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Dalgleish on Channel 5 is a simple pleasure. The ability of the production team to create the biegeness of the mid 1970s is remarkable.
Sunrise in our neck of the woods this morning.
December 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Sunrise in our neck of the woods this morning.