Siân Harris

thought about clarifying that was French practice rather than flirting, but realised it doesn't sound any better that way

'A woman's right to shoes' - remember it well!
Luckily had swim shoes, so not as bad as it could be, but still pretty grim. Flashback to my '10 hour waitressing shift in primark ballet flats era' only this time, soggy 😭

A football referee showing a yellow card to Harry Kane while Willian and David Luiz look on

It is an Andre Marriner,
And he booketh one of three

Plague on the house of the person who walked off from the lido in MY TRAINERS. Plague and an eternity of cold feet.

It shouldn't take an FOI request to see grant success rates. UKRI has a duty of care to researchers to supply this from the outset. We are judged, compared, promoted (or not) according to unbelievably bad odds.

Think netflix has put him back on their radar, but lots went over their heads (trying to explain sarong-gate in 2025 was fun!)

Delighted for you! 🎉

In my limited defence, there was context (we were also reading Carol Ann Duffy's Achilles / Beckham piece), but I'm not sure that's any excuse.

If I thought the time I mixed up Will Smith and Will Self in a lecture was embarrassing, I just spent ninety hideous seconds talking to the first years about 'David Beckham's poem, Omeros' before I realised why they looked confused.

gorgeous ❤️

She definitely has the stare

But which of the dogs will be guest-starring as Eddie?

Stop trying to over-intellectualise these people. There is no grand philosophy behind it. It’s hate, it’s as simple as that. If you’re grasping for reasons why that can’t be, save yourself the energy. You’ll need it for something else.

AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”

My timetable listing for a lecture on 'American Revolutions' tomorrow afternoon

When you should really be adding some pithy topical updates to this lecture, but you'd rather stick forks in a plug socket than spend another second with the news...

It always makes my day when strangers compliment the dog, but the specificity of 'she just needs one of those red neckerchiefs - she'd work that' might be my new favourite.

Sorry to step in, but this post showed up with no context and I like that it describes something so essential!

Asha (brindle dog) and Henry (white hound) enjoying the BS5 art trail

When you get a photo from the dogsitter and realise you've been so far neglecting her art appreciation activities...

Might already be on your radar, but @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social Mad Style posts are such a good watching companion tomandlorenzo.com/2013/04/mad-...

That's a pretty cool origin story (and a prompt for me to track down more non-Carbonal Sleighs!)

Loving that a couple of (discerning) people recognise her

Interior Barter Books, Alnwick

Selfie in the bookshop

In Barter Books, they're playing Leonard Cohen, buying Carbonel and Matilda for my friends' daughters. Bliss.

Unlikely this is helpful, but I like to divide any footwear purchase by 10 - can justify so much more at price per toe

Northumberland evening sky

Fluffy clouds over a fishing boat

Signpost on the beach

Two swallows on a wire

Eight miles of the coast path and a bucket of whisky sours... starting the holiday right

Don't worry academics, it's still only August 32nd. Still plenty of time!

This thread is exactly how I feel about genAI. Completely turned off by it on all artistic, intellectual and moral levels. I have no interest in anything it can say or generate. It is anti-human.

classic Muriel

This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself.

thanks so much to everyone who's signed - 300 signatures in less than 3 days and climbing. this programme is one of the best things about UoB and the very least of what the university owes the broader region

Happiest of birthdays to you - and thanks for ensuring the samosa envy drives me to Jeevan's this afternoon! (any excuse). See you soon for drinks and travel plotting x