Lucy

😁 😉

Linen dress from Ancient Egypt

This linen dress is 4,500 years old! On display in the Egyptian exhibition at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge. fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Beyond William... The skills of May Morris & her circle deserve to be more widely known & credited 😍

I love when you ask an autistic person for something and they're like STAND BY and you know you're about to get the absolute best resources available.

Supporting people's capacity for joy and connection is important work. One little thing at a time. Your delight is not frivolous.

This beats anything I've ever found in a charity shop 😲

"a work of genius"

Yes

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Do one thing today to help. One thing tomorrow. One thing the day after. Taking a swing at every bad thing happening is just going to burn you out. Remember, if everyone does their one thing the world changes

Thanks for sharing this fascinating article

So true

13 of my book editions have been used without permission or recompense to train AI. That's across genres and languages. If you use AI to 'write' books or create art you are continuing the theft of someone else's labour.

‘It’s a secret garden’: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants Textile artists are reshaping how the theatre makes its costumes with the aim of replacing harsh synthetic dyes

'Chemical dyes are often toxic for the environment and bad for human health, so the costume designers at the theatre are experimenting with using flowers including indigo, dahlias, hollyhocks, camomile and wild fennel to create the vivid colours used in their productions.'

Yep

APPARENTLY, ‘muffin-walloper’ is Victorian slang for an unmarried woman who enjoys meeting up with friends for tea, cake, and gossip. Why am I only hearing about this now?!

#booksky

One of the best ways to break yourself out of a reading slump is to read a subgenre you don't normally read

A black and white cat lounging with a tired, unimpressed look, resting one paw casually in front.

Another long day… The usual, please

Most excellent writing advice from someone who knows 📚

An amazing textile memorial 😍

😳 😂

I sometimes look at the big hyped books of right now and think "What have I got that even vaguely fits in with this?" and the answer I repeatedly come up with is "Sweet fuck all" but I have got some weird stories I really need to write for my own amusement so I suppose I'll just keep doing that.

Two figures approach the Baggage Reclaim area of an airport. One says “We wouldn't need to put things in the hold if you brought fewer books on holiday.” Arriving on the carousel, amongst the bags and suitcases is a very large, well-stocked bookcase.

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Photo of a large boulder covered in knitted and crocheted patterned material, among other uncovered rocks on a grassy surface under a pale sky

The Faroe Islands have a unique summer tradition where a large rock in Sandur is yarn-bombed by local women, inspired by a local legend about a "Troll Woman's cave"...... #WomensArt

What if I rebuilt my entire wardrobe with nothing but garments sewn exclusively on the 1987 My Little Pony sewing machine

Very yes

Today:

The copyright war between the AI industry and creatives We have surely gone beyond being able to give the tech sector the benefit of the doubt

'the creative industries represent much of the best of what the UK and humanity does. The idea of handing over its output for free is abhorrent.'

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm