A good story to tell
Explore the success of Sophie Kinsella's author event, supported by beloved authors and fans from around the world. Read more here.
"It was extra poignant that the evening was also supporting the charity. You can tell just how special it was for her fans β myself included.β
#SophieKinsellla #TheBrainTumourCharity
@jennycolgan.bsky.social @jojomoyes.bsky.social & so many others
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24.10.2025 09:44 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.
Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
13.10.2025 09:58 β π 1584 π 874 π¬ 112 π 105
Boss, weβve got a problem. Users donβt want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!
Boss: I have an idea
12.10.2025 16:13 β π 2755 π 1037 π¬ 34 π 18
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time β almost 200 years earlier than predicted β following the Mayorβs "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
30.09.2025 19:39 β π 4843 π 1444 π¬ 24 π 126
It's a hewlett packard smart tank 7605. Very spendy to buy but apparently only costs a few pounds a year to run. It's been good so far but don't take my word for it - we're in the honeymoon period.
01.10.2025 18:45 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
you can go right off someone, Willard
01.10.2025 18:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I pray you have not jinxed this gilded unicorn
30.09.2025 10:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
yes! It's all been remarkably straightforward so far.
30.09.2025 10:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
... so far... yes?
29.09.2025 20:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I have bought and installed a new printer. I feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor embarking on her eighth marriage.
29.09.2025 19:47 β π 62 π 2 π¬ 6 π 1
I'm fine thanks Jan. I was with someone else x
28.09.2025 17:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Ended up at a hospital A&E early this morning. In the next cubicle a team of medical professionals were trying to save a baby, brought in by ambulance and police. Of the maybe ten people I saw, only two were white British. It made me think: if Farage gets his way, what is going to happen to our NHS?
28.09.2025 11:09 β π 164 π 33 π¬ 15 π 0
It is still September and I have just booked my Christmas groceries delivery slot. I don't know whether to be smug or just embarrassed.
26.09.2025 12:04 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
And sorry for the swearing but Jeez. I mean.
10.09.2025 19:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I know there's a lot to keep your jaw dropping these days, but how the actual fuckety fuck is Mandelson still in his post?
10.09.2025 19:50 β π 25 π 5 π¬ 4 π 0
Keir Starmer says Peter Mandelson "has repeatedly expressed his deep regret for his association with" Jeffrey Epstein.
When asked about Epstein by the Financial Times in February, Mandelson said: "Itβs an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?β
10.09.2025 11:09 β π 856 π 348 π¬ 75 π 39
Brilliant night & also supporting a brilliant cause!
#SophieKinsella #JoJoMoyes #JennyColgan #LisaJewell #MikeGayle #MattThorne #StellaDuffy
#TheBrainTumourCharity
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@jojomoyes.bsky.social @jennycolgan.bsky.social
01.09.2025 14:16 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Just went to see Naked Gun with two of my kids. The local movie theatre was packed. We laughed from the opening scene till the final credits. Highly recommend.
02.08.2025 19:07 β π 276 π 12 π¬ 9 π 1
Modern life: trying to consume just enough news and social media to stay informed but not so much that you become paranoid or mentally unwell.
24.07.2025 10:02 β π 193 π 35 π¬ 12 π 4
I might be in an entirely different country (ie. London) but seems that the only thing at boiling point is the heads of the people who keep telling each other the country is at boiling point.
23.07.2025 17:32 β π 611 π 106 π¬ 68 π 42
Thirsty data centres are sucking up Britainβs scarce water supplies
The tech industry faces scrutiny as secrecy clouds the true cost of cooling servers and the country braces for shortages and hosepipe bans
"England is heading for national shortfall of five billion litres of water a day by 2055."
Next time you hear about an explosion of AI usage, think about how wildly environmentally inefficient it is.
#PlanetaryBoundaries #WaterStress
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
05.07.2025 13:15 β π 114 π 67 π¬ 7 π 4
Pink Watercolor that has the outline of a brain in white and the words use your own brain
Made a new one π
17.06.2025 22:44 β π 172 π 50 π¬ 3 π 2
Yes! That happened in our cinema too.
18.06.2025 18:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Ballad Of Wallis Island is, imho, an almost perfect film. I laughed and then I cried. Outstanding performances, especially from Tim Key. Do go and see it.
15.06.2025 10:59 β π 23 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes #WeAllLiveHere @jojomoyes.bsky.social β¬βͺ @michaeljbooks.bsky.social ocialβ¬ #BookReview
randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.com/2025/06/we-a...
10.06.2025 07:18 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Jojo Moyes & Mike Gayle: The Art of Crafting Compelling Characters
Authors Jojo Moyes and Mike Gayle discuss their latest books, writing relationships, and creating memorable characters with Laura Hacket.
I'll be appearing at the Festival of Words in London's Fleet Street with Mike Gayle this afternoon, discussing how to create fictional characters. I think there are still some tickets left if you're nearby www.eventbrite.com/e/jojo-moyes....
17.05.2025 07:37 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Jilly Cooper to headline at the Queenβs Reading Room festival 2025
Queen Camilla has announced the return of her charityβs book festival, with a change of location and headliners including Jilly Cooper, Helen Fielding and @jojomoyes.bsky.social . Tickets for The Queenβs Reading Room festival went on sale at 10am today π #BookSky
15.05.2025 12:02 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright.
Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."
13.05.2025 16:41 β π 3026 π 991 π¬ 18 π 102
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