Silvia Crompton

I Rewatched Love Actually and Am Here to Ruin It for All of You Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

My favourite Christmas tradition is remembering the existence of Lindy West’s brilliant deconstruction of Love Actually. It’s old and the gifs have all dropped out, but merry Xmas 🎁 www.jezebel.com/i-rewatched-...

Mispronounciation.

Ah now, I once saw Vanessa Feltz get OFF the Eurostar.

Me: I'm feeling really Sapphic

You: Tell me more 😏

Me: ............... and if
......... [thy]me......
..........................
hands.......... [swan, or possibly an extinct species of gourd]
.........................s

Weirdly I’ve had some of my most sloggish runs right before some big landmark I’ve been training for (a new distance, a race). The 5K on the horizon might have got into your head. Go again another day - this far into the programme, you know you can do it!

And related to passing through the accepted trad filter, the copyeditors/proofreaders/cover designers/printers used by reputable self-pub companies are literally the same ones used by trad publishers. (Speaking as both a freelance copyeditor and an ed director at one such company.)

The relative Big Smoke!

💯 Whenever I arrive back in London from quaint/charming Not-London, I feel as if I can finally breathe properly again.

Not sure if you’re actually looking for advice, but in case yes: where we are either X or Y; where either we are X or we are Y. If ‘either’ goes before a verb you need a second verb after ‘or’.

Excellent tip for copyeditors too. “Where are bombs kept on a plane normal reasons.” “PornHub just checking capitalisation.”

Martin Lewis' data-Crunch: What's the UK's best salt 'n' vinegar crisps? The joy of good salt 'n' vinegar is you bite them, and they bite back – the flavour needs to be strong, sharp, and leave your tongue feeling like sandpaper. So it's time to focus MSE's data-crunchin...

We live in a divided world for sure but wtf, Martin Lewis - Chipsticks are SO OBVIOUSLY the ultimate salt & vinegar crisp. Unacceptable.

I mean, this one is particularly appalling. And from what you’ve said sounds like it’s maybe meant to be funny - which, just no.

Is it recent? A lot of very questionable things haven’t always been… questioned in fiction. So much more so now but all you can do is advise the author, really. I had one recently who declined to cut a racial slur that was definitely not serving a purpose.

Accidentally rereading Ali Smith’s Spring - thought it was still on the TBR pile. But I’d gladly read her shopping list so it’s a happy accident.

Quote skeet with a picture of street graffiti from your phone. (Couldn’t choose, went for a motivational diptych.)

At a school fete in the late 80s I paid 10p to have my picture taken with the guest of honour, the Dulux Dog. The Dulux Dog! Had the photo on my wall for years after.

Oh, so this is where you’ve all been!