Becky D

Thrilled that my first published story is nearly available 🤓

Also coming in March, debut story from @danlockton.com

Paired with @danlockton.com next month, In Splendid Isolation, a debut story by RL Doughty.

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All of this is amazing but that magpie is magnificent 😍

Title: A personalised Valentine's card for bibliophiles Image: A cartoon heart with arms, legs and a smiling face. With an empty speech bubble above. Five options for text to cut out and put in the bubble: I love you more than my books! I love you as much as my books! I love you almost as much as my books! I love you! No more questions! I love books!

A valentine's card for bibliophiles.
For @theguardian.com books.
Download a printable version here:
www.tomgauld.com/valentine

How to knit: video 8. Let’s learn to identify some mistakes!

Tomorrow!

Lino cut image of the pub sign - the traditional leafy image of the Green Man.

It's Friday and it's almost five.
Time for an early doors drink at the Green Man.
Come down if you're free.
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Can't make it to Glasgow this year? Online tickets are now available to access livestream/recordings of a portion of the panels, interviews etc. happening over the course of the weekend
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The question of ‘what did you learn?’, followed by ‘and how will you apply that learning next time?’ are key for me.

How can anyone improve their craft if they don’t know the answers to those questions.

The votes are in, the ball gown is back from the dry cleaners and the technical tests all went well at The FT.

Not long now to the @procartoonists.bsky.social
Cartoon Awards 2025. AKA The Splats.🏆🍾

#cartoons #cartoonists #cartoonawards #awards

Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...

Help protect people from conversion therapy by using Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe. I’ve just done it - you should too. The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1

My favorite drawing from 2025, I call her Claudia.

I love Whittlesey museum, and the straw bear. I’ll miss it this year but I’ll be back again next year!

Anyone craving more folklore and folk horror in their bluesky lives might like the starter pack I made. I'm always adding to it, especially trying to include artists, musicians, performers, morris dancers, mummers, etc. Let me know if I'm missing anyone :) go.bsky.app/LXSZqSM

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I’ll accept that 😁

Noooo! The Shins’ version is fab. The second best Christmas cover after Joan Jett’s Little Drummer Boy.

That bugged me too! And if there had to be a quote from Byron, why have it first, followed by del Toro’s name so Mary Shelley’s is third. A really poor choice in my view.

Merry partial release of comically redacted Epstein files release day to all who celebrate

Merry Epstein files release day to all who celebrate 🍿

a close up of a cartoon character holding a blue towel in his hands . ALT: a close up of a cartoon character holding a blue towel in his hands .

@writershq.bsky.social loving the thought of relaxing into a problem to solve it.

I loved this. Thank you @femalehysteria.bsky.social

Cartoon of a number of different types of owl which include: SCOWL, VOWL, DOWL, COWL, TROWL, JOWL, TOWL, HOWL, FOWL and BOWL. Each is drawn to represent that word.

There is such a rich variety of owls, I have tried to depict some of them here (GROWL, PROWL and YOWL not included).

www.worldofmoose.com/products/owl...

YouTube video by JoanJettVEVO Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Little Drummer Boy (Official Audio)

Joan Jett’s little drummer boy m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2G...

This is stunning 😍

A note that reads: On Christmas morning ... A pair of hand knit socks contains about 35,000 stitches. That's 35,000 times someone did something while thinking about you. So, if you get hand knit socks this Christmas, remember someone loves you a great deal.

The annual reminder from knitters everywhere.

#blueskyknits #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #sockknitting

That’s fab (adds another craft to try in the new year).