Fay Hallam

Every single event in the Winter Olympics is completely bonkers! My heart is in my mouth, worrying that there might be a fatality!
Who thought that going head first round an icy track at high speed on what amounts to a tea tray was a good idea?! 🫣

Are you sitting comfortably?!

#canadiangeese #onmywalktoday #areyousittingcomfortably

I am holding out even though it’s freezing!! Once you go down that road it’s about 8 months before you can take it off again!

Really enjoyed Autumn by Ali Smith. It’s a quick, easy read but is clever and funny. Bonus points for featuring Pauline Boty who deserves to be better known.
#autumn #alismith #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚 #paulineboty

Is it me or do these mushrooms look more like a loofah?!
Does anyone under 40 even know what a loofah is?!
#lionsmanemushrooms #loofah #mushrooms

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell is genuinely scary and hugely enjoyable! Spooky and twisty - I did not guess the ending!
#silentcompanions #laurapurcell #booksky #booksky📚💙

I’m pretty disillusioned with both this platform and Threads most of the time. Nothing much seems to happen on Bluesky and Threads just seems to consist of people asking questions! I’m too nosy to leave either of them though!

This book won prizes and acclaim but I just found it profoundly depressing….
#thevegetarian #hankang #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚

A lovely day out at Brompton Cemetery, the final resting place of many fascinating people including Emmeline Pankhurst and Marchesa Luisa Casati. They also have very eerie catacombs!
#bromptoncemetary #emmelinepankhurst #catacombs #marchesaluisacasati

Enjoying my favourite beer: Even More Even More Hydra by Mortalis and Evil Twin. Delicious!
#beer #hydra #mortalis

The last hurrah of Summer. Spending it wisely at the seaside.
Seafood and ice cream at beautiful Mersea Island #mersea #merseaisland #britishseaside #lastdaysofsummer

How did I not know that Oscar Wilde had children?! Also, a new one on me: the colossal squid! #mastermind #colossalsquid #oscarwilde

I wondered that too! It sounds like a brag having elite in your job title #mastermind

Beer on the pier in Southend!!
Love the seaside!
#southend #southendpier #britishseaside #bythesea

Sounds good!! #oldham #theatre #community

Our street is getting new pavements! The 8am pneumatic drilling and angle grinding is not good for the nervous system but I’m sure it will be nice when it’s finished!!
#eastlondon #chasingpavements #onmystreet

A funny and enjoyable satire on the publishing industry with some serious ideas about identity, success and self image.
#yellowface #rfkuang #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚

On my walk today: Anthony Gormley’s Quantum Cloud at Greenwich Peninsula
#anthonygormley #publicart #greenwichpeninsula #onmywalktoday

One of my favourite books 📚

This book has some lovely descriptions of the beauty of our planet and the destruction of it by humans but I found it repetitive and ultimately unsatisfying
#orbital #booksky #booksky💙📚#justread

Temptation is my favourite New Order song!

Beautiful words! I am certainly hooked 💙

The book was gifted to me by an American friend. Looking forward to a whole new world opening up!

A new writer to me but I’ll be reading many more books by Louise Erdrich in the future
#louiseerdrich #justread #booksky #booksky💙📚#lovemedicine

Amazing Lionesses!! Euro winners for the second time on the run!!
Fantastic news for women’s football ⚽️🥇🏆
#lionesses #womensfootball #euros25

Very pleased that a question on Mastermind mentioned the menopause. Let’s normalise this!
#mastermind #menopause

A few days chilling at the Jersey Shore: a stroll on the boardwalk, pottering round the vintage and bookshops in Asbury Park and watching the fireflies from my friend’s porch
#newjersey #jerseyshore #asburypark #ustrip

The world and his/her extended family want a picture of the iconic DUMBO spot and I’m no different!!
Enjoying the Brooklyn waterfront with fabulous views!
#DUMBO #newyork #holiday #brooklyn

I could look at this all day - it tells a thousand stories.

More New York adventures! A walk around Times Square and The Rockerfeller Centre and a trip on the Staten Island Ferry
#newyork #timessquare #rockerfellercenter #statenislandferry #statueofliberty