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Annie Drynan

@adrynan.bsky.social
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Newly acquired PhD in C19th Brighton & Hove associational culture. Other interests: birds, gardens, running, family history, music. I used to do what was then called UX many years ago.

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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Have a good time. It’s getting a bit warmer here!
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
But this is SO MUCH his own business. I hope he sees some of Greece and Italy on his way. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Tho the real point is that WE could all hear that there is absolutely no way Stella is going to have a child, nor want another one in the family. Do people not discuss this stuff before they declare they are a family? #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
<Whispers> I actually think ‘Clue is probably past its sell-by-date these days. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Depends on location, availability, health, skills etc. wrong to assume families always love to help! #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Yes. What happened to the big red stamp saying “PAID” #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I thought we were now convinced Brad is not the father, on the grounds that it’s a cliched and overworked #TheArchers story line which we all all laugh at
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Cos it kind of is. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Well anything makes a change from mopey Adam!
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“Guide her dad” to my ears sounded very bossy “I know this your dream job - just suck up the (many) ways they exploit and manipulate you. Believe me, I speak the truth” Just as he was starting to See what a crappy job they offer him. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Oh heck. If people here aren’t constantly trying to fix people up romantically we seem to be suddenly having a burst of who will be best friends for life. Is that remotely interesting? Why? #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Zainab - why? She is currently showing herself to be a pretty poor judge of people #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Is she? Is she really? She’s trying to stop her dad making the obvious move from dreary skivvy work where they despise & exploit him, because SHE thinks it Is his dream job - no such Thing! #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Do we think it was an ad on the back page. of the Farmer’s Weekly? I hope he threw in 5 mysterious red beans with the sale. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Am v angry that Zainab is telling dad he shld continue with shitty little job at Bridge Farm just as he was starting to question if it is his “dream job” after all. He likes some work but not dairy work, they use him to do plumbing work on the cheap. #TheArchers Twice tht I had dream job. Wrong
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Anyone know what the hygiene regs for such work must be? Inspection, Certification etc.? I don’t think you rustle up a batch in your kitchen.
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
On the other hand I can think of 2 Women radio presenters whose voices drive me MAD #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Do you go thro life criticising the intonation & other vocal features of those around you, or is this for some reason reserved for #TheArchers I’m glad I’m so dim i don’t pick up on much of this & if I do, I really don’t care! But I know some pick stuff up (eating, music) where I can’t distinguish
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Evan Davis seems to have given up on bothering with a proper debate. Let’s all just shout! #BBCPM
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/06/2026
Noted Surrey colony of at-risk swifts destroyed during nesting season
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Noted Surrey colony of at-risk swifts destroyed during nesting season
Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development A building that was a noted nesting site for swifts, among the UK’s most at-risk birds, has been demolished during the nesting season, highlighting significant weaknesses in the protection of wildlife from development, campaigners say. Contractors for the housebuilder Hill Group carried out the demolition of Regent House near Dorking station in Surrey over the last few weeks, during the nesting season which runs from 1 March to 31 August. Continue reading...
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Because everyone else is in the Bull so alts would be quiet. But I’m sure the obsession with ‘popping in for a pint of shires” is overdone. Who can afford to drink so regularly? #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I imagine that, like other literary festivals, once you’ve heard the author read a bit of their latest book (an unimaginative approach I’d say) you are funnelled past the merch. desk to cue and and have said book signed. Yes, I am a miserable git. I know some love this kind of event. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Poor bloody Pat. Does she ever get to retire? Home schooling should not be looked on as glorified babysitting! #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Ah yes, won a fortune on the Football Pools. A reminder to all listeners today who go on about how fantastical and unbelievable today’s stories are. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Noooo. Brad needs to get his 1st degree & possibly Masters before he can start faffing about with women. Especially as one is nearly a parent and the other has no discernible interest in anything #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Tho I do think there is more than one midwife in the country! #TheArchers
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JenD 🇪🇺🌱 @asteroidchick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I really hope not. It’d be very triggering for so many women. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Oh but she’s So Busy!! It would be another full time job for her unless someone just sells her an online course #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
That’s terrible. I remember kids who were given bikes for failing the 11+. Presumably going to Secondary Modern was going to cost less. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Not sure. Kate hasn’t inherited Jennifer’s total doormat tendency so far as I can see. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Does anyone other than #bbcnews (who seem obsessed) give a flying damn what TB thinks?
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Or maybe they made up and became best chums in Carol’s memory. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I don’t think he thought it through much. He wanted to acknowledge that Alice has agri management experience and wanted to show her he appreciated that by offering that sort of work. Don’t think the idea ever got any further partic how it might work out with Adam. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I also think Carol has no Intention of being sorted out. Her fight with Anna is the last bit of agency she has. ##TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Interesting. I think Carol is selfish & does nothing to help Anna, she enjoys winding her up. I don’t know what the answer is but I think It is unlikely to be a half remembered Scavenger Hunt from 50 years ago! #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
And where they buried Walter Gabriel’s elephant. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
He was probably having a nice day with a little school chum and not having to listen to the angst. I don’t really careTBH. Never been a fan of needing roll calls at the start of a scene. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
How extraordinary! Surely you mum showed she had retained some powerful pieces of memory. Not a functioning memory. My mum could hold a socially perfect conversation with a stranger over a cup of tea. Problem was, after 5 minutes she started the whole conversation again from scratch. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
… when we last heard her Carol was also younger, and less scared and angry about losing her independence, agility and resilience. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Not sure I’d be the one to pop round to Carol and say “hmm, this paper seems to be a bit of a fire hazard. Could you get rid of it or else we’ll be taking action under <insert relevant legislation>. “. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
You really don’t need to read them. Just chuck. If you can’t remember what is where it just can’t matter and you’ll feel so good when they are gone. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The only way to get rid of all those magazines, play programmes, & everything else that once seemed important in your life is to ditch them, without looking thro them AT ALL. It’s probably 10 years since you looked & so you just don’t need to think about the content. #TheArchers
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
To bring a smile to your face A 2,000 year-old figurine of two ‘Dancing Dogs’ 🐾❤️ Blackware ceramic, Colima, West Mexico, 200 BC - 200 AD. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum #Archaeology
This Princeton University Art Museum photo shows a blackware ceramic figurine of two stylised dogs which look as if they are dancing. They are standing upright on their hind legs, front legs raised, with paws resting against each other as if holding hands. The dog on the left has its face turned to front, with snout slightly raised and seeming to smile. The dog on the right, rests its raised snout against the cheek of its partner. The figures are rounded and smooth with short legs, pointed snouts, pointed ears, and short curved tails. They have oval-shaped incised eyes and their bodies and faces are decorated with incised lines, which according to the museum, represent folds of skin, indicating that these canines are Mexican hairless dogs.

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“Comala, Late Formative Period, 200 BC –200 AD, Colima, West Mexico, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Dancing dogs. Blackware ceramic; 12.6 x 13.5 x 7.5 cm. Museum purchase (Object Number y1985-49)
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
But she is, of course, only a GURL so doesn’t really count. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I think Brad is already doing this quite well without any interference. I hope he is getting advice from his lecturers who know his strengths and interests, and the current job market etc. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I’m probably not as worried about people showing their greed & entitlement/privilege in a realistic way as I am about accurate stories around real social Issues. Agree to differ? #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
You don’t really expect the Aldridges to do anything properly? Much more fun if they are useless #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I think he came back precisely so that we could have this massive bust-up 40-ish years later! ! #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Not so much “luck” as Justin “suggesting” Rob’s best interests migh lie in Canada. #TheArchers
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Annie Drynan @adrynan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I think the characters are all stupid about inheritance & partnership and that is written deliberately. I for one would be bored to tears if it was all done & dusted by a man in a blue suit in Felpersham. It’s a drama NOT a documentary! #TheArchers
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