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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 2h

In a script you'd get this back with a red line through it asking you to tone it down.

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 4h

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

Sorry rant over. I'm going back to the joy that is Wednesday night telly -- Ted Lasso, Slow Horses etc etc etc.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

Folk were thrilled today, hopeful even, thinking Burnham was going to abolish the obscene cost of social care. You might still have to sell your home to line some private equity profit. So now Burnham's got himself in a jam having to deal with their disappointment once the penny drops

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

We could start with the private equity companies making obscene profits while the carers who work for them get paid pitiful wages? Start there. Overhaul the care for profit system. That would be progressive. A wealth tax. Why not? We all deserve dignity and respect in old age.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

We tried to keep my dad at home for as long as possible. My cousin and I did two overnights a week each, then paid for someone to stay with him the other three. That cost a lot of money too. Yes, we need reform.The whole social care system / welfare system / taxation needs a complete overhaul but..

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

The Scottish Government's policy of free personal care is welcome. My dad got 4 visits a day before he went into a home. But staying in your own house till the end isn't always possible. Not if you can't stay by yourself overnight. Sometimes a care home is the only alternative

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

Surely, the devil is in the detail and there wasn't a lot of that when it came to clarity on Burnham's big social care pronouncement. In fact there was a lot of posts from Labour comms today clarifying what he actually meant.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

4. Your free personal care allowance will also go to the care home. Towards your care. IE personal hygiene, laundry, meals etc (I think hairdressing and chiropody are extra. Then they give you a bit of pocket money out of your pension)

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

3. Private equity companies still control care homes. They still charge fees that mean most residents must sell their homes. (The same in Scotland) The fees are eye watering. They take your pensions (private and public) and use them towards the fees. The rest is topped up by savings or house sales

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

2. What he didn't make clear was he was talking about personal care, not residential care. That's an important distinction. He didn't mean you wouldn't have to sell your home to go into a care home. He meant that access to personal care would be free. (In England btw. It already is in Scotland)

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 4h

Thoughts on the Burnham 'free social care' pledge everyone is lauding as hugely progressive. Judging by the socials today he left folk confused on the policy by stating categorically that no one should ever have to sell their home in order to get access to free social care. So far so good. But....

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Closing my Etsy shop but if anyone fancies anything let me know. Open to offers. Genuine vintage frocks etc. Here's the shop link. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Blac... And here's a vintage photo of me when I was in All Creatures Great and Small and got to wear a ton of beautiful vintage gear.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Anish Kapoor exhibition at The Hayward is breathtaking.

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Rob Morgan @durutti74.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Carer's Allowance: call for evidence

This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape ...

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

In other news, Michelle Pfeiffer is beyond words phenomenal in Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV) What an icon.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thank you all so much for your heartfelt and heartwarming messages about the late and oh so great Mr Ricketts. X

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Simon and I were together for ten years before he died and It makes me happy to know he is still remembered. He was a beautiful man and today would have been his 58th birthday. He was only 50 when he died, no age at all so thank you @wayneconnolly.bsky.social for this post.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Watched The Battle Of Algiers the other night. It's, quite simply, a masterpiece. And it could not be more relevant for what's going on today. It's a superb exploration of colonialism and the moral complexity that arises out of that condition. If can find it, see it.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Gave just discovered 'Margo's Got Money Troubles' on Apple and am loving it. Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer are superb. It's well worth your time. Review Ends.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The Pitt deserves all the praise. Totally brilliant. 5 stars. Review ends.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Those 'conservative Christians' who helped bring us to this point? I want them pursued and made to admit they were wrong. What's Christian about any of this? For that matter, what's conservative about it? The perversion of religious tropes and themes has bent the US out of all recognition.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/04/2026

Man. Person. Camera. Jesus. Doctor.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.” Seamus Heaney

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

'We are our mother's savage daughters. We will not cut our hair. We will not lower our voice' www.youtube.com/watch?v=tege...

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Ekaterina Shelehova - Savage Daughter

YouTube video by ShelehovaVEVO

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny has written a substance about Trump's possible motives. snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

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Why Attack Iran?

Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Remember when parties who lost elections used to be like "This is a strong message from the electorate and we will listen and learn and change" rather than "Fuck everyone who didn't vote for us, you're all extremists trying to destroy Britain"

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

And despite being told they’re anti semitic and homophobic they voted for a party led by a gay, Jewish man. This is significant.

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Despite being continually accused of not integrating, Muslims have voted in numbers, and against a party with a Muslim Home Sec whose immigration policies and actions regarding Gaza they strongly opposed.Instead they found common value with a white British woman who spoke to them locally and beyond.

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Perhaps one lesson to be taken from Starmer's fate is that if you're going make things like integrity and good judgement key pillars of your political persona, you do then still have to demonstrate a little bit of these qualities once in a while

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is an astonishing piece of writing. It will make you rage, cry and despair. (It could also be triggering so read with care) www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

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I studied the latest Epstein files. As a woman, this is what I felt

They show a hidden world oiled by porn-saturated misogyny. I spent two days reading them

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Friends Again tonight with the bold @nicolameighan.bsky.social Excited much? I should coco.

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How to avoid the mid-career abyss was the subject of a WGGB event for screenwriters at the Partick Film Festival last week, featuring WGGB Scotland Rep Kim Millar, Former Film Chair @gibbzer.bsky.social, WGGB member Maryam Hamidi and Producer Kathleen Isaac

Left to right Andrea Gibb, Kathleen Isaac, Maryam Hamidi and Kim Millar

Photo of the panel discussion with recording equipment in the foreground

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

'Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know?' www.youtube.com/watch?v=peGW...

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Jon Batiste with Leon Bridges and Gary Clark Jr.- Ohio - Newport Folk Festival July 2018

YouTube video by Chad

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The world's just a really confusing place the now. But music, music www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4it...

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Blues Run The Game--Jackson C. Frank (From Vinyl)

YouTube video by Brad (BPM Muses)

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Another fire in a building in Glasgow City Centre. Looks bad. It’s becoming a very common occurrence. Hope everyone is okay

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Hope you've all had a happy, peaceful couple of days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7T6...

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Christmas

YouTube video by The Blue Nile - Topic

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future have left the building.

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Wouldn't be one of my shuffle blasts without Elbow. I love them for many reasons but the fact Guy looks like my late, oh so beloved Mr Ricketts is one. Also, they did requests during lockdown and I asked for this. Stay till the end. My name is there. 💚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTKm...

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Lippy Kids - #elbowrooms

YouTube video by elbow

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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

'The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways Like a vision, she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey, that's me, and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again' This is why he's The Boss www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDID...