Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My electrician's apprentice was sporting a moustache he'd borrowed from the 70's. It wasn't quite big enough to be a full-on porn star 'tache but the vibe was there. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Again, older books, but have you read anything by Diana Wynn Jones ? A wide choice, including Howl's Moving Castle, which she wrote. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sainsbury's was never posh. Just less common that Morrison's. 110
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Up the with "building on solid fountains," which I have genuinely seen in the wild. 020
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The perfection of the 2nd picture gives it away. Real cat sitting neatly on fake cat's head and looking directly at the camera, while fake cat's head is still inflated just enough to look sadly at camera too. I forgive it, as it's funny. 170
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I guess the phrase 'Maggie's Three Million', referring to high unemployment numbers, has been forgotten. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Captain DD/MM/YY, with his loyal companion, Sarg. Celsius. 011
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I loathed it. And so did a friend who had the misfortune to study it in school. We occasionally bitch about it together. 010
Reposted by Gillian Taylor Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 16677498
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I preferred the version where Sid James plays The Black Fingernail. 100
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I should get this off the Shelf and read it again. But so many books to read ... 010
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Josephine Baker refused to play to segregated audiences in the late 50's. 001
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It could always be a challenge to find Jasper Fforde's books. 110
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I was working in an Oxfam mid-90s, when a father & teen daughter came to pay for something. The 5p coin in Dad's cash payment didn't look quite right - it was a shilling. Daughter instantly put in, "Shows how long since Dad last opened his wallet." 110
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I've still got my collection of about 99p worth of halfpenny. There were useful as counters for gambling games like Newmarket if we weren't playing for actual money (we sometimes played for coppers) 010
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Scalextric is fun. Kittens are fun. Scalextric + kittens is even more fun ! 030
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Not just Labour, you moron. Everyone should be concerned about the insanely wealthy buying political parties. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026She saw the stageshow about 3 times, and kept the picture of Tim Curry I gave her on the inside of the door to the broom cupboard. We played Jerusalem, the Timp Warp, and the theme from Coronation Street at her funeral 120
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026My Mum (who was the WI president & looked exactly as you'd imagine) loved a bit of sci-fi. She got me watching Blakes 7, & I discovered Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat from her library books. We saw Spinal Tap together in 1984 at a late night showing. She also loved the Rocky Horror show 120
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished, or not. First line of The Widdershins Puzzle. His stomach abruptly caught up with the rest of his body as Felix Lawson pulled Clara out of the wire-screaming dive. 021
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I'm in that ! Well, the earth scientist has the same name as me. And I think there's a mention of a difficult boyfriend, who had the same name as my boyfriend at the time. Who got dumped a year or so later. 1260
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I was already planning to go to uni in Sheffield, so of course I watched Threads. 020
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Came to the replies just to see who was going to post this gif. 110
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Off the Shelf is happening in Sheffield next month. offtheshelf.org.uk Lots of talks and interactive events. I'm trying to choose between Keith Brymer Jone, & Professor Vanessa, as their talks overlap, so I can't see both. This year there's more I want to see than I have energy for.offtheshelf.org.ukOff the Shelf Festival of Words is one of the North's most vibrant literary festivals. Every October we bring the biggest names in local, regional, and international literary talent, media and the arts to Sheffield. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Don't these morons know that the people organising the boat crossings aren't in Dover ? What the fuck do they think port staff & tourists can do to stop them ? They won't win converts to their whipped up bigotry & fear mongering. They're just passing people off. 010
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Saw the first edition in a shop .Title & cover encouraged me to pick it up. Bought it, and really enjoyed it. 110
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The issue may also be that it's utterly terrible to the point of being incomprehensible. It looks like some intern put a couple of prompts into AI & published whatever it spat out. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Here, the Guardian is reporting the terms used in the charges against the defendents. They are reporting facts, not offering opinions. 010
Reposted by Gillian Taylor Dr Buki Fatona @bukifatona.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Came across this photo of Marguerite Thomas Williams, the first African American woman to earn a PhD in geology (1947). 224752
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I read his Scuttler's Cove & was underwhelmed. The folk horror element was fine, but went off the rails at the end, & most of the characters were interchangeable. I finished it, which is more than I can say for the Cornish Witch book I tried. 130
Reposted by Gillian Taylor Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Xanadu-du-du push pineapple, shake the tree Xanadu-du-du stately pleasure dome decree 1121987
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026For my next album of airy electronica. Or maybe death metal. 020
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Reform are still a minor party at national level. Much as I hate this load of crap thry our spouting, they don't deserve this attention. Let them suffocate in silence. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The full grant & no fees allowed a friend from a single parent family in darkest Sunderland to go to uni in 1985. What held people back was the expectation that they wouldn't; lack of encouragement for kids from struggling areas. If you had ability & a decent school, uni was possible. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I should re-read that, perhaps instead of picking up His Majesty's Starship yet again. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Do the hours spent writing essays count as 'class time' ? 100
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026One of the things that works so well is that it was made by British people who were familiar with the social conventions of 1912. So the characters behave appropriately. And it told the story of the disaster without inflicting a soap opera into it. 010
Reposted by Gillian Taylor Erica @madelinart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's so dry in the garden it's a battle to keep things alive but still seedlings are coming up. My friend made the mistake of calling hers, "Ash babies" and this little guy popped into my head 041
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Unless you are D Trump. Of all the things he should be jailed for, blinging up that statue is probably near the bottom of the list. 010
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I wonder if the Lager of Lamot was a favourite of the Lady of Shalott. 020
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Also known worldwide for playing the coolly evil Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars. 000
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Man, those Jehova's Witnesses are struggling for recruits. 010
Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026static.klipy.comAmbush: Wizardry Variants Daphne BunnyALT: Ambush: Wizardry Variants Daphne Bunny 000
