Reposted by Harriet LaneHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 26/05/2026Otherwise, the article was perfect 52895190
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Revisiting Molly Keane’s Good Behaviour (first/last read when I was 17) and oh goodness, WHAT a book. Listened to the audio via @rniblibrary.bsky.social. Superb narration by Elizabeth Proud 001
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Always a thrill when a reader just gets it. Perfect thumbnail review ⬇️ 000
Reposted by Harriet LaneMina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 08/02/2026yesterday's laptop detox reads: OTHER PEOPLE'S FUN by @harrietlane.bsky.social (sharp, disturbing as hell, a masterclass in writing unlikable but compelling characters that you can't get enough of, had me evaluating my relationship to social media and relationships) and 1/2 131
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Doorbell rings and I open the door to the triumphant cat, who strolls in while footsteps hurry away down the cold dark street. Is it always the same person? Do they know they’re being played, or do they believe the cat when he tells them we are horrid? 100
Reposted by Harriet LaneCaustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025From William Donaldson's GREAT DISASTERS OF THE STAGE: 67328
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Francis Wheen picks OPF as one of his Books of the Year in the Spectator 062
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 05/11/2025www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...theguardian.comOther People’s Fun by Harriet Lane review – darkly comic tale of envy and revenge in the Insta ageThe worlds of the haves and the have-nots clash, in a toxic friendship between two women brought together by a school reunion 061
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 04/11/2025A Tale of Toxic Friendship, With a Midlife Mean-Girl Twist www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/b...nytimes.comA Tale of Toxic Friendship, With a Midlife Mean-Girl Twist 031
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I adore it when couples message each other about trips to the tip and picking up courgettes not realising they’re actually on the street WhatsApp 120
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Very early reviews for Other People’s Fun (the i paper, Grazia, Red) 130
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 05/09/2025V happy to see Other People’s Fun in the NYT’s fiction preview: 27 Novels Coming This Fallnytimes.com27 Novels Coming This Fall 030
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Happy paperback release day to the wholly delightful Small Bomb at Dimperley. Such a funny, sunny book 182
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 28/07/2025@rnib.bsky.social Huge thanks to the RNIB Library: I’ve only recently embraced audiobooks—and oh my, your stock is FANTASTIC. Many new books (Maurice and Maralyn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) but also ALL THE ELIZABETH TAYLORS. And no queue. Such riches! 120
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Suddenly many London buses have ‘wooden floors’, as if we are in a country kitchen or an Alpine hut. Was TfL offered a job lot? 020
Reposted by Harriet LaneKarolina Sutton @karolinasutton.bsky.social · 18/07/2025‘Unputdownable’ @thebookseller.com on Other People’s Fun by @harrietlane.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social (out in October) 095
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 13/07/2025 Wonderful book: sailing, catastrophe, the mysteries of a marriage. So well donetheguardian.comMaurice and Maralyn: A Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story by Sophie Elmhirst review – how to keep a marriage afloatThis extraordinary true story of a couple lost at sea for 117 days in the 1970s is beautifully retold as an account of the rituals that sustain relationships 010
Reposted by Harriet LaneKarolina Sutton @karolinasutton.bsky.social · 17/06/2025‘If someone wants to be seen… then someone has to watch’ - a new book from the author of Alys, Always & Her - OTHER PEOPLE’s FUN by @harrietlane.bsky.social @wnbooks.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Harriet LaneClair Woodward @clairywoowoo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Your regular reminder that this is a great record, and Sing Street is one of the great movies. youtu.be/fuWTcmjnEGY?...youtu.beSing Street - Drive It Like You Stole It (Official Video)YouTube video by SingStreetVEVO 111
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Loved this show at Kenwood, two rooms filled with story and character. Plus: eyes, hands and, oh my, the FABRICS Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-...english-heritage.org.ukHeiress: Sargent’s American PortraitsExperience the power and glamour of John Singer Sargent’s portraits in Kenwood's new exhibition; Heiress: Sargent’s American Portrait. 010
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Thoughts and prayers with the Industry writing team 000
Reposted by Harriet LaneALCS @alcs.co.uk · 03/04/2025Today, we'll be joining the @societyofauthors.bsky.social outside Meta's offices to protest the use of pirated works to train their AI models. Join us if you can! More info: societyofauthors.org/2025/04/03/u... 5213119
Reposted by Harriet LaneJustin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Hands up if you remember buying Sunday papers from vendors at London stations late on a Saturday night. 📰🌃 2523912
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 03/03/2025We had two faint stoppages tonight. I gather it’s now a Thing? Is it true it’s men who are doing all the fainting? I found it fairly maddening; god knows how Romola Garai must feel. Terrific performances tho #TheYears 120
Reposted by Harriet LaneStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Really important and moving account of state failure in this weekend's @financialtimes.com that is free to read for all here:ft.comMy brother, the NHS and the inquest into a needless deathMy brother spent the last hours of his life trying in vain to get basic help from the NHS. Why? 1719899
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Nothing I like better than catching a revival of Alys, Always but annoyingly I can't get to this. Don't miss if you are near Nottingham! This week only!lacemarkettheatre.co.ukAlys, Always - The Lace Market Theatre 030
Reposted by Harriet LaneJulie Randles @julierandles.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Sylvanian @backlisted.bsky.social : Imogen by Jilly Cooper 0174
Reposted by Harriet LaneRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 20/01/2025I note with interest the valedictory posts on Meta platforms by people bidding their dear, dear friends a tearful farewell but which garner no comments or likes because the algorithm deems it more important to show those friends an archive picture of Rod Stewart or an interesting fact about linseed 831431
Reposted by Harriet LaneSarah Jaffray @sarahj.bsky.social · 16/01/2025youtu.be/0R38gIgjkOU?...youtu.beDavid Lynch's Weather Report 12/14/22YouTube video by DAVID LYNCH THEATER 021
Reposted by Harriet LaneSarah Jaffray @sarahj.bsky.social · 16/01/2025David Lynch started doing his weather report on Joe Escalante's 'Last of the Famous International Morning Shows' on 103.1 FM L.A. in 2006. He would call in at random, describe the weather in L.A. in some poetic fashion and then abruptly hang up and it was my favourite thing in the world. 132
Reposted by Harriet LaneJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 19/12/2024It's the relentlessness of it, isn't it. All the avenues we used to have to earn a living, one by one, and now we have to waste so much time on this shit, just to plead with our government to not drive us completely into the ground. All for some rich people to keep getting richer. 7328113
Reposted by Harriet LaneCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18/12/2024From the Observer's recently retired editor... 331975
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Snowy Day, or Bonfire Night, or Go Fishing, when Dad’s left in charge and Tim falls in the stream 041
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 15/12/2024To accompany my festive prep I’m listening to Small Bomb at Dimperley (as recommended by @amandacoe.bsky.social) and it’s such a funny sunny tonic, delightful in every way — thank you @lissakevans.bsky.social (also read brilliantly by Lucy Briers) 130
Reposted by Harriet LaneColson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 14/12/2024Semi-colon party all night long! Say what? Semi-colon party all night long!! 33874135
Reposted by Harriet LaneLissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 14/12/2024#LiteraryAdventCalendar Day 14. A little excerpt from one of Susie Steiner’s Manon Bradshaw novels; how many writers of police procedurals can produce not only a gripping plot but also brilliantly funny glimpses of a believable domestic life? What a star Susie was.... 2283
Reposted by Harriet LaneAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I prefer to locate this in the tradition of Tory party leaders saying weird stuff about sandwiches for no reason. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukRishi Sunak reveals his favourite meal is sandwiches in last-minute appeal to votersWith less than 24 hours until polls open for the general election, the prime minister told ITV’s This Morning he is ‘a big sandwich person’ 4468
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Clive Myrie should button his jacket while he’s standing up 030
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Those whispery little ads on Radio 3 for its new ‘R3 Unwind’ sibling are really setting my teeth on edge 240
Reposted by Harriet LaneZoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 18/11/2024⚠️ This Robert Jenrick account is also FAKE, I have had it confirmed directly And it is way more realistic than the fake Kemi Badenoch one – posting the same content as his X account This is very worrying 75721
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Seems nice here but the lack of clear verification is going to generate a LOT of chaos isn’t it 140
Reposted by Harriet LaneCameron Loxdale @cloxdale.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Good morning Bluesky. Here's a helpful starter pack for divorced men named Geoff but one has been murdered. Please help us find the killer. go.bsky.app/KDY26rh 28257131518
Reposted by Harriet LaneGina @brokenbiros.bsky.social · 19/02/2024A MASTERPIECE and will be on again at 10 and on 4OD or whatever it’s called now for a while presumably 251
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 09/02/2024Reviewed Megan Nolan’s second novel for the NYTnytimes.comA Dead Child, Too Much Booze and a Family in Crisis“Ordinary Human Failings,” a new novel by the Irish writer Megan Nolan, is a fierce and relentless account of characters trapped by circumstance and tragedy. 010
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 06/12/2023I’m watching sky news and a Tory commentator just referred to Robert Generic 030
Harriet Lane @harrietlane.bsky.social · 30/10/2023@amandacoe.bsky.social Thank goodness you’re here 110