Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 19hcatching up on Bake Off, abd already annoyed with Clara saying that tiramisu takes a while. I mean, it famously doesn't, you can make a tiramisu in 10 minutes. Sigh. 141
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Have spent most of today tracking down ancient pensions from crappy jobs I did in the 90s.Tedious but satisfying, I found a total of £9k today. 2230
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Caught up on last night's Celeb Traitors. I know 5 minutes in a mouldy old box is scary, Jerry, but you were married to Rupert Murdoch for six years. 1191
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026No I actually said thisstatic.klipy.comA Mentor from Everybody's Talking About JamieALT: A Mentor from Everybody's Talking About Jamie 040
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026love Richard and Maya discussing who thinks Richard is a traitor like there's the smallest amount of ambiguity on this matter #celebritytraitors 090
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Jerry Hall is giving satanic Moira Rose #celebritytraitors 2302
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026just popped up on my Spotify - haven't heard this Class A banger for years. Doing a l'il train bop. 030
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest romcom is out today! In all the usual places, but if you buy it from @bertsbooks.bsky.social before Friday I'll sign it for you. My mum says it's her favourite of all my books, if that helps. 0193
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026quite keen to hear Trump's pronunciation of Fairford but I can't stand hearing his voice so I'm going to assume it's wrong. Gloucestershire would destroy him. 280
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Am practicing my French reading with this extremely abridged version of Pride & Prejudice. This summary of Mr Collins is excellent. 1151
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026my new romcom is out on TUESDAY, you can pre-order signed/dedicated paperbacks from the lovely @bertsbooks.bsky.social on this very helpful link. bertsbooks.co.uk/product/mad-... 1100
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just caught up on #GBBO. Nigella is obviously entirely fabulous, but this year's bakers are a bit Wacky Races for my tastes. I really miss the days when the most eccentric person in the tent was a retired geography teacher who put lavender in everything. 1220
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Guardian and I have a very different idea of what constitutes 'cheap' 2293
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Gave directions to this guy in the village, casually looked up his car and it's worth between 3 and 5 million 😵 180
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026my local Puregym toilets at 9am on a Sunday. This is what happens when you close down provincial nightclubs. 2120
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Had lunch at my mum’s today and she showed me their emergency food cupboard. I was quite impressed. Beans, tuna, sardines, passata. Sensible quantities of everything you might need to see out a short-term national emergency. Reader, this was not the emergency food cupboard. 2171
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 10/09/2026today's Connections has introduced me to the concept of a Catio. As a not-cat person, I was entirely unaware that catios are A Thing.static.klipy.comShocked SurprisedALT: Shocked Surprised 580
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Once again, Instagram is serving me ads for crap I inexplicably need. 070
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026so is everyone on Vinted just making pictures of AI models wearing their old clothes now, or do you all have glorious hair and perfectly lit bedrooms? 141
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My dog took her dog for a walk and she was extremely happy about it. 372841318
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026cleansing your timeline with some mindful pottering down the Seine this morning. 2161
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026as rivers go, the Seine between Paris and Rouen is really very nice. 290
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026never seen this flavour in UK, bought in a supermarket in France. Tastes like a really fancy, grown up Feast lolly, 10/10. 270
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Can we just have like, A WEEK when dramatic shit isn't happening. 1100
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 29/08/2026strongly recommend marrying a man whose brother married a woman whose family have a lovely house in Normandy 🇫🇷 1260
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026just seen this on one of the mad local Facebook communities. I'm not sure the women of Cheltenham needed the warning TBH. 080
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Another super-embarrassing day to be an American, I see. It's been like that for Brits for YEARS, so welcome. 250
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026last day in my current job today, which was mostly a long lunch with my favourite people. Cheerio South Bank - have a few weeks off, then a new job over there 090
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this week's You Be The Judge is all kinds of Absolutely Not, festooned with bunting made of red flags. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comYou be the judge: should my partner stop eating off other people’s plates?Helen says grabbing friends’ leftovers is a no-no. Bill thinks wasting food is wrong. You decide who should eat their words 160
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026PSA: bring a jumper if you're getting on the Elizabeth Line today, it's colder than a penguin's chuff. 140
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026rain in North Wilts is BIBLICAL this morning, train platform full of teens off to Reading Festival, already looking like drowned rats. Character building stuff. 1110
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Look, all this news is terrible BUT if we're losing 80-year-olds in groups of three the third might be Trump and maybe it will be worth it. 0120
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Guys I just did my tax return and discovered that HMRC owe me £1500. Quick, do yours! 170
Reposted by Heidi Temple-StephensMichelle M. @michellemabelle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026On a visit to Ventry in the west Kerry Gaeltacht in 1990, Dolly Parton gives an impromptu performance in Páidí Ó Sé’s pub. Accompanied by Steve Cooney on guitar. What a woman. #DollyParton #RIPDolly youtu.be/NqdKrv1Vh-gyoutu.beCoat of Many Colours - Dolly Parton, Ireland 1990YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults 0176
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Sunday night PSA: my new romcom (number 8!) is out on 29th September and you can pre-order it from all the usual places. If you'd like a signed copy, it's on the @bertsbooks.bsky.social website! 081
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 20/08/2026while we're banning phone speakers on public transport, can we also ban operatic busking of Andrew Lloyd Webber classics in train stations. THANKS 160
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 20/08/2026very niche reference, but the Elizabeth Line platform at Farringdon smells like the pool changing rooms at Centerparcs Longleat 070
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026everything is terrible, but I've just spent 4 hours on a sweaty Thames party boat with 350 gays and gals dancing to Kylie Minogue and it was marvellous 💖 4200
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Love this message from my son about the emergency warning. Come the apocalypse, there'll be a load of people in the valleys frantically using Google Translate. 0110
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026We have a Prime Minister called Andy Burnham and I don't think that's a coincidence 🔥🔥🔥 061
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 10/08/2026when your hotel room has a four poster bed and a chaise longue, but absolutely no clothes storage whatsoever 🤷♀️ 170
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 10/08/2026honestly Sweden I love you but having one manned immigration desk for a packed plane from London is an arsehole move. 240
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I have just seen the trailer for Wicker and that looks right up my bonkers nonsense sexy Wurzel alley. 240
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Just been to see a new physio, was driving me CRAZY not knowing where I've seen him before. Have I seen him at a different clinic? Did we once meet in the gym? Aaargh. Just worked out that he played Alfred in Downton Abbey. 0111
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 07/08/2026PSA: Intense Coffee Mini Magnums are 10/10 140
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 07/08/2026after many years playing the Match Of The Day theme tune, our local ice cream van/drug dealer has switched to The Sailor's Hornpipe. Maybe the BBC intervened. 240
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 07/08/2026woman in my hair salon is telling her stylist about her hen weekend plans. So far it includes a private chef, some kind of muscle waiter drag brunch (me neither) and a Harry Potter-themed murder mystery dinner. 3150
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Did a venn diagram of Strictly Come Dancing contestants 24910
Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Anyone else watched Ann Droid (which is brilliantly funny, by the way) and is now stuck with a permanent Cotton Eye Joe earworm? 570