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I had a nice chat with a Macmillan counsellor today. I was worried she’d suggest I join a support group, but we just had a lovely talk about anxiety as a normal part of life, and finding joy in stuff. And it was really helpful as a way of assuring me that I’m going along okay in my own way.

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You weren’t joking about the after effects of the shingles vaccine, were you? This evening and probably much of tomorrow now written off…

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NYT Spelling Bee today not allowing cunt, turd or cronut so I’m stuck at SOLID. Why is life so hard.

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a lovely book. It’s a memoir about the break-up of her marriage, in which she rereads Agatha Christie from the beginning and finds comfort in her life and books. Includes the best account of that Harrogate incident that I’ve read. Bought at @agathafestival.bsky.social

A book called The Agatha Christie Cure - what reading the Queen of crime taught me about life by Cathy Rentzenbrink.

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I will be marking the start of the first full week of my retirement tomorrow by getting the shingles vaccine, which is so retirement-coded I might as well be visiting a garden centre cafe.

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I think Sarah and Julian are a bit unlucky to be at the bottom.

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I did think that Ellie Taylor would have been a good choice for the Clauditorium - she was excellent in her brief stint covering for Siobhán McSweeney on the Pot-Off. #strictly

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I hadn’t heard of the Norn Irish guy till last week but I immediately that he had real charm, so it’ll be interesting how he does in Latin. #strictly

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It was a lovely dance, but the high marks also reflect that classic #strictly surprise of “burly sports-adjacent bloke is light on his feet.”

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I love that Jojo insists on calling him Joshie. #strictly

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I’m slightly losing the will to watch #strictly. So many people.

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Yes! Dave Arch shout out! FINALLY. #strictly

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Aljaz is full on the new Anton, isn’t he? #strictly

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Some decent cha-cha legs at the start. Also she seems like a sweetheart. #strictly

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See, I’m convinced Lacey Turner has been on this before. #strictly

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For some reason we had term of timetabled ballroom dancing at my secondary school. Which I guess was designed to prepare us for - balls maybe? Except it was an all girls’ school and I was always the “man.” I wish we’d been made to switch positions like that. #strictly

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He’s gonna get a ONE from Craig I reckon. #strictly

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After a good start, it was high time for someone to be absolutely dreadful… oh Shaun. #strictly

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No one has done the “while we get our breath back, let’s hear it for Dave Arch and his singers” bit yet. #justicefordavearch #strictly

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I’m worried about the height difference between Jowita and the Scottish nipper. #strictly

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Also the judges have clearly been told to start low this series, haven’t they? #strictly

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I like Julian and I’m glad he’s back. #strictly

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Bit confused by the way the presentation is shared out. It seems that Josh is supposed to share some bantz with the judges as they deliver their verdicts, but the judges haven’t been told. #strictly

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My Walk 100 Miles in October Challenge

I’ve walked 3.84 miles today, which is good practice for next month*, but also I’m exhausted. 😬 *I’ve pledged to walk 100 miles during October for Ovarian Cancer Action, which is 3.22 miles a day on average. This might not seem much but I’m on drugs and stuff. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

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Help Jane Hill raise money to support Ovarian Cancer Action

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I see it’s U2’s 50th anniversary. For me, they’ll always be that one band that blokes I knew in the university Christian Union were really keen on.

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I was really glad to see Friday Night Lights so high in the NYT telly programme chart. I feel that its warm heart means it’s not always rated this high, but it’s so good on the pressure on kids when the whole town relies on you for its mental wellbeing. Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.

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Here’s a nice thing. All of the lighthouses from the Plymouth lighthouse trail that I’ve been “bagging” all summer have been collected in one place for the final weekend. And it just happens to be at the lovely Devonport Market Hall not far from my flat.

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If you missed the story behind the title, it relates to this Substack comment.

God Bless you Jane. Chemo is the worst but you've got spunk in your eyes. Go Jane Go!

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plymouthcomedyfestival.com

Oh btw. I'm doing a show called Spunk In My Eyes at the inaugural Plymouth Comedy Festival in February. It’s about dealing with ovarian cancer as an exhausted woman in my sixties with an intense hatred of positive mindsets and spiritual woo-woo. www.plymouthcomedyfestival.com/events/jane-...

Jane Hill: Spunk In My Eyes | Plymouth Comedy Festival, Plymouth Comedy Festival, University of Plymouth

Jane Hill brings Spunk In My Eyes to the SU Lounge at Plymouth University Students’ Union. Jane’s candid, blackly comic show tackles cancer, courage and the exhausting pressure to stay positive with h...

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Have you got somebody with you?

A year ago today I went to my GP’s surgery after a summer of being treated for IBS, feeling somehow that we were missing something. By the end of the day I was admitted to hospital with Stage 3 ovarian cancer. Here’s the blogpost I wrote about it. janehill64.substack.com/p/have-you-g...

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Thoughts from the longest day.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looking for Plymouth podcasts who might let me on to discuss my Plymouth-adjacent novel....

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Pretending that they put up this sign on campus specially for me (they didn’t).

I’m standing by a concrete pillar on which there is a sign that says: You’re phenomenal. Thank you for being part of the Marjon family.

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You know that bag I was hunting for? Got to campus and it’s on my office desk. I really did think I was coming back to teaching, didn’t I?

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Stop press: I have found my lanyard and door pass. They were, of course, in my fruit bowl along with a Stanley knife, a set of mini screwdrivers, the key to the gas meter box, some parcel tape and a torch. Still can’t find the bag but no longer important.

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