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Katherine

@katherineo.bsky.social
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Love books, bookshops and libraries.

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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I remember being put out when they went up to 19p. Turns out that was in 1993.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.
The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."

"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.

Burnham did not provide further details about the type or extent of Moscow's activity during the Brexit referendum.

Britain Unbound, a pro-Brexit campaign group, said Burnham's comments were "another crude attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the decision that the British people made in 2016".

It said that foreign interference in UK elections was "obviously unacceptable" but added: "There is no good reason to believe that Russian intervention influenced the outcome of the referendum in 2016.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A beautiful, compassionate, moving book by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Full of hope, he highlights people who are fighting for children, and society. “There are days when it seems the last decade or so has been a war on childhood….They were policy choices. They can be reversed.”
A British Childhood- How Our Children Live Now by Frank Cottrell-Boyce - a pencil sharpening making the shape of a child’s face in the middle
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Green first, blue second
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes!! Joan Hickson’s A Murder is Announced is the best Marple, and Ustinov in Evil under the Sun is the best Poirot.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I too want to visit Lyme Regis after reading Remarkable Creatures. Inspirational book.
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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Our autumn guide is updated and free to read for another couple of weeks: www.slowtravelberlin.com/slow-travel-...
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy Birthday!
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Reform councillor is appearing in a comedy show funded by Nigel Farage. Top investigative reporting by @mrhenrymorris.substack.com For more details on this shocking show : rosieholt.seetickets.com/tour/rosie-h...
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looks like my favourite film of the year so far is another British comedy set on an island… The Incomer For all the weirdos.
Cinema patterned carpet, stand with a sign for The Incomer film
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My neighbour sent me these postcards in the 70s - I thought they were the most exotic things I’d ever seen.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Great (year old) episode with Mark Gatiss, in time for Bookish series 2. Also, a year on, Count Binface doesn’t seem so absurd… open.spotify.com/episode/5p1i...
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Mark Gatiss
Trash Talk... with Count Binface · Episode
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I just finished reading it yesterday. It’s very rare for a book to make me laugh out loud.
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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wiltshire, 2023.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I do wonder if he is tiring of it all. I think he had to put far more resources in to the by-election than he had been expecting.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Pop-o-matic nostalgia vibes here.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I have an Owala (750 ml I think) which I am very happy with as it has a large neck which means I can fill it with big ice cubes, and it stays cold all day. Game changer!
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I also find Agatha Christie comforting, I often turn to her in autumn. Hope she helps!
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Almost exactly ten years ago I wrote for the @bigissue.com about the work being done in Bradford backed by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library literacy project. www.bigissuenorth.com/features/201...
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Bookkeepers of Bradford - Big Issue North
Jaydon, who is four, loves hearing the clatter of the letterbox and the slap of mail on the mat at the home he shares with his dad James Lawlor on Bradford’s Canterbury estate. “He gets really excited...
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ah but what if we put seditious leaflets in them?
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I put off buying it because of the cover, despite all the reviews. Shallow? Yes. But the old cover was really not good…
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oooh thank you!
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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
An excellent adaptation of one of one of my favourite novels on the radio 4 today. A J L Carr’s A Month in the Country. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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A Month in the Country by JL Carr (Omnibus) - BBC Sounds
A war veteran finds healing in the golden summer of a Yorkshire village.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We thought the same! I can’t understand the great reviews, even from people I usually agree with. Terrible film.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Poster for Mamma Mia film
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is just weird (through our door). So? #VoteCountBinface
Leaflet saying “Your neighbours are voting for Nigel Farage”
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s great, isn’t it! Outlier in my family, but it moved me much more than The Odyssey.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
To the sea by train Andrew Martin
To the sea by train by Andrew Martin
Golden Age poster design of a woman and two children looking out of a train window to the seaside
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Another fun evening with @thepantaloons.bsky.social with The Almost Complete History of Britain. Thoroughly recommend - they are also doing Twelfth Night all around East Anglia. Perfect summer evening. thepantaloons.co.uk
Programme for The Pantaloons outdoor production of The almost complete history of Britain,the stage in the background
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Sensible policies for a happier Britain.
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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Rare Singles by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social
Rare Singles by Benjamin Myers
South Bay at Scarborough, castle in the distance, sunset peachy orange
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thank you
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I love books about bookshops, and this is an excellent one. Shelf Life by Michael Robb
Shelf Life by Michael Robb, top half red background, white writing, bottom half, a black and white photo of a bookshop
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Eights by Joanna Miller, as seen on your pillar of popularity.
The Eights by Joanna Miller, silhouette of a woman on a bike with a gown flapping behind her, Oxford behind
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
End of tour cocktails at the Festival Hall, and a proper end of term feel to the gig - what a celebration! @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social can be in no doubt how much they are loved.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I loved it too, also Capital!
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Your work is a comfort and joy to so many people.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
So many wafty dresses.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Here’s one!
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Frank Cottrell-Boyce on what childhood looks like now - ‘We’ve treated a generation of children now at school with carelessness’
observer.co.uk
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘We’ve treated a generation of chil...
The children’s laureate has spent two years visiting schools, libraries, prisons and communities to discover how Britain’s young people live now. He sets out what we are losing from childhood and expl...
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If only there were some sort of month related saying that could tell us when to cast our clout.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Noted. I went much too soon in the last little heatwave and then had to deploy an extra blanket.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Katherine Parkinson is the Miss Marple I need to see.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Classy starter word 👌🏼
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This series has been just joyous, I will miss you all!
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Up close and personal with the owls of Eden Falconry at their Owls by Candlelight evening - gorgeous.
A barn owl on a gloved hand in front of a castle pillar and a lit candle.
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.
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Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Rose against grass, peachy pinky colour
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