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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Yes, I think this is true. I don't think I have it in me to give my time to a new platform. I'm quite enjoying the 'last days of Rome' atmosphere over on Twitter. And when it is extinguished, so be it.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Bluesky vs X (I'm finding it as bland as a Mormon over here). I'm sure this says terrible things about me.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

It is a dear little song, isn't it? Love those boys.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

"Girl in Pool" (uranium glass pin tray) — Henrich Hoffman, c. 1928

Luminous green dish with the figure of a nude woman lying prone with her head propped up on her hands on the edge of the pool

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

A new poem. Who will be the first to tell me that I've spelled awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom wrong? Should it be hyphenated??

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

We watched Maestro. How very sweet to see Lenny in action again. And if the wardrobe people don't win multiple awards, then something is very wrong. Every Lenny look is entirely perfect.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Roseanne was trending yesterday and I hoped it was this Rosanne, on account of that performance of hers with Kristoffersson. Sadly, it was the other Roseanne. What a mighty song this is. What a doll Rosanne Cash is. music.youtube.com/watch?v=miIq...

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Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache (Official Video) - YouTube Music

Seven Year Ache: Buy/Listen - https://lnk.to/SevenYearAche!ytsya About the album: Seven Year Ache is the third studio album by American country music singe...

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

We watched The Witches of Eastwick last night. Can't believe I haven't read the 📖. Updike is my main squeeze. Apparently, the director called Cher after her audition to say that, at 40yrs, she was too old & not sexy enough for the role. Good lord, she even looked🔥🔥in those greige pants.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

Ray was a great Dandy, wasn't he? 😍

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

We're having one of our regular Diana Dors things. We watched that great Arena documentary about Dors yesterday. It's on Youtube. PJ Proby & Billie Davis appear. What a weird & racy time in British society that was, when cads had names like Dandy Kim. www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...

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Michael 'Dandy Kim' Caborn-Waterfield – obituary

Michael 'Dandy Kim' Caborn-Waterfield, who has died aged 86, was a colourful character in post–war London, a gentleman adventurer who had a relationship with Diana Dors, smuggled guns into Cuba,...

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Tommy Steele's birthday today. What a trouper. I only just read the tale Bill Kenwright told about Elvis meeting Tommy in London before heading to Germany. Could it be true??

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

We just watched Cabaret. Liza out-Garlanded Garland, didn't she? On 🔥 in every single scene. Also, I think she was bra-less for the whole movie. There's something to be admired in that. Also, do you reckon she owns this dress? And do you think she would lend it to me? 💜

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

We were planning to go into town today but we got as far as Morrisons, bought a bottle of Advocaat, then headed home because priorities🍹

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Who started the trend for the Rock Star Skinny Scarf? Was it Ronnie Lane, David Essex, Keith Richards? It has become such sartorial shorthand.

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Til Willis @tilwillis.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Morning #collage (12-15-23)

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

It tasted great. I reblended the custard part and gave it a minute in the microwave, and it came together nicely. We smeared it on our breakfast waffles this morning 🙂 🍋

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

I should know by now not to trust Mary Berry. I just made her self-saucing lemon pudding and it emerged from the oven as some sort of very sloppy citrus soufflé* I'm sticking with Nigel from now on. *we ate it anyway 😆

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Say what? You can touch the hem of his garment for 4,000 dollars? I'm pretty sure Jesus charged nothing.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Even if you have concerns about the UK's unregulated immigration problem, as I do, the Government is clutching at the wrong straw with this proposal and ministers know it.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

I cooked fried avocado (shallow fried in breadcrumbs) for dinner this week, with cornbread & black beans. Ronny said:" This is the best meal I've ever had. It's like something you'd get at the fair". 😅🤭😍

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Vera isn't quite ready to sparkle. "It's 7.20am. You start without me."

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

We're having an Indian tonight. (I ❤️ the fact that there's a portrait of Sabu in the National Portrait Gallery) 📷 unknown.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

The scarier the world becomes, the smaller my area of focus gets. I concentrate on keeping my dog, my bloke & myself happy and healthy, doing what I can in the village, watching good movies, reading good books, listening to good music. It helps. (So sorry if my earlier post gave you the blues x 😘)

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Workplace b*ll*cks. I don't miss that stuff.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

2: the News Ed rushed into the Ed's office. "She's on the ☎️. She appears to be flirting & enjoying herself. I think it's a boyfriend." The Ed marches out as I put the phone down. "Personal calls are forbidden. Who was that?" 😡 Me:"Bill Bailey"

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

While working my first 🗞 job the editor took a shine to me and he got freaky/obsessive. He would get the News Ed to listen in on my conversations & report back to him with any salient details - in particular, was I dating someone? One day I was doing a ☎️ interview and I was laughing a lot. 1/1

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

There's no good outcome, unless the orange guy or the plasticine-faced guy get dispatched by a poisoned umbrella tip.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

If the US gifts Ukraine to Putin will the EU step up or drop them like a hot rock? Either way it is a world war now or a world war in a year's time when Russia has been rearmed by Trump's party.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Fascinating piece, many thanks 😊

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

My plans for today. (🎨Vittorio Reggianini)

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

I'm on my third ballet class. I move horribly, but the music is pretty and I'm quite fascinated by my teacher. She's so very neat & scrubbed. She has tiny muscles in her neck that I didn't even know about. Imagine moving through the world like a perfectly calibrated machine.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Always loved Andy's version of this song. I had no idea it was written for King Creole (🖊Sid Tepper/Roy Bennett) but it didn't make the cut. Dwight Yoakam should record this, don't you think? "I'm a hoot and a holler away from paradise..." youtu.be/-dRib4JEpc4?...

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Nick Lowe + Paul Carrack + Andy Fairweather Low - Travelling Light (Cliff Richard's cover)

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Miss Riss @missriss.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Guys, I starting to think commodifying every single aspect of existence into for profit ventures might have some downsides.

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Mhairi McFarlane @mhairim.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

If anyone is spending Christmas alone this year, please do reach out & let me know. I need to borrow some chairs

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

I have no unpleasant people in my life. Not a single one. I'm pretty sure this is a better feeling than owning untold riches. I may never know.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

We watched Gosford Park. A combination of: No subtitles, oodles of posh voices & it being a Robert Altman🎬 made it tough for Ronny. But good lord, Kristin Scott Thomas😘❤️. Imagine spending much of your movie career wearing gowns fashioned from single cream. How unforgiving they are. How🔥she looks.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

I've been working on a painting project that we're certain is going to make us our fortune. It isn't going entirely as planned, if I'm honest.

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 09/12/2023

Oh. Ryan O'Neal 💙 He was perfect at that dazed, coltish, Cary Grant-style physical comedy. Pretty, too. "You are not Burnsy. Burnsy is Burnsy, I mean Eunice is Burnsy, I mean she isn't Burnsy. Nobody is Burnsy." "Whatever you say, Steve".

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

The Irish enjoy a good funeral.

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Til Willis @tilwillis.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Mahalia is a big Tom Waits fan. One year she drew him a birthday card. Well, this year we did a photo shoot since we happen to have the same toy piano featured in these pics of Tom. Mahalia did her best to imitate his poses, her facial expressions are priceless. Happy Birthday, #TomWaits!!

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Kate Elliott @kteltowers.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

I made lasagne with ricotta & spinach instead of making bechemal sauce. I've never been able to bring myself to do this before - it feels like cheating. (I can sense my mother looking over my shoulder and raising an eyebrow at the singular lack of effort 😄). However, it was quite marvellous.

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