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La Crapule

@lacrapule.bsky.social
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Geraldine in real life, teaching languages in the North West. Education, bit of politics, some tennis, occasional pictures of my dog and worries about my kids, random stuff I think is funny. New empty nester.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An evocative landscape, with the hazards of driving through the countryside on a wintry night, by 20th century Birmingham illustrator Michael Reilly. He specialised in transport-related scenes and travel posters (1930s)
Snowy night scene of road passing through fields, and what seems to be a fallen tree on road, illuminated by headlights of approaching car
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5th October 2026 07.05
Vibrant rose sky
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Shove your doughnuts.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thank you Just needed to howl it.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Somehow I have raised an unhappy child. The pain of this is so fierce.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
so much bullshit around. therapy culture bullshit. diet bullshit. beauty bullshit being targeted at fucking children. online reaction bullshit. pretty much everything in newspaper lifestyle sections bullshit. "what is your position on this??" bullshit. all bullshit. just ignore it.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jack and the Great Heathen Army. A Willerby Story. Jack vs the Vikings. willerby.substack.com/p/jack-and-t...
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yep, I'm close to that.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have you met Jack? Jack's Pool. A Willerby Story. A very good first visit to the village if you've never been before. Thread below for more about our dark devil of blood and water. willerby.substack.com/p/jacks-pool
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I used to love Strictly Come Dancing when they used to have famous people on it.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sorry. Have a better evening.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm still raging about a book I lent out in 1989 and never got back. Yes, that sounds like a plan :)
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have more amazing #buyastrangerabook day magic. @lacrapule.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of a book by Sarah Moss. Here are three books that come highly recommended. If you'd like one of these (or any others of Sarah's), let us know! UK only
Three Sarah Moss titles. 

Ripeness
Ghost Wall
The Tidal Zone
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a lovely thread you have woven into that life :)I'm listening to John of John. Such a brilliant writer.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My years in France in the 90s. Just the one track, mind you :)
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Five songs you were obsessed with from five different stages of your life. 1. Live Forever. Oasis. 2. Spinning Away. Sugar Ray. 3. The Boy with the Arab Strap. Belle and Sebastian. 4. Boys Boys Boys. Lady Gaga. 5. Under the Pressure. War on Drugs.. #FridayFive
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Obsessive #FridayFive 1. Rat Trap. Boomtown Rats 2. Ghosts. Japan 3.One Way.The Levellers 4.Supernaturally. Nick Cave 5. Thrift Shop. Macklemore
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Let me buy you a BANGER!
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great Wednesday. I'm reviewing personal statements with year 12 so you definitely win.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How amazingly resilient you must all have been. I do hope change comes soon.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jim Ratcliffe, tax-dodging Brexiter billionaire living in Monaco, says the poorest and most vulnerable should have their rights & benefits removed to bolster our economy. Don’t bother telling us this rancid man’s opinions unless you say how much he’s avoided in tax and what Brexit is costing us all.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My stepson, whose mother is from the Philippines, was recently called "Jap" in a pub.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sorry for the delay. Yes, go for it.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hi Simon @biggreenbooks.bsky.social . I'd like to #buyastrangerabook by Sarah Moss today. I'm especially keen on Ripeness, but Ghostwall is a banger, so is the Tidal Zone. I'll leave it with you.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I file the emails and pull one out when we have 5 mins. We did the thylacine today. Such a fan.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fab trivia!
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He's in Clifton, and it's very lovely. Chemistry.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Drop in here for moral support xxx
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I do. Thanks. X
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You are all so kind. I'm glad I brought it here. 🥰
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ha. Or just stop the flow of cash!
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ha, ha, yes. He's in Bristol now. Second choice was Edinburgh. But he's a talker, this one, so I'll probably hear from him xx
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thank you. I do think that the littlest one marks the end of something.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He's glowing, Rachel, on the threshold of life. Thank you for the wishes xx
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Was not expecting the grief. Madness. He'll be back at Christmas grinding my gears 🤣
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We're in the car with all his boxes and his bike on the roof. He's indoors saying a last goodbye to the dog who is going to be put to sleep on Wednesday.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh. So now I am crying. 🤣.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Last child leaves tomorrow. I am honestly bereft. I'm telling you so I can keep smiling here at the packing and the excitement.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No, this is all from my fevered imagination. They took me to mass a lot so there was crucifixion and martyrdom.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Actually, I forgot about being murdered. Being murdered was front of mind in 1960s Manchester.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Things I was frightened of as a child: A recurring nightmare where my Dad was eaten by cowboys on the porch of a log cabin. A recurring nightmare where one of my brothers was sliced in half by a flying pane of glass. That one was in the Starship Enterprise.
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Willerby @welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Fields. A Willerby Story. Back in the shortcuts.. willerby.substack.com/p/the-fields
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We use forties Cromarty as rhyming slang for feeling vomitty in our house. I'm not sure how that happened. Have a lovely day.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That's a purple bag.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Disappointed so far by Norman Day on Radio 4.
Norman Wisdom posing with a pineapple.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I pictured Andrew Scott and did wonder.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yep. Last day of the holidays. Get really pissed and rock up on Tuesday with your shirt on backwards.
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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh, Buddy. It’s so much worse than that.
Terminal 2 at London Heathrow. A sign reads: Terminal 2 - The Queen’s Terminal.
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Listen with your eyes closed. Worst video ever. youtu.be/0x2mV9JktrE?...
youtu.be
Squeeze - Black Coffee In Bed (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SqueezeVEVO
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La Crapule @lacrapule.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm listening to Japan. They were brilliant.
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