Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026No freaking way? I'll miss my Hyde fix 😔 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIt's true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina HydeYes, after 25 years I’m signing off, and I’ve cherished every moment – especially storming the French embassy with a (toy) AK-47, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 020
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Drift of cyclamen in golden light, silver birches and a bronze Adonis at #AngleseyAbbey #Cambridge 🏅 🥈🥉 001
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Royal box and roundhead slots #postboxsaturday 1142
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One for a new term #michaelmas #postboxsaturday 0100
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026People are basically the same. Basildon's finest. 001
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Getting cooler so cat is *in* for naps #sleepingcat #caturday #caturdayeve #whitecat 040
Reposted by Claire CowleyBBC Radio 2 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026BBC Radio 2 Edith Bowman's Shiny Happy Playlist Now Playing Soundgarden Black Hole Sun 021
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026#InternationalCatDay we have a beautiful interloper here ready to celebrate #SilverBengal #beaut #NotMyCat 010
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Plums and greengages picked for free from our local community orchard...some of interesting form 000
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026And there's more! #Sunflowers in Lincolnshire 110
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Lolling on a sunny afternoon...with an exotic Bengal visitor #caturday #friends #whitecat 031
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Almost chilly on our walk along the Cam last night. Beautiful light and a friend joined us on the east bank (zoom in) 000
Reposted by Claire CowleyJohn Elworthy @johnelworthy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026🚨 EXCLUSIVE | The Government has delayed its decision on the future of local government in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough until October. The long-awaited verdict on competing unitary council proposals has been pushed back. #CambsNews #Cambridgeshire #Peterborough www.cambsnews.co.uk/breaking-new... 034
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Foreshadowing the cooler days to come. Cat under lavender with breeze #caturdayeve #Saturday #whitecat #summer #summerbreeze 130
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Bookmarking the last song in this *marvellous* slot. Thanks for everything dear Liza and @shaunwkeaveny.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Claire CowleyOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Well, if it’s 22 June, it must be the 1,817th anniversary of St Alban’s head being forcibly detached from the rest of him, causing his executioner’s eyes to pop out. Unless it’s the 1,775th anniversary. Or the 1,722nd, obviously. Accounts vary 🧵 310330
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Not everyone is febrile on this fine day #coolforcats #summer #whitecat 010
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is the 'I fancied them when I was 14' chart #sorrynotsorry #totp 110
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I'm so here for all those 'emergency' podcasts today! 000
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026My husband and I both said 'Sylvester the Cat' in unison when we heard this... 010
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Johnny Boy and his Wheels of Steel, we love that disco sound! 000
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Apparently this is nearly 30 years old. Cannot be right, right? Goodnight. open.spotify.com/album/5dmYtZ... 010
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Mad as a box of frogs, bloody love Cyndi #totp 000
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Cannot start work this morning and I'm blaming @bunkerpod.bsky.social for being so laugh-out-loud hilarious. This is what my life needs rn amid the gloomsters and doomsters! *Please bring back Paper Cuts!* 010
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Glad I never saw this single cover in the 80s. #scarredforlife 000
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Listening to More or Less on panel polling (that famed Quiet Revival poll...) and agentic AI/bots. Glad I'm not anywhere near this world any more, it's an absolute minefield. 000
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I have read 22 too! And Ulysses (nearly) twice 001
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026BH weekend vibes #cocktails #caturday #caturdayeve #weekend #sun #whitecat 051
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Superb to hear Rylan fanboying J-MJ on Radio 2 just now who just happened to call in! What a tune! 000
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 29/03/2026The wind pump at #Wicken wasn't turning but it would have been a great day for it. Look at the scudding clouds. A blustery day. 010
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Spoiled princess on a cushion you say? But of course #whitecat #spoiledcat #caturday #catslife 020
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026#Magnolias framing #ElyCathedral from almost every angle 😍 000
Reposted by Claire CowleyBBC Radio 2 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social · 07/03/2026BBC Radio 2 Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies Now Playing Heaven 17 (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 011
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Shame there wasnt much of a #bluesky but otherwise, what a sight 010
Reposted by Claire CowleyDave Pumpkin 🎃 @davebrockman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Remember the days when the BBC wouldn't use the full name "Massive Attack" as the USA were engaged in an unwiinnable war in the Middle East? Thank goodness those days are behind us, eh? #TOTP 33510
Reposted by Claire CowleyBBC Radio 2 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social · 01/03/2026BBC Radio 2 The Paul Gambaccini Collection Now Playing Nik Kershaw Wouldn't It Be Good 011
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Late entry for #postboxsaturday ... pic from the lovely sunny Wednesday this week. Round the back of Corpus in #Cambridge 030
Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Snowdrops in the #snow #flowersonsunday#snowdropsunday 000
