Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 1hOh yes, that’s true. They did still use both presenters on the floor for a lot of the links but it does feel a bit crowded at the judging desk with two, I agree. 000
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 10hAre all the people complaining about there being three presenters on #Strictly #SCD forgetting the Bruce + Tess + Claudia years? 150
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 30/09/2026We’re thinking of doing some European train travel next year - might have to pick your brains as we’ve not done it before. 110
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 30/09/2026The Labour government’s record on trans rights is appalling and we have to fight that alongside supporting any their policies that will bring positive change. Politics is no longer binary. 100
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 30/09/2026I don’t want to hope, because… you know. But also, have a teeny tiny glimmer of something resembling hope. 010
Reposted by Rachael Dunloprichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Sound of Arran No9 with Antony Gormley 38214
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 30/09/2026We probably had to have Starmer to get Burnham. If he delivers on any one of these ambitions, we’ll be better as a nation. 200
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 30/09/2026Hard stare at one of the pangrams in today’s spelling bee. For all the benign words it blocks, it accepts this one? Sheesh. 001
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 29/09/2026They did it before with Jamie Laing. Maybe the BBC don’t tell them they’ll be invited back until closer to the time. Everyone gets to practice from mid-summer when the cast is announced. 010
Reposted by Rachael DunlopAriadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026to whoever at the BBC made the decision to timestamp all the dances on Iplayer, I love you and I hope your cereal always remains crunchy. 2543
Reposted by Rachael DunlopSteve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A joy forever. Even when you know what’s coming. Maybe *because* you know what’s coming. 410726
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 23/09/2026Ooff. #Ludwig referred to a missing person as a ‘persona non grata’. Disappointing. 010
Reposted by Rachael DunlopJoanie @creaturesrule.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He’s amazing! Credit where credit’s due. davidzinn.bsky.socialdavidzinn.bsky.socialDavid Zinn (@davidzinn.bsky.social)Habitual doodler and street artist, wrangling ephemerality and finding uplift underfoot. 15517
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 23/09/2026Yes, remember what your MP’s job is - to represent your views to the PM / government / Parliament. It‘s literally how our democracy works. 010
Reposted by Rachael DunlopBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Autumn poem just dropped. 11434136
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 22/09/2026Loving watching Nigella Lawson absolutely shovelling hunks of cake in her face. What a woman. 040
Reposted by Rachael DunlopSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026PSA. Our website has been hacked. Please don't click on any of the ads in the posts. We did not add them. We're waking up our webmaster right now. 12211
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 19/09/2026When I had shoulder surgery I had someone pop all my painkillers into a bowl for me! 110
Reposted by Rachael DunlopNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61260351
Reposted by Rachael DunlopKathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026writershq.co.uk/whq-event/fl... Join us for our annual halloween open mic night at @writershq.bsky.social ! 🏴☠️🏴☠️ 🎃 Sign up below! 👇writershq.co.ukFlash Face Off Live: Halloween Special - Writers' HQA night of Halloween storytelling, where YOU are the entertainment! Bring your sea shanties, monstrous myths, seafaring superstitions, ghostly legends and All Hallows' Tales. 075
Reposted by Rachael DunlopSanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It was Phil Oakey’s sister Carrie who invented the interactive entertainment system where people sing to a backing track. She called it the Singalonga3000 0459
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 17/09/2026Orange squash is so meh these days it was extra delightful to discover this one is the perfect balance of chemicals and nostalgia. 010
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 17/09/2026The orange version tastes just like the squash of my childhood. Also highly recommended. 110
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/09/2026I mistyped drainpipe for downpipe. Sorry to add to the brain bother. 100
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/09/2026No, no, it’s absolutely a word. Commmon both sides of the Atlantic. The Spelling Bee seems to depend on what the setter knows, and there are some odd gaps in their knowledge. 100
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/09/2026Yes, someone else has just pointed that out. Americans call them downpipes too. It’s very annoying! 010
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/09/2026Just had a look at American guttering websites (as you do). Nope, they call them drainpipes too. 100
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 16/09/2026Has anyone ever reported a missing word to the Spelling Bee had found it subsequently accepted? I mean, I can’t believe this hasn’t been reported MANY times. It has several perfectly common meanings. 200
Reposted by Rachael DunlopFlash 500 Writing Competitions @flash500.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Love writing flash fiction? Are you looking for an open-themed competition with good prize money? flash500.com/flash-fiction/ Entries close 30 September Prizes: £300/£200/£100 #flashfiction #writers #writingcommunitystatic.klipy.comFictionALT: Fiction 064
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 15/09/2026Marvellous customer service today. Email goes thus: ‘We are sorry you have a problem with your item. You have told us the problem is [QUOTES MY EMAIL BACK TO ME]. Please let us know if we can be of further help. My response: Is the ‘help’ in the room with us now? 000
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 15/09/2026My last tick bite did produce quite a big circle that grew over a few days but then subsided again. Alarming but all was well. 000
Reposted by Rachael DunlopRachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 14/09/2026They can if it is for THEIR good not the common good. If it’s controlled it can be monetised. At the moment they aren’t making any money out of it. If you have to register, buy traceable tokens etc to use these AI products then it’s kerrching. 011
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 14/09/2026That’s impressive. I remember when it was just one step and a dream 120
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 14/09/2026They can if it is for THEIR good not the common good. If it’s controlled it can be monetised. At the moment they aren’t making any money out of it. If you have to register, buy traceable tokens etc to use these AI products then it’s kerrching. 011
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 13/09/2026We watch quite a few things on HBO Max. A lot of the shows that would be on Sky Atlantic will now be on HBO instead as that deal comes to an end. 010
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 13/09/2026Feeling conflicted. Don’t want to waste money stocking the El Nino emergency cupboard if we’re all going to be killed by the AI in a few years. 040
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 12/09/2026I’ve pencilled it in the diary. Also, what a fantastic idea. 👏👏👏 010
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 12/09/2026What a list! If I read them all before Christmas can I have buns too? 110
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 12/09/2026You probably walked past my house on the way to that gig. 120
Rachael Dunlop @rachaeldunlop.com · 11/09/2026We all have that older relative who strikes fear in our hearts every time they start a sentence with: ‘I saw this thing on Facebook…’ 173
Reposted by Rachael DunlopMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’. 23743331491