Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There are so many shameful days. The US is led by a deeply sick and abhorrent regime. 110 1
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Off the top of my head, six great things: - rain - Radox Original Bubble Bath - scented candles - watching University Challenge - Shakespeare's sonnet 116 - Faure's Requiem - my cat 140 4
Reposted by Val CSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k. 771328544 1.3K
Reposted by Val CHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s Lake Ontario. 1907351385587 35.1K
Reposted by Val CThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library. 665093 650
Reposted by Val CTom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I know his taste is the least of it. But his taste also tells you everything you need to know. A man who doesn’t know how to stop, who values superficial lustre over true value, whose every idea is second hand. 5263 26
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Re-watching "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (the Alec Guiness version, natch). Love the restraint and the superb acting. And so many shots of a grey and rainy England. 020 2
Reposted by Val CCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On my way, Clacton. 576152723458 15.3K
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Come on Belgium. You've got virtually the whole world cheering you on. 020 2
Reposted by Val CChapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A busy bookshop is a small act of public reassurance. People are still reading. Still browsing. Still thinking. Still buying books they absolutely do not have room for. Civilisation limps on, but at least the shelves are good. #IndieBookshopWeek @booksaremybag.bsky.social 1153 15
Reposted by Val CErica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026@ms.now live-streaming the removal of Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm...youtube.comLIVE: See Donald Trump’s name come off the Kennedy Center as it happensYouTube video by MS NOW 022 2
Reposted by Val CThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Every day is a great day to support your local library. 454166531 4.2K
Reposted by Val CWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 03/06/2026Do you persuade yourself that I respect you? 215627 156
Reposted by Val CTom Rank @tomrank.bsky.social · 14/05/2026He's right, you know. "Speaking at the Royal Institution in his final laureate lecture, The Kids Are Not Alright, the children’s laureate linked falling shared reading rates to poverty, housing insecurity and social media." www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...theguardian.comFrank Cottrell-Boyce calls for children’s reading to be treated as a ‘right’, in final laureate lectureSpeaking at the Royal Institution, the author and screenwriter linked falling literacy rates to poverty, housing insecurity and social media 1104 10
Reposted by Val CThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary. 972671298 2.7K
Reposted by Val CLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026British response to the film about Melania Trump: If they were screening it for free at the bottom of my garden I'd shut the curtains. 562176334 2.2K
Reposted by Val CLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 25/01/2026#European to #US #travel figures. Voting with our feet. 32310 23
Reposted by Val CNinaLewis @ninalewis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The footage that the woman in the pink coat recorded is now out there, on here. It couldn't be clearer what a callous, brutal deliberate murder this was. #minneapolis 022 2
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 10/01/2026@oddthisday.bsky.social coincidence after your recent post! 110 1
Reposted by Val CLindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social · 04/01/2026The news is all terrible but the fact that it’s the National Year of Reading in the UK is a glow of light in the darkness. Let’s prioritise reading brilliant stories this year, both to ourselves and to our children. Reading fiction builds self-esteem & develops empathy. 💕📚💕 0254 25
Reposted by Val CKnC Books - Used and Vintage Bookstore @kncbooks.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The court concluded that there was no constitutional “right to receive information" through the presence of certain books in the public library. Support the freedom to read and the fundamental right to know. #libraries #librarians #indiebookstores 111 1
Reposted by Val CLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 16/12/2025A Labour Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, is promoting idea of advertising on the #BBC and/or a part subscription model for its future funding. I despair. How can the BBC's *unique* *precious* blend of universality, independence, freedom from commercial pressure and trust be maintained in this way?gov.ukBritain’s Story: The Next Chapter - BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation 104017 40
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 12/12/2025RIP John Carey, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella. Three very different writers; all brilliant and brought me pleasure. 020 2
Reposted by Val CHollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Think of tomorrow as one big thank you to the BBC! #FortheloveofShakespearemedia.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with a blurred backgroundALT: a close up of a man 's face with a blurred background 0103 10
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 11/10/2025@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social Hello. I live in Bristol in the UK which isn't scheduled to have a screening. Do you know if there's any other way I can watch? Thank you. 100 1
Reposted by Val CSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/10/2025A call for those outside the Jewish community to share a message of solidarity when Yom Kippur ends at 723pm tonight. Please do join if you can. This is an initiative coordinated by the Together coalition, talking among networks of all faiths + none this afternoon bsky.app/profile/sund... 28831 88
Reposted by Val CMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Happy Musk vs Trump day for all those celebrating. 26976901178 7.7K
Reposted by Val CWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 05/06/2025O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch. 4346761058 4.7K
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Reading "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen. I have thoughts... 000 0
Reposted by Val CSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Putting a drunk racist TV host in charge of the Pentagon was a bad idea? Astounding. 1233536 335
Val C @valcob.bsky.social · 23/03/20255 writers that made me: Charlotte Bronte Shakespeare Susan Hill Thomas Hardy Penelope Lively 010 1
Reposted by Val CAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Call to action: nationwide protests and sit-ins. Saturday April 5th. “REMOVE REVERSE RECLAIM” #3E #USprotests 4624331097 2.4K
