Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Any country with the death penalty has no right to describe itself as civilised. 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As usual, when asked very gently to let women have the space, a man goes off. He continues aggressively in several posts to women. Not all men eh? 100
Reposted by Victoria BarlowMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“These cases are always treated in isolation by the media, a shocking incident, like a murder, borne of specific motivations. But they’re not like murders at all and they shouldn’t be seen as individual crimes — they’re symptomatic of a sickness in society that afflicts all countries everywhere.”chadbourn.substack.comThe Man ProblemThe Cornell Rape Case is a feature not a bug 1226081
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Prompted by an earlier conversation, I now have a mental list of “Museums That Really Reckon Themselves” which I will share once I’m retired and don’t have to earn a salary!! 130
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Freaky sunset. It’s actually stranger and more all-encompassing than it looks in the picture. 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Podcast on Sarah Everard. Senior Officer says police who manhandled women at the vigil were “in fear of their lives’. Sweet Jesus and we are expected to trust them 🤦🏼♀️ 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I just stopped the climbing out of a first floor window and he is fuming!! He’s stomping round my bedroom in the dark and I wouldn’t be surprised if he poos in my slippers. 🤦🏼♀️ 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Now I’m not a fan of cooking but that lounge better have a kettle for £325k. 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Woman on my train started a phone call as we left London an hour and a half ago. I don’t think she has taken a breath yet and I’m secretly impressed. 010
Reposted by Victoria BarlowJack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026London folk, fancy celebrating the launch of Hotties in Art with me & Sunday Times Bestseller @ajwestauthor.bsky.social? For the most fun you can have in a bookshop, join us on Thursday 24/9 at Gower Street Waterstones as we chat about hotties, history and art. Tickets: linktr.ee/jackshoulder 0145
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Very much not interested in celebrating getting older but luckily I have three (not willing to appear on social media) friends who hauled me out for Chinese meal. 121
Reposted by Victoria BarlowDan Stewart @drdanstewart1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Holy smokes! A new full time post in #archaeology?!? 086
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I too have lost confidence … in rather shabby old men who won’t pay what they owe. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 030
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This Vinted seller is a genius. I don’t need a man’s jumper but look at that baby 😻 130
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I made a video to thank my brother for his birthday presents. Mischa was seriously unimpressed at being included. 020
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A typically eclectic parcel from my brother arrives. 😆 010
Reposted by Victoria BarlowSimon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Jason Watkins' Agent sighs. He glances at his laptop screen. The email arrives. Subject: Casting for 'Head of Piddington Parish Council' 315827
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If we laugh or let this kind of thing go, we will end up like America. What can we actually do to prevent that? We can’t leave it up to politicians. 000
Reposted by Victoria BarlowLeviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Neither has the been much (any?) mention in the press or quoted from the village of Piddington about the men’s catagory B Bullingdon prison, holding over 1000 men, is less than 5 minutes drive away. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Pris...en.wikipedia.orgHM Prison Bullingdon - Wikipedia 161
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Judging by the noise coming out of the stadium, I thought this would be 7 at least. Can’t accuse the Worthing fans of not being there!! 010
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I have literally spent 5 minutes trying to work out if this photo was a Cold War Steve piece and why he’d chosen to put John Major in a German field cap. I need sleep!! 000
Reposted by Victoria BarlowJack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You've got until Friday to win a signed copy of Museum Bums AND a signed copy of Hotties in Art! 091
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Great a slow running train with full air con on!! 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Anyone know of a European or non-USA company doing this kind of tech? 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trivial, I know, but how are all these very rich people dressed so bloody badly. Jared’s knees are a national disgrace all on their own 010
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So the cat just banished any idea of sleep by walking half out onto the windowsill of my first floor bedroom as I tried to hide the panic in my voice telling him to come back in. Now he’s in a huff and I’ve had to close the window. 100
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There is a smoke alarm beeping somewhere in my house. I’ve changed the battery in the one I thought it was. It wasn’t. I did the same about four weeks ago. Tempted just to take them all down. Useless bloody things. 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Interesting that this is cutting through. Older friend of the ‘they’re all the same’ persuasion brought this up as deeply worrying and she generally avoids any talk of politics with me. 010
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026So this is the face of a man who took pleasure in the sexual assault of an unconscious woman. I kope he has no daughters www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUK man admits using online network for sexual crimes against unconscious womanDarren Conway pleads guilty to voyeurism and encouraging a husband to abuse his wife 001
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Just took an older friend to Sainsbury’s. Two different men decided it was ok to join in our conversation at different points. What the hell? 020
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We’re just back from the vet. This one was utterly pathetic the whole time. However, the photo is him after he climbed back into the carrier to eat the Dreamies the vet gave him and he was “too stressed” to eat because he’s been in the sodding carrier! 🤦🏼♀️ 010
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Letter through my door asking about the problems caused by living next to a park. I was starting to think about my response and how bits of tree sap fall on my car but I read on and it became clear that the problem they want to solve is teenagers. There are no loud gangs hanging around the park and 120
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026As my grandfather would say, “What a barmcake”. 000
Reposted by Victoria BarlowNational Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026How the hair of a museum bear is helping tackle wildlife crime via BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMuseum of Chelmsford taxidermy bear helps tackle wildlife crimeHayden Leigh, a forensic science graduate, is studying the hair of Boris the bear. 011
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026For pity’s sake. Kent Police have no excuse for this absolute sh*tshow. 020
Reposted by Victoria BarlowProspect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Passion doesn't pay the bills." Prospect & @pcsunion.bsky.social members at the V&A were out in numbers last weekend for two rainy days on the picket line ☔ Prospect members at V&A East, V&A Storehouse and Young V&A have taken strike action in a dispute over pay and working conditions. 095
Reposted by Victoria BarlowDavid/Trout 2.0 @trout61.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And there you have it. Leading BBC headline, we are now the subject of a very small minority masked mob rule. FFS 🤬🤬🤬 5030786
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Message I received from Everlast (aka House of Fraser/Sports Direct a few minutes after confirmation they’re refunding the money they took AFTER I left their gym last year. Utter shower. They bought out the gym I was with and it was a disaster. 000
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Slightly bamboozled by my suddenly busy train until I remember the colleges have reopened!! 010
Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As a break from our descent into Nazi-flavour madness, I present one little shit. He disappeared about 11am and I’ve just called him back. He sauntered into the garden yawning which means he’s been sleeping somewhere. He’s also warm and dry. 🤨 I’m guessing he knows exactly how to use a catflap 🤦🏼♀️ 100
Reposted by Victoria BarlowNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026‘Protect our women and girls’. Only not if you’re a disabled British woman…. Or a trans British woman. Or an ethnic minority British woman. Or a British woman who needs an abortion. Or a British woman who is attacked by a man we like. Or a British woman who says something we don’t like. 12486132
