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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Cosy afternoon with Mischa lying on my legs. He’s usually faced away so this was very cute!

Mischa the grey cat lying on a green throw on a green sofa.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dear Customer, we know you don’t care so don’t blame us, but…

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The office assistant is not interested in the September management accounts and is busy napping on my jumper.

Mischa the grey cat is curled up with his head resting on a cream ribbed jumper.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Something is beeping in my house. I can’t tell where it’s coming from (not a smoke alarm) but every time I stand up to find it, it stops. I think the cat may be trying to drive me mad.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hugs from me and Mischa. Look after yourself

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This how it gets done over here today. I’ve got a cold so he’s decided I deserve cuteness.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Freaky sunset. It’s actually stranger and more all-encompassing than it looks in the picture.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Now I’m not a fan of cooking but that lounge better have a kettle for £325k.

Layout of a two bed flat. None of the rooms is labelled as kitchen.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Very 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.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This Vinted seller is a genius. I don’t need a man’s jumper but look at that baby 😻

Vinted page with a gorgeous ginger cat sitting by a brown jumper.

The gorgeous ginger cat is lying on its side and the jumper barely makes it into the picture.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I made a video to thank my brother for his birthday presents. Mischa was seriously unimpressed at being included.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A typically eclectic parcel from my brother arrives. 😆

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Judging 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!!

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyone know of a European or non-USA company doing this kind of tech?

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We’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! 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Message 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.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oops. Forgot the unrepentant little brat.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Well this was fun. I was not expecting too much from a seaside touring show but the cast were brilliant and the production really good. That’s me told!!

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My friend’s new flat on the seafront is proving fabulous in all weathers

Dark, moody clouds over Worthing seafront.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

At the Theatre for the musical version of 9-5. I’m not sure how the actors are going to compete with this proscenium.

Proscenium arch with fancy decoration showing the classical muses.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Curator Ish and I had a little jolly, I mean, research trip to V&A’s Lost Music Venues exhibition and The Museum of Youth Culture in Camden. Both very much worth a visit.

Purple and white flyer for indie night at a club in Sheffield with the most early 90s font possible.

The wall of lies we have told at Museum of Youth Culture

1980s/90s section of wall art covering 100 years of teenage life at Museum of Youth Culture

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Liverpool friends. I need help. Below is a dodgy photo of a model on show at the V&A. It’s nightclub Garlands but it’s got a raised bit and tables like ( 80s/90s) The State. According to Google they were in different places and obviously different times but did they look alike or is my memory going?

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ahhh this hurts. Wonderful singer, even better human being.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Someone is rather fascinated by the thunder storm we’re having.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Is there anything more fun than job application websites? At least it only lost a relatively small amount of info.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I moved here from Kent a year ago and this is why. I don’t know how long I can stay when my contract ends at the end of the year because I’ll have to chase jobs but it wouldn’t be easy leaving!!

Worthing beach at low tide as the sun went down

Worthing Pier with people watching a large number of starlings fly.

Worthing seafront as the sun sets behind the buildings.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Fish and chips on the pier. Lovely

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Sun sleeping cat just woke himself up snoring, shot his foot out and went immediately back to sleep. I’m envious.

Mischa the grey cat is lying on a green pouffe with one back leg straight out in front of his face. Light through a Venetian blind is giving him lighter stripes on his head and flank.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’m report writing but it’s a little distracting when this furry idiot doesn’t want to go outside but decides to play indoors! (The little box has Dreamies inside but he’s too lazy to try to open it. He just glares at me to hand them over!

Mischa the grey cat playing with a green and blue, catnip-filled mouse on a beige rug.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I’ve only just changed mine away from my lovely cat

Phone screen showing a photo of Pula amphitheatre in Croatia.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Who got the comedy “Arrow through the Head” in today’s anthropeum.com ?

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The office assistant is so hot he fell asleep mid-task (and got ink on the bloody sofa).

Mischa the grey cat asleep on the sofa. He’s squished up against my patterned hip with his head farthest away. His paws are resting on a sheet of lilac paper and there’s a pen and notebook up by his head.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Juice carton leak means I won’t be wearing my nice new T-shirt out this afternoon (or indeed again possibly). Grrrrr

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Now the railway are sending their bouncers round to check tickets while it’s on the move. More Police wannabes.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I’m supposed to be going to a friend for dinner but Mischa has other ideas. 🤷🏼‍♀️ #Caturday

Mischa the grey cat flopped over my leg, fast asleep. I’m wearing jeans on a green sofa.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Friend has just moved into a flat with sea view and balcony. Up ppl

View from the balcony over parched lawns and hedges to the see and softly clouded skies

View from my inside looking out onto balcony and view across to the sea

Looking sideways across the neighbouring flats and gardens.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Sat on the sofa for a bite of lunch and someone thinks I don’t need to go back to work!!

Mischa the grey cat is lying on my lap. I have my legs extended on the sofa and his torso is across my thighs while his head a paws are stretched along my legs. The photo doesn’t show the little twitches as he dreams.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

He’s been sitting like this for the past 20 minutes. Apparently it’s bedtime.

Mischa the grey cat is sitting in the middle of the room looking pointedly away from me and toward the door.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I got Mischa a scratchy box so, of course, the first thing he does is fall asleep in it!

Mischa the grey cat is lying down with only his ears sticking up in an open box with a picture of a cat pushing over a cup on it.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An Egyptian Goose sharing the shade by the pond at work.

An Egyptian Goose , a bird in shades of brown standing on the stone rim of a pond.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hmmmm. One of these cats is Not My Cat. His visit did not go down well!

Mango the ginger cat confronts Mischa the grey cat in my dining room. Mischa is a big lump of cat but Mango towers over him!

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I couldn’t work out why the cat was going mad for my work bag but I’d forgotten that yesterday I pinched a tiny bit of Nepeta from the park and it was in a pocket. He’s currently rubbing green leaf into my cream rug with his cheek. 🙄

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I bought the cat a toy that dispenses Dreamies when he shakes it. He touched it with his nose twice and is now furious I won’t just give him the treats.

Mischa the pissed off grey cat with a small clear and white plastic treats dispenser in front of him on the floor.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My cat has found his own way to cope with the heat. He just stays up all night and sleeps all day. That would be fine if he didn’t expect me to do the same 🙄

Mischa the grey cat flaked out on the sofa

Mischa the grey cat asleep with his head on a cushion.

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Victoria Barlow @vickybarlow.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The face of a cat who just got smacked in the head with a cushion. I went to put it out of my way and didn’t realise he was having a kip on the back of the sofa. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I am not popular.

An annoyed Mischa the grey cat, glaring at me. He is lying on a green throw.

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