Reposted by Vicky BookerSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 13/10/2026it’s just great marketing 3483622079 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerAthena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I want to see empty exhibits in British museums, that contain only the story about what they once contained, and why they had to be sent home. The space would be no less profound for me www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOxford ceremony marks return home of kiwi feather cloakThe kahu kiwi, given to a British doctor in 1900, was "crying to come home", Māori campaigners say. 19803224 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerMei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence. 50169155545 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh thank you ❤️ I didn't get to the Herakleion museum this year (I've been lucky enough to visit before) and I just love the octopus vases. 110 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For #WorldOctopusDay here's a vase in the Agios Nickolas museum on Crete this summer 182 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage 455831683 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a local, I appreciated this on several levels - well about 4 if you count the roof. 000 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Well done to the picture editor who captioned this delightful snap of a black pig swimming off the west coast of Greece “swine-dark sea” www.theguardian.com/environment/... 72544499 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is superb (the film, not the deliberate decline in product lifespan) Have you come about the hedge? 010 0
Reposted by Vicky Bookerworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/202620% of all mammals are bats and I don't see anyone posting them. Give bats proper representation! 421698393 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerIlikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives 621935870 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ah, the Polyester Goblin - I may be misremembering the alternative names people invented for him after THAT behaviour, but they were all far more inventive than he deserved. 070 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I just choked on my breakfast laughing at this 010 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Given your love of the Gang (and of good historical literature) I presume you've read Joseph O'Connor's wonderful Shadowplay? 010 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"It's an excitement hooray" is just perfect ❤️ 010 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Very true! Wasn't the whole charm of nick names for family meals and traditions precisely that only those in the know got it? Not craving approval - nor necessarily trying to exclude those not in the know - just commemorating silly family traditions/booze ups. 110 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026We used to have a meal of "dips and nibbles," any cold left overs with maybe some hummus or salsa and sliced cucumber and carrots. Alas, due to a possibly-drunken spoonerism, this meal is now always known as "nips and dibbles." Apologies for adding more bullshit to your timeline. 110 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.overdrive.com/media/471257... I don't know if this will work? (I think it's legit, not pirated) There's nothing worse than getting a good recommendation and then being told it's not available! 🤞overdrive.comeBook - The Vizard Mask'Penitence Hurd and the Plague arrived in London on the same day. Penitence was eighteen and carried a beaded satchel. The Plague travelled by fur-lined carriage and was old as sin...' Penitence, a Pu... 110 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Alas a lot of her stuff is out of print (one of my copies is an ex library one) some was put on ebook a few years ago but I can't see them now. I ended up reading Aphra Ben's plays after The Vizard Mask to stay in that world a little bit longer! 110 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Thank you for the recommendation - 99p in Kindle at the moment, but I'm tempted by the hardback... Have you ever read any Diana Norman? The Vizard Mask has Jeffreys and the Assizes in it. As I also love Rose Tremain there's a chance you'll like Diana. 110 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate 159181564036 0
Reposted by Vicky Booker🎃HalloDeeny🎃 they/them @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Rest in peace, Dolly. You could have died a billionaire but you lived as a good person 245161 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are. 99267976329 0
Reposted by Vicky Bookermilk bottle champion @stepheniscowboy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026King Arthur when his court wizard snubs Guinevere 61545289 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerREwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026live the kind of life that has MUSEUMS posting nicely about you lmao 31929362 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerRoy Lonergan @roylonergan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026RIP Sam Neill. My favourite role of his is The Dish. Probably the greatest radio telescope movie. And some of the best pipe and cardigan combo acting ever captured on film. 37316 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If it's even half as good as Wearing The Lion, it will be wonderful. 000 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 01/07/2026Can’t help thinking this one has bindun 1040193 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Loving all these lines and so very glad my pre order is already in. 110 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I love this photograph so much. 100 years ❤️ 000 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This is just to say I have taken Those plums Out of the icebox And climbed in Fuck yes 6612164 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Yes, they are covered in cobwebs and dead flies. Why would I go near them? 010 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I have never been so accurately summed up in one photo 010 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Wonderful old, but timely, interview. So very much missed. 000 0
Reposted by Vicky BookerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news. 6743621523 0
Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This is part of several linked threads, all brimming with passion and action and ideas. 010 0
Reposted by Vicky Bookeraric @aghastronaut.com · 17/05/2026Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication. 562942135 0