CurlyClaire 💙

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

@MSE_Deals please fix your website !

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

'Respectfully racist'.

[Biffy Clyro @BiffyClyro]

Tune in to @eltonjohn's #RocketHour radio show to hear our song 'Goodbye' from our new album 'Futique' this Saturday on @applemusic
https://t.co/sPgrCZ5JVe

[Widmerpool Appreciation Society @AtticumFloreat]

RIP Patricia Routledge, an absolute legend.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

@BiffyClyro Absolutely beautiful ( stop making me cry!!)

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

This morning as the sun rises on a new amazing day…@BiffyClyro are back*!!! What an amazing sound in my ears as I headed out this morning 🙌🏼

Mon the Biff!

*they never really went away to me 💙

[Biffy Clyro @BiffyClyro]

Final tickets for tonight just released, see you there
https://t.co/R616en9Q0r

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

@BiffyClyro Happy birthday 🥳

[Biffy Clyro @BiffyClyro]

HUNTING SEASON

The next piece of Futique. Out Wednesday 30th July, 6.30pm BST.
https://t.co/aNSEMnQ0OG

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

@AlexandraLawes @NoContextBrits Shat is the local nickname for a place called Skelmanthorpe.
Makes sense to us locals! 🤣

[Kettlethorpe High @ketthighschool]

Congratulations to those who have achieved 100% attendance last week!
Year 7 | 236 pupils
Year 8 | 231 pupils
Year 9 | 227 pupils
Year 10 | 259 pupils

[NME @NME]

Glastonbury 2025: @BiffyClyro pay tribute to Brian Wilson with Beach Boys cover

The tender moment came in the middle of a pulverising Pyramid Stage set from the Scottish band

#NMEGlasto25 #Glastonbury2025 https://t.co/yoqq0Iw9Gp

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

@BiffyClyro Yesssssss!!!! 💙🤍💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Points were made.

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

This article is sublime!

[michael bell 🇬🇧 @michael66880048]

@MoragMitchell3 The article https://t.co/Z0biZVWoA5

[Clare Hepworth OBE @Hepworthclare]

Here's a thing
"Asset rich but cash poor"
was a term used a lot yesterday referencing the Farmer's demo against inheritance tax.
Reminded me it's also used to describe elderly home owners, whose families are obliged to sell the family home to pay for the care of ageing parents.

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

🥳🥳🥳🥳
🚣🚣‍♂️
@LauraSugar1 CONGRATULATIONS!! 🥂 🥇

[C4 Paralympics @C4Paralympics]

Sweet as Sugar 😋

More winning on the water for @ParalympicsGB - @LauraSugar1 takes gold AGAIN 🥇

#C4Paralympics | #ParalympicGames | #Paris2024

[CurlyClaire 💙 @ClaireWRiley1]

🥳🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations @JackEyers !

[ParalympicsGB @ParalympicsGB]

And it’s SILVER for @JackEyers 👏

What a performance from Jack in his debut Games.

#ParalympicsGB 🥈