Alice Horncastle

Writer | She/her 🌈

[Rafa Sales Ross @rafiews]

Me writing emails

[Paddington @paddingtonbear]

Any time I start to feel sad about gloomy weather, I just remind myself that rain is good for flowers.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Claire Bretécher, French cartoonist, known particularly for her portrayals of women #WomensArt #January

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

FUN FACT: Rishi Sunak spent more time FLYING to COP28 than he actually spent at the summit itself.

[Kathleen Moore @kjm1804]

Fundraiser by Julia Waters : Fund family’s legal costs for Ruth Perry inquest https://t.co/vybtydyeUC Please help if you can #ruthperry #ripruth

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[Jane Austen @austendaily]

She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry.

[The Church of England @churchofengland]

Special services of prayer and dedication asking for God’s blessing for same-sex couples should be introduced on a trial basis, @synod has agreed.

Read more at https://t.co/hnIymFRre1.

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

I do wish they would start naming storms after oil companies and oil and gas fields.....

[Jane Austen @austendaily]

A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

[Frog and Toad Bot @FrogandToadbot]

“Winter is beautiful,” said Frog. “Come out and have fun.”

“Blah,” said Toad. “I do not have any winter clothes.”

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

“I'll put the kettle on”

Translation: I'll temporarily solve all our problems

[Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa]

In case you needed this today:

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, September 4, 1949

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

In 2016, the head of MI6 said he wouldn’t hire James Bond because he does not act ethically enough.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Talent is what they say
you have after the novel
is published and favorably
reviewed. Beforehand what
you have is a tedious
delusion, a hobby like knitting. MARGE PIERCY

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Word of the Day: SORORISE - to spend time with other women, to be sisterly; the female equivalent of FRATERNISE.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Seals give each other personal space.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Forgot to rinse my porridge bowl this morning

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Quite a generous amount of stars

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

This Barbie has a Nobel Prize 💖 He’s just Ken