Sara Richardson

Liverpool supporter, School Laboratory Technician, artist, jewellery maker and open water swimmer.

[Sara Richardson @belle_calavera]

Strip Norman Bettison of his knighthood and Queen's Policing Medal - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/KNLB57K5mo via @UKChange

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𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐗𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐖 𝐀 𝐃𝐔𝐆-𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐗 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒

We can reveal the moment a fox was dug-out from their refuge, before being callously and cruelly thrown to waiting fox hounds during a meet in the Lake District National Park. Read more ⬇️

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[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. 🤍

[Sara Richardson @belle_calavera]

@itsme_urstruly Smoking in the pub, just cause that was the start death of the pub

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@RightNUFC Congratulations!

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@FondOfBeetles Alas Leuser Airport, Indonesia

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@itsme_urstruly Peacemaker

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@Mofoman360 @jk_rowling Yes!

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@alexrubner My lucky Italian neighbour got an air fryer.

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@itsme_urstruly A bittersweet life (2005)
Kill list (2011)
Halfbaked (1998)
It follows (2015)

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@TetchyBitch I ask them how much they paid for their bag's ticket.

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@LouiseMaving1 @SoVeryBritish Absolutely 💯

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@LeeRaldar @BJ_Lancaster @SoVeryBritish That's cauliflower

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@CookinAsia @BJ_Lancaster @SoVeryBritish I can only speak of Gallicia where my husband from. They use tripe cause its traditional. In the 20 years ive been going to spain. I've yet to see anyone eat it , let alone enjoy it.

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@NoContextBrits One of the best I've heard.. A guy called Alan who had really white hair nicknamed Al bino

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#IAmABiologist

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@TheGhostHost Gruesome Twosome or The Scorcerers