Jackie Anderson

Obsessive writer, compulsive reader, mother, wife. Views expressed freely, all my own.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

If it’s been one of those weeks and you don’t quite have the words, may I offer you ‘bumfuzzled’ and ‘dumfoozled’ from the 19th century? Both mean perplexed, befuddled, and in need of a lie-down.

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Don't forget, Gibraltar followers: copies of 'Shit Jobs' will be available to buy today at the launch of
@loveandecadence's new poetry collection at the new Bookgem shop at 7pm.

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Today's 'Shit Jobs' extact - written by Barbara Durante - takes us all the way back to Northern Ireland in the late 1960s:

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After a day's break, here's another 'Shit Jobs' extract - from 'The Scream' by @unstabledweomer

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It's happening, folks. 'Shit Jobs' is on its way to Gib....

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Today's 'shit jobs' extract - an entertaining backstage kitchen romp set in the late eighties - comes from the pen of @reb_calderon

[Carmen Vallejo Anderson @carmenmanderson]

Yesterday I watched @SpaceshipPlay at @sohotheatre by the amazing @louisemmitt and it was fantastic !! New theatre at its very best - I might be a littleeee bias but the writing was insane and so on point, and the performers were on another level. Pleaseee watch if you can 🪐

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Today we have another spicy extract from 'Shit Jobs' - this time from the pen of @gibtalk

[Carmen Vallejo Anderson @carmenmanderson]

Yesterday I went to watch Frank and Percy @TheatreWindsor, all I have to say is: @IanMcKellen in a tutu dancing to ‘I’m Coming Out’. Beautifully written, heartwarming & heartbreaking all at the same time and such an important story. Defo worth a watch!

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Today's 'Shit Jobs' extract comes from the pen of @HumbertHernand7 - Gibraltar's Spanish-language master of the picaresque:

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Here's the second excerpt from 'Shit Jobs' - from the pen of the inimitable @loveandecadence:

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Over the next few days we will be sharing little excerpts from our 'Shit Jobs' pamphlet. Here's the opening to the story 'El Quemadero' by @JackieVilla_

[MG Sanchez @MGSanchez]

'Shit Jobs' contains 13 stories in English, 4 in llanito & 1 in Spanish. Hours of editing,proofreading,formatting & design work went into it - not to mention the effort put in by our writers & @stefanoblanca our cover designer- all on a voluntary basis. Please RT if you can.

[Carmen Vallejo Anderson @carmenmanderson]

Today’s theatre trip was to see my wonderful friend @Asnuddy in The Crucible at the @GielgudTheatre !! She was of course fantastic in it (go watch her if you can), but the show itself was beautifully done - very grateful to have gotten to see it 🫶

[Jackie Anderson @gibtalk]

@MichaelRosenYes 1978. Sarah Brightman’s “I Lost my Heart to a Starship Trooper” was, for me at least, “I lost my heart to a fraught excluder”, which, living in a large Victorian house with sash windows and poor heating, was probably quite reasonable.

[Carmen Vallejo Anderson @carmenmanderson]

@iainagibbons @edfringe If you’re into musicals, we’re putting on ‘Now. Here. This.’ in week three !! It’s about a group of friends coming to grips with their past in order to appreciate living in the present - big laughs and big voices ✨ https://t.co/bvRymSYih4 @BlahBlahTheatre

[Jackie Anderson @gibtalk]

Already got my copy - have you got yours yet??? 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 https://t.co/q5ZJUVbYkH

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'Shit Jobs', our 1st anthology of Gibraltarian prose writings, is finally out & available to buy. Big thanks to @reb_calderon @GGDurante @loveandecadence @leahwritesalot @gibtalk @MGSanchez @stefanoblanca @HumbertHernand7 & all our other contributors: https://t.co/hbANUpghAk

[Gabriel Moreno @loveandecadence]

Our Gibraltarian Literature Pamphlet is out! Well done amigas and amigos.

https://t.co/aqlONdKSQ9

[Carmen Vallejo Anderson @carmenmanderson]

Spot our showwww 🪐🥰@BlahBlahTheatre #NowHereThis