Rachel Matthews

BBC Radio Somerset producer and journalist. My opinions, nothing to do with the BBC.

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@theemmabritton I'd be entirely happy with that!

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@silverpebble This is very cheering. 4 weeks not really that long to wait!

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@jackkillah @mxguinn1 Really nice shots - well done @mxguinn1!

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@celebrant_emma Ooh that's a beauty! (From another old-fashioned paper diary person)

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@Claire7Carter OH MY GOD YES!!!

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

27,000+ mph winds forecast for Monkton Heathfield...

[BBC Somerset @bbcsomerset]

"Don't be alarmed folks" ☁️
A data glitch on the BBC Weather website and app means they're forecasting hurricane force winds.
https://t.co/glDVrQaIpk

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

Can't wait for the @_stevenmcrae film! 🕺

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

📢 BBC reinforces commitment to Arts and Culture with major new commissions

A wealth of new programming provides an unrivalled arts and culture offering across TV, Radio, and online

Take a look ➡️ https://t.co/xbTSOL8ZKf

[Charlie Taylor @CharlieTaylor4]

How importnt is spelling?

Does it mtter if you mis out certan letters?

The packaging for @YTFC’s new merchandise has two errors in the four words - including the word Yeovil 🤦‍♂️

What words do you struggle to spell and how do you remember the correct spelling?

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

Growing in the garden, late July:

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

The conversations in the office about this over the last couple of days...

[BBC Somerset @bbcsomerset]

This has caused a bit of a stir 👀
A cafe in Shepton Mallet has 'covered up' its window display after getting complaints it was inappropriate.

It was created by a knitting group to raise money for @dsairambulance.

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@CharlieTaylor4 That doesn’t even deserve to be called “cheese”.

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@theemmabritton LOVE a steamed syrup sponge!!

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@CharlieTaylor4 @ErinSantillo Not a flight, but Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was on the same train as me once. He strode through the carriages wielding a cane, leather trench coat swirling behind him. Was slightly incongruous on the 17.30 from Paddington…

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@CharlieTaylor4 @bbcsomerset Yeah…no. They were purple.

[Charlie Taylor @CharlieTaylor4]

Breakfast is coming live from the heart of the Somerset Levels and Moors today.

This building (now a café) was under 7 ft of floodwater 10 years ago.

What’s changed since then? People better prepared? Different water management?

What will climate change mean for the area?

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@BridgetHeal @Claire7Carter Rachel "The Minotaur" Matthews stepping up to the oche now...

[paul bassett davies @thewritertype]

Breaking: scientists confirm that the human body is now entirely composed of meat, chocolate, alcohol, guilt, cheese, and apocalyptic dread.

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@Claire7Carter Not when someone (me) has done a run to the big blue and yellow homeware shop 🤣

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

This. This is how you do it.

[Justin Sherin @wychstreet]

Judi Dench was on Graham Norton last night to push her new book about her life and work with Shakespeare. After making the point we quote Shakespeare daily without knowing it, this happened:

[Rachel Matthews @rachelea]

@silverpebble I bought some too - ostensibly for my 5yr old, in reality for me 🕷️