Dr Elise Thornton

Happy #WorldBookDay from Daisy Butters and Peanut Jones! These two characters have brought so much joy into my girls’ lives, and I’m so glad they get to share these books with their classmates. Nicholas the bunny has to wait one more year, but we will read lots of books today ❤️

@drjordankistler @EdinburghUP @RuthHeholt @Joparsons @emilysharpeup @houston_ml Many congratulations Jordan! What fantastic news. 🎉

Very happy to have signed a contract with @EdinburghUP for my book 'The British Public and the British Museum', in @RuthHeholt and @Joparsons 19th-century series. Many thanks to @emilysharpeup and @houston_ml for all their help along the way!

Life skill.

Word of the day is ‘battologist’ (17th century): an individual who repeats the same story over and over, even when all the facts contradict them.

I have no words.

@drjordankistler @simonfarnaby @chloeinkpen Vivi has just started the sequel as well. If Ivy gets her token from school today, he’s done a short book from the Guinea pig’s perspective for world book day. V couldn’t wait to use her token and bought it early 😂

@Elise_Thornton @simonfarnaby @chloeinkpen Ivy loves the Farnaby books! She's reading the sequel right now.

Happy #WorldBookDay ! Even though the kids couldn’t dress up to celebrate, they were so excited to share one of their favourite books at school today. (And the baby just made me read his current fave over and over again).

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola 🍜 #WorldBookDay

Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene should be expelled immediately for their absolutely disgusting attack tonight. They both should never be allowed to run for office ever again. They should have no platform anywhere. And no role in public life in general. They’re horrible.

Two dictators in last hundred years have attacked Kyiv— Hitler and Putin.

Struggling to watch the news at the moment the world is so awful - I just want to turn it off. Yet when I feel like that I imagine what petrified civilians in Ukraine must feel like and for them its not hearing the news, its hearing and feeling the bombs. So I try to keep it on

#Maddow explains the real reason why Putin invaded Ukraine, " he also just cannot let any country near him work. Work in a way that may indicate to the Russian people that they too ought to expect their country and their government to work for them."

@KateAltonWrites Ugh. So sorry to hear you have covid and stupid paperwork to deal with. Hope the symptoms are mild and you are on the mend soon.

Me: *tests positive for COVID* NHS track and trace: PLEASE FILL OUT ALL OF THESE LARGELY IRRELEVANT FORMS SO WE CAN BOMBARD YOU WITH RELENTLESS AND CONFLICTING INFORMATION EVERY DAY WHILE YOU'RE FEELING LIKE CRAP.

Overwhelmed. People are going to suffer tonight, and for a long time, as superpowers use their land and lives as chess pieces to advance state power. Imperialism is an old sin with the same old consequences, no matter how much our planet ages.

Once again, we see there are consequences to elections, and that fact that there are Americans and politicians who support Russia is revolting.

A psychopath

I’m watching the Marrakech episode of #InventingAnna and, even tho I read the article when it was published and know what happens, I feel extremely stressed watching it play out.

@scyian Oh god that sounds awful even without the added stressor of a hail storm. 😬 We were lucky and everything stayed secure, but Neil had to deliver a croquembouche for a wedding. He said the roads were insane with fallen trees and other debris.

Today felt weird being trapped inside with Eunice raging on the other side of the glass. It reminded me of being in lockdown and, even though I had a lovely day with the kids indoors, it was extremely draining being back in that mental space again.