Melvyn Fickling

@ProofreadJulia Sadly, I expect they'll go unharvested.

A pear tree in somebody’s garden on my walk to Cromer railway station.

@ProofreadJulia 'I'm in my...' 'Be in your...' Even corrected it is quite meaningless because, for instance, the era of shampoo has been unbroken since someone invented shampoo...

Spotted in the window of Superdrug yesterday. Terrible poster. I had to stand there and read it 3 times before I understood what they were saying. The message is not clear, not snappy. And ‘owning it’? Obviously not owning the products, but ‘owning’ your health and beauty. Lame.

@history_dame Me..! Btw, where the hell is MassofToothies..?

Who would like to be roomies with me? This house owned by John Hancock is up for sale, and obviously I must have it. Currently the building is owned by a law firm but I’m sure we can flip it back to a house. I call dibs on the largest room! masslive.com/boston/2025/07…

@history_dame I feel every word, except replace 'Offspring' with 'Billy Bragg'. I'm keeping slim-cut jeans and white socks. The airport staff are asking about you...

I’ve resisted the “elder millennial” label. Then I went to an Offspring concert and thought, “this crowd is old.” Then it hit me—I am the crowd. Now I’m leaning in. Windows down. “Stacy’s Mom” on blast. P.S. I’m keeping my skinny jeans. Pry them over my low-cut socks.

@Gillian275Gm Not just brown: Daddies..!

Right. Who wants a bacon sarnie. What sauce do you want, and why isn't it brown?

@EmmaManzini That's a £3 VAT refund right there...

I got these glasses on expenses.

@GeoffNorcott Any fan is a good fan, man. Also admitting anything is over your head isn't the best... Why are you not playing Norwich..?

I know we're trying to save the planet but can we bring back decent air-con in hotels? All it does now is push warm air around the room, somewhere above your head, like a poorly positioned fan.

@byMorganWright The answer lies in the English Robin. Nick-named from early times Red-Breast, even though the feathers are the same colour as an orange, a fruit unknown in England until much later. Modern Christmas cards often depict those feathers as red, such is the power of the nick-name...

As you can see, we’re asking the important questions here✍️👀🤣

@GeoffNorcott Barley is embarrassed by this assertion.

Still a good beer in the sunshine. #iapprovethismessage

@EmmaManzini He is.

Mister Manzini is very much enjoying Neil Young at #Glasto I actually thought he was dead.

@history_dame Wait... 250th of what now?

Today is Fun Friday and I’m excited to say I’ll be on location history nerding around. I’ll post later where I ended up but it’s part of the 250th anniversaries this year!

@ReemAmirIbrahim Health is personal. I don't care about the health of the public.

The ban on disposable vapes will be bad for public health.

@JiggeryJackMac @catacowboy Clem Burke.

@catacowboy Wolf Alice's Joel Amey is pretty damn paradiddlous 🥁

There is just one #1 and others! Long Live Neil Peart!

@ProofreadJulia Compact and self-contained. World-weary as standard...

Happy #Caturday from Mollee x

@klhicks912 The first duty of a novelist is to engage. A reader drawn in and invested takes that eight hours or so of escape in their own way, at their own pace. My only moral duty is to ensnare and compel the turning of the page.

@ProofreadJulia Number 3. Never..!

@LFrostWrites Restraint.

I’m building myself a pizza. So far I have five kinds of cheese, tomato sauce, tomatoes, red pepper, red onion, and pepperoni. 🍕 What am I missing?

@sophiearumble I'm fairly sure that's a heated blanket. In the history of throws I don't believe elements, flex and a plug have ever featured heavily, if at all...

@JiggeryJackMac 'Huzzah' always deserves, perhaps demands one. Elsewhere, a semicolon or two might have gone some way to quell your shoutiness.

I can't believe I'm saying this ... Clouds! Rain! (even wind!) Huzzah! (and I can't believe how many exclamation marks I've just employed!) #saturdaymorning

@history_dame Ok. How do you feel about accepting an honorary Woof..!

@MelvynFickling I wish! They are replicas but I don’t wear them as my daily for fear of damaging them

I’ve been rushing from one thing to the next today, and I'm still rushing. You can notice my coffee stain that happened at some point today during the rushing… But I had to stop and take a moment to acknowledge the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps' 83rd birthday You better believe I’m wearing my WAAC sunglasses today!