Bells O'Brien

@SIFpod @romanmars Much more of a local thing! Some are empty all year round and just open for a month for bonfire night!

@BellsOB @romanmars oh wow! Is it a specific brand running all the stores? Or more of a local thing?

Every year I think we should do a story about Spirit stores that starts when they open around Labor Day and goes until they close after Halloween. Every year I only remember around now, so it never happens. I find them so fascinating.

@josephknox__ Some books grab you and you know you’re in until it’s done!

Loved True Crime Story by @josephknox__ . Absolute page turner, delivered this morning and completed 10 minutes ago! It’s one I’ll revisit again!

I saw this posted as part of a thread on what men can do to help women feel safer. If you're a man, you should absolutely read it. If you're a woman, you'll know all of this stuff already. stylist.co.uk/life/walk-like…

What happened to Sarah Everard has hit home hard for so many women because we make the calculations she did every day too. We take the longer, better-lit route, push the fear aside for the voice that says ‘don't be daft, you've every right to walk home alone at night and be safe’

Myheritage.com has created some sort of animate your old photos application and I'm of course using it to feed my history addiction. I apologise in advance to all the ancestors I'm about to offend. Very fake history. I'm sorry Queenie.

NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!" I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high. Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹

#Auschwitz is a painful reminder what may happen when humanitarian values are shattered by hatred & ideology of superiority of one group of people over others. Freedom, democracy or human rights are not values given once and for all. We need to work every day to protect them.

Ew, 2020.

"I actually don't mind helping my husband with the laundry, as long as he tells me when it needs doing and exactly how to do it." Family woman, Claire, CEO.

A request to anyone who has enjoyed Song Exploder on Netflix: it would be especially great if you watched *all four* of the episodes. Not just because I think they're all interesting and worth watching, but also because it matters a lot in determining the fate of the show! 🙏🏾

I just woke up to a massive abusive email from a man who says his girlfriend left him after reading my blog & realised he was abusive. He says I’ve ruined his life and that I am ‘A murderer of feelings and relationships’ Anyway, to the woman who left him, good for you!!

the room next door - President Trump and the OTHER Room Next Door

Council of Europe issues media freedom alert over UK government blacklisting of investigative journalists independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

"Why do men try to improve life in the UK when men in other countries have it much worse? Undermines their case." Claire, CEO

"He's just too much." "He's not likeable." "He's so emotional." "He just doesn't have...gravitas." "He's such a good organiser!" Have you said these things about men in politics?

"I don't mind being called a 'firewoman' because I know it covers both women and men. Anything else would sound silly," Jonny, male firewoman.

@romanmars Making its way up the movers & shakers and hot new releases in the UK!

Man reluctantly gets into pond.