• An Unlikely Spy (proof) by Terry Deary
• Naturally Tan by Tan France
• The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
• How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
• Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult ed. by Suzannah Lipscomb
• The King's War by Mark Logue
• Castles from Cobwebs by J. A. Mensah
• Sex, Power, Money by Sara Pascoe
• Viper's Daughter by Michelle Paver
• Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
• Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski
• Eat Up by Ruby Tandoh
• The Miseducation of Evie Epworth (proof) by Matson Taylor
• Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
• A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax

"it's not about allyship, it's about 'this ain't right'" — Claudia Rankine

• animals are friends not food
• anti-capitalist
• billionaires shouldn't exist
• black lives matter
• intersectional feminism >>>
• pro-eu
• pro-lgbtqia+ rights
• respect pronouns
• trans rights are human rights
• universal basic income is the way forward
• white feminism is not feminism

things I've worked on and overcome

• procrastinating to extreme degrees
• writing essays at the last minute
• neglecting my academic planner
• making excuses instead of accepting my mistakes
• comparing myself to others
• not wearing my glasses

• The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin
• The Man Who Ended History by Ken Liu
• The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
• Oreo by Fran Ross
• Kindred by Octavia E Butler
• Here I Stand by Amnesty International
• Erasure by Percival Everett
• The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
• Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
• Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
• A Vindication of the Rights of Men/A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
• The Investigation by Peter Weiss
• Memoirs of Emma Courtney by Mary Hays
• A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe
• Death And The Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
• Funnyhouse of a N***o by Adrienne Kennedy
• The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World by Suzan-Lori Parks

• a: Ariadne & August
• b: Beatrix & Bennett
• c: Cecily & Casper
• d: Daisy & Dorian
• e: Edith & Ezra
• f: Frida & Felix
• g: Guinevere & Gideon
• h: Hebe & Hadley
• i: Isadora & Ira
• j: Josephine & Jasper
• k: Keturah & Kingsley
• l: Linnéa & Leo
• m: Margot & Maximilian
• n: Nora & Nathaniel
• o: Octavia & Oskar
• p: Philomena & Perseus
• q: Queenie & Quincy
• r: Romilly & Robin
• s: Sybil & Stanley
• t: Tabitha & Theodore
• u: Una & Ulysses

• Black Lives Matter UK
• Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
• Reclaim the Block
• Choose Love
• Dogs Trust
• local food bank

• cloth sanitary towels
• bamboo toothbrush
• reusable bags*
• shampoo and conditioner bars
• beeswax food wrapping
• returning packaging to lush*
• taking bottle tops to lush to be recycled*
• ensuring all recyclables are clean
• supporting local eco-businesses
• buying secondhand books
• reusing postal packaging
• regrowing veggies
• no face wipes
• less water in the kettle
• minimising food waste

* currently difficult to achieve

• basking shark
• epaulette shark
• floral banded wobbegong
• great white shark
• greenland shark
  • they are blind
  • they live for hundreds of years
  • they swim really, really slowly
• hammerhead shark
• sand tiger shark
• tiger shark
• whale shark

• sleepy jean
• sabrina spellman
• diana, goddess of the moon
• circe, goddess of magic
• margarita as she flies over moscow
• rose tyler

• organised: writes everything in planner
• core readings always completed
• as many recommended readings as possible completed
• turns up to zoom meetings five minutes early
• talks to fill the awkward silences following questions
• but also makes apologies for talking
• good relationship with personal advisor
• seemingly liked by fellow students
• voluntarily goes to virtual talks and events
• submits assignments several days early
• involved in student representation
• gets good grades
• laments not being able to go to classes in person
• considered hardworking by tutors

• 'already there'
• 'contribute at presentation level in seminars'
• engage well with the material and classmates
• 'far exceeded other people in the class'
• 'impressed by' preparation and contributions
• 'incredible control over the material'
• 'terrific student and we are blessed to have you'
• 'wonderful' presentation
• 'work really hard'
• essay feedback:
  • 'demonstrates excellent knowledge, understanding, and skill'
  • 'excellent work, full of lively and sensitive insights'
  • 'fluent and, at times, lyrical'
  • 'sassy'

• big feet
• chunky
• wears a lot of yellow
• eats six times a day
• loves mushrooms
• and po ta toes
• sleeps a lot
• moves quietly

aka words I enjoy

• anachronistic
• archaic
• awry
• bumbling
• finch
• gibbous
• kerfuffle
• nebula
• nevertheless
• notwithstanding
• phantasmagoria
• shambolic
• snafu

alternate title: call me grandma

• I like sitting out in my garden, reading and watching the birds
• I've started buying a lot of bird food
• I own a lot of plants
• big, cosy cardigans are my thing
• I hate loud music, it disturbs my quiet time
• I am somewhat out of touch with current popular culture
• I love shopping in charity shops, for books and mugs mainly
• I naturally wake up early and I go to bed early
• I also love naps
• I sometimes forget that I have a cup of tea to drink until it's gone cold
• I have conversations with my pets
• I carry snacks around and sometimes flasks of tea
• the members of my favourite bands are all...

• Animal by Sara Pascoe
• Eat Up! by Ruby Tandoh
• The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
• Gentleman Jack by Anne Choma
• How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
• Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith
• Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
• Sex Power Money by Sara Pascoe
• Van Gogh's Ear by Bernadette Murphy
• Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

• The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
• The Humans by Matt Haig
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
• My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
• Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
• Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

• nesting blackbirds and wood pigeons
• a robin flitting ahead of me on my walk
• storms
• tapping on the window to scare the sparrowhawk away
• daffodils
• the calls of a tawny owl in the evening
• a jay in the woods
• collared doves
• a wasp I accidentally let come into my room thinking it was a bee

• artisan & eco
• blackwells
• choose love
• etsy
  • alice bear uk
  • amber's pretty beasts
  • bookishly
  • literary emporium
  • moose dog bandanas
  • nana sans frontieres
  • pret a geek
  • succa for succulents
• fox lane books
• shared earth

• Baron Humbert von Gikkingen
• Behemoth
• Berlioz
• Catbus
• the Cheshire Cat
• Dinah
• Duchess
• Jiji
• Lucifer
• Marie
• Muta
• Prince Lune
• Salem Saberhagen
• Thomas O'Malley
• Toulouse
• Yuki

• ᴀ
  • Albert "Albie"
  • Ambrose
  • Ariel
  • Arthur
  • August
• ʙ
  • Bennett
  • Bram
• ᴄ
  • Cary
• ᴅ
• ᴇ
  • Ezra
• ғ
  • Frederick

• ᴀ
  • Ada
  • Adeline
  • Alexandrine
  • Anna
  • Araminta
  • Ariadne
  • Athena
• ʙ
  • Beatrix, Beatrice
  • Birdie
  • Bronwen
• ᴄ
  • Camille, Camilla
  • Cecily, Cecilia
  • Clara
  • Cybele
• ᴅ

• Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood)
• Chandler Bing (Friends)
• the Doctor [9 and 10] (Doctor Who)
• Donna Noble (Doctor Who)
• Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
• Fezzik (The Princess Bride)
• Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
• Francis (The Secret History)
• Gwen Cooper (Torchwood)
• Harvey Kinkle (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
• Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)
• Hobie (The Goldfinch)
• Ianto Jones (Torchwood)
• Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)
• James (Derry Girls)
• Jean Valjean (Les Misérables)
• Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)
• Joyce Byers (Stranger Things)
• Kurtan Mucklowe (This Country)
• Leia Organa (Star Wars)

• Anathema Device
• Grandmama Addams
• Hilda Spellman
• Kiki
• Minerva McGonagall
• Molly Weasley
• Paige Matthews
• Phoebe Halliwell
• Piper Halliwell
• Prue Halliwell
• Sabrina Spellman
• Zelda Spellman

• Beetlejuice
• Dirty Dancing
• Ghost
• The Goonies
• The History Boys
• Isle of Dogs
• Loving Vincent
• Mermaids
• Mulan
• The Princess Bride
• Reservoir Dogs