Claire Cock-Starkey
Writer (Lore of the Wild, Hyphens & Hashtags &c). Big fan of books, libraries, folklore, history. Also have a PhD on the folklore of death and dying in 19th century England
- Despite the rain had the absolute privilege of following a barn owl as it hunted along the riverside meadow this morning. These kind of encounters really keep me from tipping into despair at the state of the world. Go outside everyone, despite our fuckwittery the world is still a beautiful place 💚
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- Just got my PLR statement showing how many times books I have written have been taken out of UK libraries and worked out that 2.2 of my books were taken out of a library every single day last year 🥳
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- This is a lovely hopeful story for a dark Saturday morning: ‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Reading about ghost laying in Berkshire from account in Folklore (1902). 13 ministers would gather in a sheepfold (because sheep were thought to be such 'inercent craturs') and 6 would read a passage from the Bible forwards while 7 read it backwards. Sure fire way to get rid of ghosts, apparently!
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- Can't stop thinking about an informational sigh at Museum of Zoology yesterday. Apparently midway through their lives, mollusks go through 'torsion' and to grow larger their whole body twists and transforms. Only problem is it means their bum hole moves to above their head...a metaphor for old age!
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- Otherwordly golden light this morning which was made even more special by watching a ghostly barn owl float over the meadow.
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- Eeeek! Just submitted my corrected thesis, I guess that really is PhDone now 🥳 #PhDSky
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- Excellent start to first day back at my desk - some unexpected book royalties! 🥳 Slightly lessens the January pressure!
- Happy new year! Light dusting of snow here in south Cambridge and a beautiful lilac tinge to the sky. Lovely morning walk before getting back at my desk and getting into it. Here's hoping for a productive 2026!
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- Just got a £90 penalty for failing to pay for the Blackwall tunnel!! Not sure how I managed not to pay it as usually we're super on it with these things but it just seems so ridiculously steep! When did making a mistake get so bloody expensive?
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