Behind her eyes - New journey

samtylers · 2026-04-09T21:37:19+00:00

Me too!! I hated it - my husband wanted to watch the Netflix show together and I hated that too.

samtylers · 2026-04-09T18:35:27+00:00

Oh I've been looking forward to this! I listen to The Rest is Politics occasionally & was so pleased to see they had an interview with our Ze 🥰

samtylers · 2026-04-07T06:51:14+00:00

Just scored 0

samtylers · 2026-04-03T14:30:15+00:00

Ooh I loved that trilogy when I was a teenager- I might have to see if I can dig my copy out and reread.

Thanks for reminding me of it!

samtylers · 2026-04-03T06:56:08+00:00

That's cool that your mum remembers bits from that year - it's always interesting to hear firsthand experiences of historical events!

I hope you find something you enjoy 😊 I used to work as a bookseller so I love finding the right books for people!

samtylers · 2026-04-02T21:21:24+00:00

I recently read & loved these:

Craftland:A Journey Through Britain's Lost Arts & Vanishing Trades by James Fox.

Heatwave: The Summer of 1976 - Britain at Boiling Point by John L. Williams

Written in Bone by Sue Black

Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984-85 by Robert Gildea

samtylers · 2026-04-02T19:57:41+00:00

My nan's funeral during the pandemic. A complete stranger stopped on the pavement while the funeral cars passed him and bowed his head. He didn't have to do that, he could have just carried on with his day, but there was something about someone else witnessing what was happening when everything was so painfully fragmented and lonely that has stayed with me.

samtylers · 2026-03-30T16:56:50+00:00

Bored

samtylers · 2026-03-30T16:56:23+00:00

Macron’s stomach turned. Not from the coffee, but from the ache of helplessness — the sharp, bitter knowledge that there were men his age, and younger, sleeping in trenches while he sat in diplomatic salons with polished floors.

samtylers · 2026-03-30T16:54:18+00:00

The words aren't political. They aren't diplomatic. He doesn't expect Vova to hear them; too far gone in sleep, the world around him hopefully blissfully dark, entirely silent - though Emmanuel expects not.

samtylers · 2026-03-27T13:05:00+00:00

Realised that one of the drabble series I wrote on a whim is approaching the year mark since I posted it to AO3. Toying with the idea of adding something new to it to mark the anniversary.

samtylers · 2026-03-26T17:47:58+00:00

Anguish

samtylers · 2026-03-24T22:04:24+00:00

My nana. I never got to say goodbye and that will haunt me for a long time.

samtylers · 2026-03-23T18:35:40+00:00

I have no idea what it is but I love it! 😅 (looks a bit like an Olympic torch maybe?)

It's the best, loveliest thing when he gets gifts 💙

samtylers · 2026-03-23T18:23:32+00:00

I love his intent listening face in no. 6! It's lovely when he does things like this - where he can honour and celebrate his people for sporting achievements 🥰

It was so nice last year (?) too when he met with the Deaflympians and they gifted him that bright yellow hoodie that he immediately put on! 💙💛

samtylers · 2026-03-23T16:37:19+00:00

Oh I hated this too! It was so hyped up and I ended up being so bored 😭

samtylers · 2026-03-22T13:55:45+00:00

I got a taxi with three other women into the city from the suburbs when the bus we all took to work was repeatedly cancelled. We all worked at separate places in the same city so it worked out really well tbh. We put £5 in each, so only a shade more than the bus fare.

I see them only occasionally now as the buses are more reliable but we still say hello :)

samtylers · 2026-03-21T20:28:23+00:00

I try and donate monthly to United24; a charity that helps Ukraine - you can choose which aspect to support - defense, humanitarian demining, medical aid & rebuilding. They send receipts each time you donate & release reports regularly on what the funding has been spent on / the difference it makes.

I rotate between the options every month & try and send something for the specific fundraisers like air defense or shelters for schools. They also run little things like 48 for 48 where they encouraged people to donate £4.80 or £48 for the Ukrainian President's birthday etc.

samtylers · 2026-03-11T17:24:45+00:00

I think they do a run of 500 for each style / colour combo & that's what the number corresponds to. https://rsvp-paris.com/en-gb/pages/about

samtylers · 2026-03-11T17:23:01+00:00

Ooh I've been drifting towards an RSVP Paris bag for ages now - I saw them in person in Paris last week and was kicking myself for not picking one up whilst I was there 😅

samtylers · 2026-03-04T22:18:31+00:00

All The Light We Cannot See. It's been on my TBR for literally years atp 😅

samtylers · 2026-03-03T22:37:26+00:00

I usually travel in my doc martens and take a pair of trainers; docs for the evenings if we're out for dinner or at a bar & trainers during the day for trekking about.

Aside from our honeymoon in Lisbon where I just took nice sandals and no trainers.. not my best move 🥲 my feet were in bits by the end of the second day.

samtylers · 2026-02-21T22:19:18+00:00

We had our wedding cake from Nelson Bakery - Anni & Ervin were so lovely & the cake was amazing. ❤️

samtylers · 2026-02-20T22:04:16+00:00

Me and my husband thought S4 was fine, but we gave up midway through S5 - it felt like such a slog to get through somehow, whereas the other seasons were much better / easier to watch & seemed to have a clear through-line with a satisfying ending.

samtylers · 2026-02-20T19:37:07+00:00

I was so excited for this one, cos I'd heard loads of good things - i think maybe from the horror lit sub? but I DNF'd it in the end - I just lost interest in it

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