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Chronic illness, moderate nerdiness, mostly here to look at your pets. londonesque_ at the Other Place.

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A five pound note with a seagull eating a Greggs sausage roll in place of his majesty the king.

A five pound note with a seagull eating a Greggs sausage roll in place of his majesty the king.

Put the seagull who kept stealing Greggs sausage rolls on the five pound notes you cowards!

11.03.2026 22:54 👍 74 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 0

we dare you to find a museum more ready

11.03.2026 14:38 👍 1219 🔁 188 💬 17 📌 3
LET'S NOT PLAY FRISBEE WITH THAT POET ANYMORE.

[This is a comic strip, with a poem laid over it. On each panel a new line of the poem is written. The scene is a park, in the summer. A man in a trenchcoat - implicitly Philip Larkin - stands folorn, motionless, looking at people throwing a frisbee. It becomes apparent as the comic progresses that they are trying to play frisbee with him. He stand stock still for the whole comic, watching the frisbee as, panel by panel it soars closer and closer to him].

After contemplating the approaching frisbee for two silent panels, Philip begins his thoughts:

Unloosed, unheralded,
You soar toward me
Across the dying afternoon. 

bright disc of childhood,
Long since thrown wide
Of Youth's green imaginings,

Your slow declining arc
Figures a sky-written truth:
We will all succumb, and soon

To earth's hard oblivion.

[The frisbee hits Philip on the head with a resounding DONK. He falls backwards, to the ground.

[Ends]

LET'S NOT PLAY FRISBEE WITH THAT POET ANYMORE. [This is a comic strip, with a poem laid over it. On each panel a new line of the poem is written. The scene is a park, in the summer. A man in a trenchcoat - implicitly Philip Larkin - stands folorn, motionless, looking at people throwing a frisbee. It becomes apparent as the comic progresses that they are trying to play frisbee with him. He stand stock still for the whole comic, watching the frisbee as, panel by panel it soars closer and closer to him]. After contemplating the approaching frisbee for two silent panels, Philip begins his thoughts: Unloosed, unheralded, You soar toward me Across the dying afternoon. bright disc of childhood, Long since thrown wide Of Youth's green imaginings, Your slow declining arc Figures a sky-written truth: We will all succumb, and soon To earth's hard oblivion. [The frisbee hits Philip on the head with a resounding DONK. He falls backwards, to the ground. [Ends]

Let's Not Play Frisbee With That Poet Anymore

10.03.2026 20:02 👍 680 🔁 193 💬 19 📌 8

Post your favorite Lord of The Rings character. Wrong Answers Only.

10.03.2026 15:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Thank you, it’s such a relief!

10.03.2026 14:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Doctor was really kind and understanding! She said diagnosing perimenopause under the age of 45 is tricky but she thinks it’s likely I’m in it and will help me whatever the (notoriously unreliable) blood tests show. So relieved!

10.03.2026 12:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Original Dog Portrait commission! Commission an original pencil drawing of your pet doggo's face! You'll be asked to supply a couple of photos of your dog. Original art plus...

I do #dog face commissions again from late Feb.

A silly but very cute doggo scribble that's affordable.

You get the original art too. Order one now!
#illustration #dogs #art

davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com/product/orig...

20.02.2026 10:20 👍 31 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 1

It’s time for us to find our inner Karens and harness it for good, be loud and annoy them into taking menopause seriously if only to shut us up

09.03.2026 20:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The funny thing with perimenopause is it makes you tired of everyone’s shit, so now I want to defiantly stand up for myself and make my needs heard because honestly fuck them all for making women go through this in silence for generations, and not bothering to do more than the minimum research on it

09.03.2026 20:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m feeling a bit sick about this. As a teenager I went through hell jumping through hoops and not being believed by anyone when I fell ill with M.E./Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and this is kicking A LOT of old dust up with old traumas. I hope to god mine is the last generation treated like this

09.03.2026 20:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you very much ❤️

09.03.2026 19:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

*Sees unhappy cat with claw stuck in arm of sofa*

"Let me help you there, my friend."

*Gently and patiently rescues cat from its uncomfortable predicament, with enormous care*

Cat (leaving): "I will never forgive you for this, for as long as I live.

09.03.2026 18:07 👍 339 🔁 41 💬 15 📌 1

Decided to bite the bullet and see if I can get any help for my perimenopause. I’ve put it off for two years because I see so many people talking about what a nightmare it is even being believed if you’re under 45. Please send good thoughts my way that I won’t have to fight and will be believed 🤞

09.03.2026 18:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
The character “Daryl Hannah” portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John. The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue. I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I never compared Jacqueline Onassis’ death to a dog’s. It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show. These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct — and they are false.

When so many people watch a dramatization that uses a real name, real-life consequences follow. In the weeks since the series aired, I have received many hostile and even threatening messages from viewers who seem to believe the portrayal is factual. When entertainment borrows a real person’s name, it can permanently impact her reputation.

I know that as an actress I will be in the public eye. I’ve endured a number of outrageous lies, crappy stories and unflattering characterizations before. I chose not to battle them but to focus on my work and respect my loved ones by keeping my private life private. But my silence should not be mistaken for agreement with lies. Apparently, my discretion makes me a target.

The character “Daryl Hannah” portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John. The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue. I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I never compared Jacqueline Onassis’ death to a dog’s. It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show. These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct — and they are false. When so many people watch a dramatization that uses a real name, real-life consequences follow. In the weeks since the series aired, I have received many hostile and even threatening messages from viewers who seem to believe the portrayal is factual. When entertainment borrows a real person’s name, it can permanently impact her reputation. I know that as an actress I will be in the public eye. I’ve endured a number of outrageous lies, crappy stories and unflattering characterizations before. I chose not to battle them but to focus on my work and respect my loved ones by keeping my private life private. But my silence should not be mistaken for agreement with lies. Apparently, my discretion makes me a target.

"Love Story" is telling terrible lies about Darryl Hannah and people are believing them.

This is so bad. even worse because JFK Jr and CBK are dead, tragically young, and so can't stand up for the truth too.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

09.03.2026 10:11 👍 40 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
07.01.2026 13:11 👍 6189 🔁 2207 💬 17 📌 31

Autistic people enjoy parallel play? Well, first of all it's called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

08.03.2026 16:05 👍 274 🔁 65 💬 12 📌 1
King reflects on 'pressures of conflict' in Commonwealth message

King reflects on 'pressures of conflict' in Commonwealth message

Are those the 'pressures' of living with undescribable wealth & privilege thanks solely on the bloodline of your family profiting from spoils of conflict?

08.03.2026 14:56 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I looked so distressed while listening to the prolonged bagpipe solo that Florence asked me if SOMEONE HAD DIED

07.03.2026 22:16 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0

Welcome to the Garyneum, the 13 day period between the birthdays of Gary Numan and Gary Oldman.

08.03.2026 10:32 👍 597 🔁 167 💬 16 📌 5
Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head

Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head

I’m searching for the original and/or rights owner of this fabulous picture of Birmingham in the early 1970s. It popped up on my Instagram feed, but I’ve been unable to track it down.

Any leads? I’m really hoping to use it in a book.

(And would much appreciate a RT please)

07.03.2026 11:32 👍 219 🔁 235 💬 18 📌 10
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In a world of lies, we need the BBC more than ever. This week could be our last chance to save it | Polly Toynbee As the public consultation on the BBC nears its end, the right will be out in force to undermine it. But its supporters can do their bit – with this guidance, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

‘All those who care about the BBC’s future should hurry and send in their response before 10 March.

Despite strong public support for the national broadcaster, you can bet battalions of enemies driven by the right will be out in force to undermine it.’

06.03.2026 13:11 👍 23 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 2

Thank you again!

05.03.2026 15:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A rectangular book with a sly blue background and white text, it’s called ‘Times Like These, Graphic Reports of Modern Life’ by David Ziggy Greene. There are black and white cartoon drawings of various different peoples legs around the edge of the cover.

A rectangular book with a sly blue background and white text, it’s called ‘Times Like These, Graphic Reports of Modern Life’ by David Ziggy Greene. There are black and white cartoon drawings of various different peoples legs around the edge of the cover.

A very good post day! I always enjoyed @jambookshopuk.bsky.social’s cartoons in Private Eye so was excited to see there was a collection of them in one handy book. A fun little personalisation inside was a lovely surprise, thank you! Check out David Ziggy Greene’s account for this and more #booksky

05.03.2026 14:55 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A small book with limbs made of rolled-up paper held between the covers and a crudely drawn face sticking out from the top

A small book with limbs made of rolled-up paper held between the covers and a crudely drawn face sticking out from the top

I don't have kids so I dressed up my book as a child for world book day

05.03.2026 12:58 👍 379 🔁 86 💬 2 📌 0
An instagram ad of a lady wearing a bag in the shape of a pigeon

An instagram ad of a lady wearing a bag in the shape of a pigeon

The same lady wearing a purple beret decorated with pigeons and hearts

The same lady wearing a purple beret decorated with pigeons and hearts

The same lady again with a blue and pink scarf decorated with, yes you guessed it, pigeons

The same lady again with a blue and pink scarf decorated with, yes you guessed it, pigeons

A purple t shirt with a picture of a fat little pigeon sitting g sow , the text underneath says ‘I’m fine’

A purple t shirt with a picture of a fat little pigeon sitting g sow , the text underneath says ‘I’m fine’

I need to find anyone who understands me as well as the Instagram algorithm does (genuinely considering the t-shirt)

05.03.2026 12:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 👍 17221 🔁 6009 💬 516 📌 494

I want to get my warm weather clothes out the cupboard, but I get tricked this time every year

04.03.2026 12:24 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]

From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:

NEWSREADER:

Extraordinary images here 

of an expat in Dubai 

[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]

…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.

[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. 

CLIVE MYRIE:

To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent

DAVID JONES:

Clive, this is momentous

It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.

[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]

You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.

It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.

CLIVE MYRIE:

Which are…?

DAVID JONES:

You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, 
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.

CLIVE MYRIE:

And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?

DAVID JONES:

I think we can expect to see:

“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”

CLIVE MYRIE:

Mmm. 

[Ends]

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

04.03.2026 11:14 👍 4008 🔁 1264 💬 17 📌 41

I’m very sorry

03.03.2026 20:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Also, the boob hypnosis stuff is misinformation put out by The Sun. A journalist asked him specifically to make her *think* her boobs had grown, he initially refused but agreed to try it. Cool to see Smart Thinkers(tm) run with that.

03.03.2026 12:56 👍 30 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 2