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Katharine Schopflin

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Information manager, Long Covid, dementia care, choral singing. An atheist of Jewish extraction who really likes Anglican churchgoing. She/ Her.

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Totally got the same energy, which is a compliment.

07.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations and best of luck!

06.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That reminds me of the old joke about the American tourist at Oxford circus who asks which way to Marks & Spencer and then goes looking for 'Ivor Way'.

06.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hyperspecific public sector DP observation: it's really annoying the way (e) automatically updates to the euro sign in Word, isn't it? Especially after 6 (1)

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha, a camera crew and a producer adds to the artificiality but I was actually thinking of travelbros who are all 'just me and my selfie stick'.

06.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Were you inspired by Monet's woman with a parasol pictures?

06.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I get served a lot of clips of 'men in less-visited countries'. I'm not saying it's wrong for them to go, but there's never any acknowledgement that they're only acceptable to many of these countries as white, straight-presenting men. Or at least that their experience would be different otherwise.

06.03.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#SingingJoy number 3 for 2026. Last Friday I sang 'Salley Gardens' at a local supperclub open mic. No accompanist, so needed to be a folk song. It was a last minute choice as I couldn't find my songbook with 'Ae Fond Kiss' in it. Just before St David's Day, but I don't know any Welsh songs, alas.

05.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm trying to work out under what circumstances it could possibly be okay to use laziness as an excuse for underperforming in the workplace.

05.03.2026 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm drooling thinking about ut now and have another hour of meetings first!

05.03.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Past Katharine was too tired to cook last night and it won't be possible at lunchtime so it's kebab lunch day.

05.03.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Rick Stein went to Germany and it was terrible.

05.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing I find hard to deal with is the women from my very privileged educational background, where we were educated to believe that career was everything, who have dropped out of the (traditional)workplace. Privilege is part of it, as it's clearly something they can afford as a family unit.

05.03.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can share the opposite. GP insisted I use their in-house practitioner. She stopped the session, said CBT wasn't what I needed.

05.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah Ozzy is nice. The zones get very confusing. And sometimes you don't know which side of the barrier you're on.

05.03.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I totally would do this but would require an even earlier start from marylebone than it does from Euston.

05.03.2026 08:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I read it recently and can thoroughly recommend!

04.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The @ipso.co.uk ruling of Telegraph’s preposterous β€œWe earn Β£345k but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays”, reveals the article to have been a fabrication. There is no such family as Al, Alexandra, Ali, Harry and Barry Moy. Glad to have acted as lead complainant on this.

03.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 410 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 14
Breakfast on a blue china plate: buttered toast, mushrooms, hash browns, two grilled half tomatoes and a fried egg. Wooden table, newspaper (actually the LRB) seen behind.

Breakfast on a blue china plate: buttered toast, mushrooms, hash browns, two grilled half tomatoes and a fried egg. Wooden table, newspaper (actually the LRB) seen behind.

#EggClub goes East. Early riser veggie breakfast at The Full Monty just off Roman Road. Mushrooms were perfect, veg sausage a bit odd-tasting.

04.03.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you - I headed back to Bethnal Green for bus convenience but this would work as a meeting place on Saturday pre-Care Home visit.

04.03.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A Victorian room 'boasted of no furniture but eight old leathern chairs and two old tables .. surrounded by shelves'. Barely furnished, Victorian style. (From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope).

04.03.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They can be really scary if you're in the water with them. They're better at swimming than I am.

04.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good bossing, boss. I am taking notes.

04.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh ... YOUNG people.

04.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anything you like is ok for breakfast!

04.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

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03.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1118 πŸ” 416 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 47

Trying to make the prospect of a mammogram on my rest day more appealing by finding a caff to go to near Mile End Hospital.

04.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No!

03.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I did that on my honeymoon! Only problem is staying a night in Zurich. Creepy hotel and they could not have cared less that we were newlyweds. Not the first time I had terrible hospitality in Switzerland.

03.03.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Was hoping to travel back from Milan on the new European sleeper in June. Now confirmed it's not running until September. Alternative plan to get some way along the TGV and spend the night, probably at Chambery.

03.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0