Hazel Phillips

@corylus.bsky.social

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Medical research manager, ABM breastfeeding counsellor, mum of two, wife of one, feeder of two cats. This is a personal account. (she/her).

A printed sign on a supermarket freezer saying “sorry this is all the icecream we have in the building”
A projector screen showing a title slide reading Natalie Haynes in large white letters superimposed on an image of an ancient Greek style statue of a woman’s head carved from marble
The nine red arrows planes with red white and blue smoke trailing fly over the brutalist architecture of the Barbican
A red cocktail with a cherry in the top in a glass with spiral ridges sitting on a bar with backlit bottles behind
An illuminated sign on a wall in a station saying “dedicated to baguettes. Breadicated, you could say”
A cinema screen showing a film but cut in half by a horizontal wall blocking the view
A white china angel with its head broken off, sitting on a desk next to a turquoise crocheted HIV vision.
A view of an orange sofa with a grey blanket with brown and black cats ears poking through
Snip of NYT crossword homepage, showing icons for the longstanding crossword puzzle, the well established mini puzzle and a new midi crossword
A page of music for Owls by Elgar
A dark blue blanket with a suspicious hole that just about relates to about four times the size of George the cat’s mouth
A pair of legs resting on a stool covered in a blue velvet blanket on which a beige and brown Burmese cat has installed himself
A piece of Lino covered in printing ink with two cat paw prints clearly visible.
A Christmas cake on a silver board. The cake is covered with white icing, decorated with light and dark green six pointed stars surrounding a red stegosaurus
A model of the baby Jesus in a manger lying on a slate hearth, cruelly swiped there by an unfeeling cat
A well worn copy of The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
A black cat is on a mantelpiece despite it being covered in fake Xmas greenery.
A cocktail glass filled with alluring orange liquid
A TV screen showing the opening credits of the Breakfast Club, quoting David Bowie “and these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations, they’re quite aware of what they’re going through”
A book of music titled Gurt Xmas 2025
Grid of 16 words for the Connections quiz. The words on the top line read ‘Only Connect Olive Branch’
A badger cub emerges from behind a shed and walks across a patio
A spider the size of a small dog
A packet of aligot flavour crisps
A tardigrade carved of ice in an ice cave
A plate with a coffee, pastel de nata, canele, icecream, chocolate muffin and macaron
A bottle of milky white liquid on a supermarket shelf named “Goat Save the King” with a label explaining it is a goat milk liqueur
Linked in message saying “Hi Hazel I noticed you are interested in which I’m also superfocused on. Love what you guys are doing at UHB NHS foundation trust. As a fellow supply chain professional it’d be great to connect - happy to share ideas or make any useful intros. Thanks “
A hand with suspiciously magenta fingers
A tablet with a to do list with no tasks
White cable on a desk with old fashioned connector
Conference slide about the PIMS study listing partners organisations
A picture of text on a kindle with the following words highlighted: isopropyl alcohol, which Zelda abbreviated as IA
A dark brown cat and a light brown cat are stretched out on a beige carpet
A photo of a television info screen from Live Aid with logos for credit card companies and regional phone numbers to call to donate. The region’s are The North, The Midlands and The South. One of the numbers for The South is 01 811 8055 which was the number for Multi Coloured Swap Shop and all following Saturday morning TV shows.
Perfectly crisp roast potatoes in a white bowl
A garden patio next to a flower bed. The soil in the flower bed has been disturbed and there are muddy footprints on the patio slabs. The footprints are wide and badgery.
A head and shoulders shot of a white girl with her fair hair tied up off her face, wearing a black sequinned dress and a gold necklace with a red heart pendant.
Sideboard with a TV. The wall behind the sideboard has cat steps giving access to the window at the top.
Two cats gaze longingly at baby birds on a tv screen
Paper wrapper with various symbols and text saying “package made of stone paper. 100% tree free”
App screenshot with Royal Mail logo and note saying this is an unsupported browser
A pair of feet on a yoga mat. A brown cat sits right in the way, stopping the feet owner from doing anything.
Two brown cats sit in patches of sun on a beige sofa
A tray with tequila shots
A Risk board game where black is winning
A crao hairdryer
An Ikea Skådis wall storage system with children’s books in one basket and a glass of wine in another
A mug with a picture of Queen Elizabeth II and the caption “I ate swans”
An empty stage with pink spotlights
A red negroni with a cherry in a frosted glass with a restaurant in the background
George, a dark brown cat, looks out from under my duvet in my bed as if I’m bothering him
A loaf of bread cut open to show it is marbled with with pink green and blue
A dark brown and a light brown cat snuggle under a pink weighted blanket
A glass containing orange liquid and skull shaped ice cubes
An open fortune cookie with a red packet on a notebook. The motto says “do everything with confidence”
Jan Howard, a woman with 80s hair, gold earrings and a bright pink cowl neck wrap dress sweater looks pensively at the camera. Her feckless husband Tom, a man with salt and pepper hair and a grey crew neck jumper looks at her. Everyone holds their breath.
A woman’s left hand on an Apple keyboard which needs a good clean. She has dark red nails and is wearing a warm grey fingerless glove.
George, a dark brown cat, sits in front of the television screen, obscuring the third clue in the Only Connect sequence. The host, Victoria Coren Mitchell, looks on.
George (left) a dark brown Burmese cat and his brother Monty (right) a caramel coloured Burmese cat curl up in front of a roaring log fire