PJ White

@petewhite.bsky.social

397 Followers 527 Following

Onetime freelance writer & journo. Currently learning Old English, reading poetry and getting used to Linux. Leicester, UK.

Paragraph from Prospect magazine in which "by why Starmer" appears when "but why Starmer" was probably intended.
Extract from “How the Labourer Lives: A Study of the Rural Labour Problem”, Rowntree & Kendall, pp. 59-63, pub. 1917. Describes man reflecting on uselessness of wealthier classes and noting that many people are worse off than himself.
screenshot of BBC Newsnight bluesky account showing a thousand followers and no posts.
Clip of dictionary page, with crucial column blurred and unreadable.
Two litre jars of fermenting kraut. One with air gap and discoloured veg.
Extract from Mrs Dalloway: "She advanced, light, tall, very upright, to be greeted at once by button-faced Miss Pym, whose hands were always bright red, as if they had been stood in cold water with the flowers." Stood underlined in red.
Screenshot of online directory showing average earnings for freelance writers of £52,000 a year, with a low of £31,200 and high of £87,750