Lizzy

@lizzycampbell

Professional book nerd working in publishing. Fangirl. Northerner. Singer. Cyclist. Occasional Elizabeth. Never Liz. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈 💜🖤🩶

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Lizzy@lizzycampbell· 22d

An unusual side-on shot!

Screencap from BBC News showing a side on angle of the podium outside 10 Downing Street. The headline says 'Andy Burnham to become Prime Minist...' but is cut off.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· 23d

It’s a variant on my mum’s original edition! Or maybe mine’s a variant of yours…

A very battered front cover of Lord of the Rings with red lettering and a green illustration of the Shire in the background.

The title page of The Lord of the Rings listing the three books and with dwarven runes and elven script as a header and footer.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· 27d

I know exactly what one of my earliest encounters with them was because I still have the book (ignoring that in the 1990s we were still using a book published in 1973, it was a private-but-poor school, long story). Pretty certain we had shabby hardbacks of the Illiad and Odyssey in the library too.

The front cover of the New Windmill Series edition of Rex Warner's Men and Gods. The cover is yellow and brown with an illustration on the front of a man in armour and Zeus holding a lighting bolt.

A library card from a primary school, with York College For Girls at the top and a list of names ending with 'Year 5: Elizabeth Campbell' in a child's handwriting.

The contents page from the book with the names of the stories in the book such as Actaeon, Daedalus and Icarus, Perseus, Jason, Orpheus and Eurydice etc.

The second page of contents. Stories include Arachne, Bellerophn, Midas and Oedipus.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· 28d

this was my most popular tumblr post ever, from 2013. at the time, my reaction to these temperatures felt reasonable. Now I want them back.

A weather map of the UK where the highest temperature is 29. Underneath in all caps it reads ‘what are you doing UK you are supposed to be a green and pleasant land’. Posted 9 July 2013.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jul 7

😭

The final stretch! Chronoodle wraps its daily run at challenge #700. Until then, a new challenge every day, same as the last two years. After that, all 700 stay playable in the archive.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jul 7

Apparently I opened three links from The Bookseller daily newsletter too quickly and they've suspended my account??? I thought it was spam at first, but I'm getting a 404 on the site, and when I try to log in in a fresh instance my account isn't recognised. 🤯

A screenshot from an email that reads "Your account, [greyed out email address], has been suspended as you have exceed [sic] the number of pages you can view within a specified time frame for your account. Please contact customer services if you believe a fault has occurred."

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jul 4

Nailed it #TheCycling

A screenshot from the fantasy Tour De France competition with a guess that the winning TTT time would be 21m48s. The actual final time was 21m47.87s.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jul 4

It’s time. #TheCycling

Orla Chennaoui on my tv presenting the start of the Stage 1 Breakaway show. There’s a Tour De France poster leaning up against the wall under the tv.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jun 27

I have had a packet of fajita seasoning in my cupboard for ages and decided I probably should use it so going to tonight and just checked the date on it

The back of a packet of seasoning with a best before date of tomorrow (28-06-2026)

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jun 27

Delighted.

My kitchen door which now has a white screen curtain that has magnets down the middle. It’s not pretty but it will keep the flies out and let me have the door open.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jun 17

New ghost friend just arrived!

A photo of one corner of one of my bookshelves where there is a little wooden dragon, an extra large d20 and in the middle is a multi-coloured ghost from the York Ghost Merchants. It’s blue and orange and yellow all mixed in a swirling marbled pattern. Behind it are a row of sci-fi and fantasy books because of course there are.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jun 8

Love this for us

A screenshot from a system where a 'Generate with AI' option has been added. If you click the info button, a pop up opens which says 'This AI feature may provide inaccurate or biased responses.'

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Jun 4

Never gets old

Durham Castle and Cathedral from the train

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 31

Turns out if you set out early enough in the morning you can do a walk through the park ending with an iced coffee and get back home in plenty of time to chill out for the rest of the day. Also, trees!

A tree with spectacular roots showing above the ground.

An old stone footbridge in a park surrounded by trees.

Another gnarly tree with branches all curled around each other with lots of greenery in the background.

A stone bridge over water surrounded by trees in the sunshine.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 30

Oh happy day. I can finally stop my neighbours seeing into my living room when they’re out in their yard without shutting out *all* the light.

A window with shutters and long net curtains hanging down.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 23

I don’t have a Flat Eric but I do have this

It’s a genuine real 1990s Edd the Duck hand puppet. What else would it be.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 23

When you go to a museum and are old enough to have lived through some of the exhibits first time round.

A window filled with items from the 1990s, including a Flat Eric puppet sat right at the front.

Another display featuring a Mac from 2000 and a Nintendo Wii

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 14

What is happening

A photo of my backyard with hailstones everywhere

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 11

Back to the real world.

It’s a photo of the back of a seat on a train looking out a window onto Newcastle station.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 7

Went up to Alnwick, now on one of those ridiculously scenic bus routes to get back to Newcastle. North East coastline! Castles! All from the top deck for £7.50 for the whole day.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 7

Morpeth Bagpipe Museum ✅ My dad belonged to the York branch of the Northumbrian Pipers Society and we used to go to a lot of meet ups when I was little. So wandering round the museum was a sudden throwback to find this banner, made by his friends whose house the meets were at.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· May 2

Also my front door is open with just the vestibule door closed. This is not a drill.

My hallway. There’s a wooden floor with a rug. The front door is open and you can see outside through the large glass pane in the vestibule door, which is closed. Two pictures are hanging on the walls either side.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Apr 28

Alas

A bright blue Le Creuset lid with a chip of enamel that’s come off the rim, sitting on my kitchen counter.

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Apr 22

So excited to have made the list

Lizzy@lizzycampbell· Apr 21

Good luck inspiring them when it's not available to watch on a tv channel that everyone has access to. Or do you only get to be inspired if you can make it there in person?