Rosie and Jessica’s Day of Fun
Like a cup of tea with two good friends, Rosie and Jessica’s Day of Fun is a chat between two sisters about the things they do and make and see.
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Episodes
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
In episode 136, Rosie and Jessica are united in the very same room in which they recorded their first episode (and some of the very same audio quality.) They take a listener question as an opportunity to go in deep on that best of meals, the tea tray.
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This week’s songsJessica picked Barrett’s Privateers by Stan Rogers, while Rosie went for The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights.
Playlists of all our song choices are available on Spotify! Here are Jessica‘s and Rosie‘s.
Why the Buffy remasters suck.
Relax with some filthy art (not like that.)
Some more nice sewing ladies – Abby Cox, Sewstine & Lady Rebecca Fashions.
Basically this YouTube channel about a couple turning a canal boat into a cafe is the best.
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
In episode 135, Rosie and Jessica see in the new(-ish) year with an overview of what they’ve been up to (little), what television they’ve been watching (lots) and how many lockdowns they’ve been in (as of writing, three.)
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This week’s songsJessica picked Now or Never by Sunset Curve, while Rosie went for Gonzo’s I’m Going to Get Back There Someday.
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Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
We’re scrolling through the archives this week back to 2015, when we brought you the best movies to watch on a gloomy autumnal afternoon. Also Rosie had cleaned her hoover filters which somehow made the first line of the intro back then. As ever, simpler times.
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This week’s songsJessica picked Sunrays and Saturdays by Vertical Horizon, while Rosie went for Detectorists by Johnny Flynn.
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Needle and Fed
Rosie is continuing with her Sheherazade shawl when she’s not knitting a not-so-mystery Mystery Knit-Along.
Sloths! in! Spaaaaace!
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
In episode 134, Rosie and Jessica do a relatively timely review of the Netflix movie, Enola Holmes. Autumn has rolled in, birthdays are to be had, and caterpillars are eaten.
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This week’s songsJessica picked Tied to the 90s by Travis, while Rosie went for the McGarrigle and Wainwright family’s Proserpina.
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Would you like to see a woman build her own pumpkin head? Or putting pockets in all her dresses?
Showing there is some justice in the world, Amber Ruffin has got her own show.
Sometimes musicals need explaining and when they do, there’s Musicalsplaining.
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Jessica is on the home stretch of her Masters Dissertation this week (g’wannnn) so we’re hopping back into the archives, this time to 2018 and another week when the Pumpkin Spice Latte returned to British shores. Also, look at Peter Kavinsky, erstwhile Twitter boyfriend.
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This week’s songsJessica picked You Don’t Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce, while Rosie went for Cat People by David Bowie.
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If you too are tired of the Hollywood Handshake and its hyperinflation, this is the article for you.
Another agricultural YouTube recommendation! This time Roots and Refuge from Arkansas.
The internet love To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before as much as we do! Here is some essential reading on how it became an instant classic, its many romcom pleasures and the romcom renaissance we are living through. We obviously adore its on point aesthetic so get caught up on how its costume designer chose the clothes, a deeper dive into its aesthetic and the essential guide to Lara Jean’s eyelashes.
Teeny tiny Anna Kendrick sings Life Upon the Wicked Stage (with the girls of the Kit Kat club!)
freeze frame on man running through bazaarJason Statham (VO): yeah. thass me. aladdin runnin frum the fuzz again
— you have won a ham (@jon_snow_420) August 23, 2018
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— Kamalavathe (@kamalavathe) September 3, 2018
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Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
We’re hopping back in the time machine this week to 2014, where in another early September, a man disrupted a nation by putting a baked alaska in a bin. Simpler times.
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This week’s songsJessica has been playing Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd, while Rosie has been torturing her family with Them Heavy People by Kate Bush (not Alan Partridge.)
The V&A’s Wedding Dresses 1775 – 2014 exhibition is on until March 2015.
Top 5 BiscuitsJessica nominated Oreos, Bourbon Biscuits, Hob Nobs, Fig Rolls and Ms. Cupcake‘s Red Velvet Cookie Sandwich, while Rosie did strenuous research to decide on Viennese Whirls, Chocolate Caramel Digestives, Pink Wafers, Jammy Dodgers and her friend Heather’s gingerbread. Party Rings, Jaffa Cakes, shortbread and Peanut Cookies had to settle for being honourable mentions.
Needle and FedRosie has finished her Rico V Neck Baby Cardigan, at long last.
If you’ve missed out on an indie club night, please make use of Friend of the Show Izzi’s playlist.
We love Chloe Giordano’s beautiful woodland embroidery.
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
In episode 133, Rosie and Jessica may be succumbing to sweating sickness. I cannot tell you how much 100% bonko audio I cut. Rosie has too many potatoes. Jessica has a wall chart. A cotton romper had little ducky buttons.
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This week’s songsJessica picked Share Your Address by the Ben Platt, while Rosie went for Dua Lipa’s Boys Will Be Boys.
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Rosie wrote a book!
NB is now on Radio 1 and you don’t have to get up at 3:30am to hear it.
Trixie Mattel and a marionette!
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
In episode 132, Rosie and Jessica discuss how to be a good guest (pineapples) and what is and what isn’t camp (pineapples – pretty camp.) There’s a mysterious model boat which sounds exactly like a plot point in an episode of Murder, She Wrote.
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This week’s songsJessica picked Kokomo by the Beach Boys, while Rosie went for Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of .
Playlists of all our song choices are available on Spotify! Here are Jessica‘s and Rosie‘s.
Just shut the front door and put on a mask.
The show Glow Up is good but this video of Trixie and Katya watching Glow Up is probably better.
We’re persuaded by Lolly Adefope’s Bond audition.
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
In honour of the Hamilton movie hitting Disney+, we’re hopping back to 2016 for this week’s Yesterday of Fun for our Hamilton special which, my god, somehow manages to still have Flap My Jack mentioned.
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Sara Grant’s new book Chasing Danger is out now!
We loved Pop Culture Happy Hour’s Hamilton special.
Stephen Colbert gets schooled in walking like King George.
Needle and FedAll the knitting! Obscene mittens! Antler hats! Squirrels! Socks! Princess Anna!
Come on let’s go and playpic.twitter.com/HbzHLT5dfD — Rosie Fletcher (@rosieatlarge) April 8, 2016
Flap My Jack!
I’m just Bruce Wayne…just Bruce Wayne.
Powerpuff Yourself!
100% definitely real fake pop baby conspiracy theory.
The Avengers/Hamilton fanfic you didn’t know you needed.
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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
Tuesday Jun 23, 2020
In episode 131, Rosie and Jessica somehow get distracted from the goings-on in the world at large and instead talk about how to scam your way through a university-level Latin exam. That’s kind of it.
All of our Patreon takings from June are being donated to Black Lives Matter UK.
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This week’s songsJessica picked Half Asleep from the Amélie Original Cast Recording, while Rosie went for Buddy Holly’s Everyday.
Playlists of all our song choices are available on Spotify! Here are Jessica‘s and Rosie‘s.
Sew through the centuries with Bernadette Banner.
I want to take a holiday in the Hill House Vintage Instagram feed.
a thread of black-owned cottagecore businesses and creators you should be supporting — ellie b (@elliebotoman) June 7, 2020
Learn about protest with Elmo.
Hear what happens in The Room Next Door.