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Helen Furnivall

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MD of High-Rise Communications. Prev. comms British Red Cross, Ashgate Hospice. Working from Ancoats, Manchester.

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@finnbarwallace.bsky.social

02.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why not just say well done to someone who will most likely be a cracking MP? Has he even seen who's been elected - it's so weird.

27.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Some beans and some weird flat Yorkshire pudding like thing on a plate

Some beans and some weird flat Yorkshire pudding like thing on a plate

Is hospital food like this in other countries? This is my son's dinner - think it's supposed to be an omelette with the beans but not sure

25.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a New Yorker Put Poetry on the London Underground

A story about how one person can improve the world for everyone.

20.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and Β£150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

18.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 4287 πŸ” 660 πŸ’¬ 153 πŸ“Œ 48
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A bit of snow inside the bothy at Top Withins this morning. A grouse appeared just at the right moment for this shot. 😊

14.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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No sex please, we’re BrontΓ« scholars [FREE TO READ] Emerald Fennell’s bombastic new β€˜Wuthering Heights’ has sent us back to the OG version

This is a very fun, smart take on the Wuthering Heights film by Jo Ellison as.ft.com/r/66502c7c-a...

15.02.2026 08:43 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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a man with a bandage on his head is talking to a woman while another man looks on .. ALT: a man with a bandage on his head is talking to a woman while another man looks on ..
15.02.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glandular fever - he's been very ill but home now thank goodness.

14.02.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My mother died this week. I’m not posting this for sympathy, although thank you. But I realised I was so extremely grateful for people who showed small kindnesses this week. People who let me out while I was driving to her deathbed. People who smiled when I got stuck at the self service supermarket.

14.02.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 1246 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 3

I'm very sorry about your mum. My son was in hospital this week and it's so true - the only thing cutting through the fog were the small moments of kindness.

14.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This happened to a car on our street and it was teenage lads for larks.

14.02.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't understand that. I had a crush on Heathcliff from the age of about 12.

14.02.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the most devastating interview and she is an extraordinary MP

13.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
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How to feed and encourage birds naturally in gardens Creating long lived habitat and plant communities for birds to thrive

How to feed and encourage birds naturally in gardens - creating long lived habitat and plant communities for birds to thrive
www.wildway.info/p/how-to-fee... My original advice on this topic is now widely adopted as the standard approach around the world.

09.02.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I totally agree.

09.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't remember Lily Allen singing about this

08.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 32281 πŸ” 13862 πŸ’¬ 589 πŸ“Œ 1595
Boy saves family with 2.5-mile swim in shark-infested waters
MANA SHEPHERD/ASAP, ALA
James Salmon Perth
A 13-year-old boy who swam for four
hours
through
shark-infested
Western
Australia's
waters to save
his
mother and two siblings after they were swept out to sea has been described as
"superhuman" by rescue services.
Austin Appelbee swam 25 miles to shore to raise the alarm after getting into
difficulties with his
mother,
Joanne, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister
Grace,
8, police said. He then ran
1.2 miles to find help.
Paul Bresland, Naturaliste Volunteer
Marine Rescue commander, said that Austin's efforts were "superhuman".
The family were on holiday last week
Quindalup near Dunsborough.
coastal town about 150 miles south of Perth, where they live. Making the most of what appeared to be calm conditions, they paddled out into Geographe Bay
3. Family rescued
9 miles from shore
Indian Ocean
1. Austin swims
2.5 miles to shore
Geographe Bay
2. He runs 1.2 miles to call for help in Dunsborough
Quindalup
Jetty
3 miles
in the Indian Ocean on Friday morning on a kayak and inflatable paddleboards.
At about llam conditions became rougher. They lost their paddles and their kayak flipped over and started sinking as it filled with water. Austin's mother realised their best chance of survival was asking her elder son to swim for shore while she tried to keep her other children from drowning
"One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin, "Try to get to shore and get some help, this could get really serious really quickly she told the broadcaster ABC. *I knew he was the strongest and he could do it." For the next few hours, she and her rounger children clung to their paddle boards. Austin set off on an inflatable kayak wearing a lifejacket. He abandoned the kayak after it took on water, and took off the lifejacket.
Austin said he tried to focus on positive thoughts as he swam through rough seas. "The waves are massive and
" he said. "I just
I have no lifej…

Boy saves family with 2.5-mile swim in shark-infested waters MANA SHEPHERD/ASAP, ALA James Salmon Perth A 13-year-old boy who swam for four hours through shark-infested Western Australia's waters to save his mother and two siblings after they were swept out to sea has been described as "superhuman" by rescue services. Austin Appelbee swam 25 miles to shore to raise the alarm after getting into difficulties with his mother, Joanne, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister Grace, 8, police said. He then ran 1.2 miles to find help. Paul Bresland, Naturaliste Volunteer Marine Rescue commander, said that Austin's efforts were "superhuman". The family were on holiday last week Quindalup near Dunsborough. coastal town about 150 miles south of Perth, where they live. Making the most of what appeared to be calm conditions, they paddled out into Geographe Bay 3. Family rescued 9 miles from shore Indian Ocean 1. Austin swims 2.5 miles to shore Geographe Bay 2. He runs 1.2 miles to call for help in Dunsborough Quindalup Jetty 3 miles in the Indian Ocean on Friday morning on a kayak and inflatable paddleboards. At about llam conditions became rougher. They lost their paddles and their kayak flipped over and started sinking as it filled with water. Austin's mother realised their best chance of survival was asking her elder son to swim for shore while she tried to keep her other children from drowning "One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin, "Try to get to shore and get some help, this could get really serious really quickly she told the broadcaster ABC. *I knew he was the strongest and he could do it." For the next few hours, she and her rounger children clung to their paddle boards. Austin set off on an inflatable kayak wearing a lifejacket. He abandoned the kayak after it took on water, and took off the lifejacket. Austin said he tried to focus on positive thoughts as he swam through rough seas. "The waves are massive and " he said. "I just I have no lifej…

sorry to be sentimental but this is the most amazing heartwarming story

04.02.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 759 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 16

🀣

02.02.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I've even eaten a Greggs."

02.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’œ 10/10

01.02.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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this week’s cover by Till Lauer

01.02.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 755 πŸ” 239 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Felix would approve I'm sure

30.01.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Look dear the newsnight guy is wearing the strobing jacket again

29.01.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The interest rates charged on student loans are criminal.

29.01.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no. I'm so sorry. He was so clearly an amazing dog x

26.01.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a chapati cafe somewhere though 🀣

26.01.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.

The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.

Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue.

Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.

24.01.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 1905 πŸ” 637 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 0

From this zinger of a paragraph

23.01.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 336 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5