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Financial translator Dutch-English • PhD student – British identity since 2016 – University of Gibraltar • MA Cantab MML 🇪🇺🇬🇮🏳️‍⚧️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-gibbons-b0396b61/

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BA lounge at Schiphol - good apron views, proper fizz and Indonesian layer cake (spekkoek pandan)

07.03.2026 15:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, a triumph www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

07.03.2026 08:19 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Visit to the Anglican Church of St John and St Philip in Scheveningen, consecrated in 1952, whose tower houses the original bell from the first Anglican church established in The Hague in 1586. Part of the Diocese in Europe

06.03.2026 09:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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At the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam for a gathering of translators (the collective term for which is a Babel)

05.03.2026 15:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Treaty will turn Gib uni ‘from territorial niche to strategic bridge’ Treaty will turn Gib uni ‘from territorial niche to strategic bridge’

“…Advantages linked to Schengen residency, advanced student residency permits… allowing Gibraltar to market a model ‘unavailable elsewhere’, namely UK-accredited degrees delivered in a Mediterranean setting.”

edition.chronicle.gi/infinity/art...

05.03.2026 07:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The sea’s always best… Thank you Marlo!

05.03.2026 06:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Generous upgrade to a suite at Novotel Den Haag overlooking De Passage, a favourite part of The Hague

05.03.2026 06:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Deputy Chief Minister highlights importance of freedom of movement

Deputy Chief Minister on freedom of movement under the EU-UK treaty in respect of Gibraltar

www.gbc.gi/news/deputy-...

04.03.2026 20:26 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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BBC Radio Ulster - Red Lines, Unionists for Unity? Lord Kilclooney says Irish unity is inevitable. Mark & guests discuss his comments.

Unionists for unity? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

04.03.2026 16:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EES woes at Schiphol: fingerprints recorded on first terminal, unreadable on second. Marechaussee personnel totally unhelpful -> complaint

04.03.2026 16:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Join us tomorrow 12 noon UK GMT as we explore the progress on the UK-EU reset 👉 universityofsussex.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@emilylydgate.bsky.social, @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social, @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social, @davidheniguk.bsky.social, @jontybloom.bsky.social, @uktpo.org, @emsussex.bsky.social

04.03.2026 15:14 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

All perfectly normal 😬

04.03.2026 13:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A horse moonlighting as a standard lamp…

04.03.2026 13:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Seaford Head - absolute favourite spot! Enjoy!

04.03.2026 12:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Passing through the BA F lounge at Heathrow T5 en route to Amsterdam

04.03.2026 12:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The European Union needs "less and less decision-making by unanimity", says Rob Jetten, the new prime minister of the Netherlands.

"We cannot explain to our constituents that Europe is sometimes way too slow in reacting to great issues that affect us all," he said in Brussels.

04.03.2026 11:42 👍 15 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1
Picture of Zack Polanski holding a board that says: Will you sign the letter? 

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

Nion Women logo

notinourname.org.uk

Picture of Zack Polanski holding a board that says: Will you sign the letter? Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community Nion Women logo notinourname.org.uk

Thank you to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for your clear support for the trans community. In a political climate where too many are stepping back, visible allyship from political leaders matters.

We were proud to meet Zack at launch of the Trans Lives Report by @transactualuk.bsky.social

04.03.2026 09:00 👍 786 🔁 191 💬 4 📌 11

As chair of European Movement Sussex, I’m so pleased we’ve pulled this event together.

There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s lunchtime webinar. It’s free and all are welcome.

04.03.2026 07:30 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Pól Deeds: Hostility to Irish language 'does unionism no favours' Pól Deeds was appointed as Stormont's first ever Irish language commissioner last October.

Pól Deeds at Stormont event marking Seachtain na Gaeilge, Irish language week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.03.2026 07:24 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Not until 6 pm, and then only Prosecco I fear to tell you…

03.03.2026 15:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Can’t beat a runway view room at Sofitel Gatwick for an afternoon’s work in England

03.03.2026 15:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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🎵 Desde Santurce a Bilbao... 🎵

01.03.2026 11:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Heading to London and Amsterdam for research and translation

01.03.2026 09:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yma o Hyd - Dafydd Iwan | Dafydd Iwan sings Yma o Hyd with lyrics and English translation | S4C
Yma o Hyd - Dafydd Iwan | Dafydd Iwan sings Yma o Hyd with lyrics and English translation | S4C YouTube video by S4C

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! #YmaOHyd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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01.03.2026 08:11 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Gibraltar Treaty – 10 years in the making! The publication of the Gibraltar Treaty text marks the most consequential development for Gibraltar since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. For us, this agreement is not a theoretical di…

#Gibraltar and the new treaty
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27.02.2026 13:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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FULL SPEECH: Chief Minister lays draft Treaty Agreement in Parliament

Certainly a massive moment in Gibraltar’s history www.gbc.gi/news/full-sp...

26.02.2026 16:39 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!

26.02.2026 08:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
University of Gibraltar and Nottingham Trent University PhD Conference 2026 | University of Gibraltar University of Gibraltar, University of Gibraltar and Nottingham Trent University PhD Conference 2026

Looking forward to chairing the first session of today’s Doctoral Research Conference held jointly by the University of Gibraltar and Nottingham Trent University www.unigib.edu.gi/university-o...

26.02.2026 07:24 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Ha! I predicted this to Nicola Sturgeon when we shared a car to the airport after a conference in Denmark in early December!

25.02.2026 17:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Trade Bites Trade Bites - the podcast about trade policy. Brought to you by the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, and presented by Chris Horseman of Borderlex.

Great podcast from
@thecitp.bsky.social at the University of Sussex and Borderlex, with key input from Energy UK and the Federation of Small Businesses, representing a sector so overlooked in the whole Brexit process pca.st/podcast/5a1f...

25.02.2026 16:04 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0