Emma Wilkinson
@emmajourno.bsky.social
Freelance journalist writing about medicine/health/biosciences. Bylines in BMJ, Pulse, Pharmaceutical Journal, Sunday Times, Lancet, BBC and more. Co-founder Freelancing for Journalists. Co-author of Ultra Women. Often found running up Sheffield hills.
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Emma Wilkinson
@emmajourno.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Well they said no one would be interested cos it’s about women… so it was a bit of a jaw-dropping moment to find out that @lilycanter.bsky.social and I have made it on to the @bookieprize.bsky.social for Ultra Women. (Currently running around the house screaming excitedly!!)
Lucy is so excited to get through to the English finals. She’s also known Freya since they were 3 and besties at nursery. They did their first school cross country age 8… #proudmum
KES Superstars! We are thrilled to announce that Year 10 students Freya and Lucy have been selected for the SY Schools' Cross Country team and will represent the region at the English Schools' Championships in Liverpool on 14 March. We couldn’t be prouder of them!
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Lucy is so excited to get through to the English finals. She’s also known Freya since they were 3 and besties at nursery. They did their first school cross country age 8… #proudmum
I mean I’ve deffo scuppered my return journey with this post
February 12, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I mean I’ve deffo scuppered my return journey with this post
Yes!!! It’s a train miracle
February 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Yes!!! It’s a train miracle
Bureaucracy, contracts, clearing backlog blah blah. How about we put patients back at the centre of decisions. She’s a child who has grown out of her wheelchair - that is an urgent clinical need.
Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
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Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
Alba is among 2,018 wheelchair users whose orders were not transferred to a new contractor.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Bureaucracy, contracts, clearing backlog blah blah. How about we put patients back at the centre of decisions. She’s a child who has grown out of her wheelchair - that is an urgent clinical need.
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
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Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
Alba is among 2,018 wheelchair users whose orders were not transferred to a new contractor.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m going to seriously jinx this but I’m on a train to London and it’s on time and I have a seat and a plug socket…
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I’m going to seriously jinx this but I’m on a train to London and it’s on time and I have a seat and a plug socket…
Can anyone remember a time from before the rain…. I don’t know when I last saw sky. Just a layer of mist….
a person is sitting in a chair in the fog .
ALT: a person is sitting in a chair in the fog .
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February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Can anyone remember a time from before the rain…. I don’t know when I last saw sky. Just a layer of mist….
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First cup of tea: the day’s parachute opens and I float gently into the morning.
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
First cup of tea: the day’s parachute opens and I float gently into the morning.
Watching TV the other day and there were a couple of slightly older than me women on there who'd had some work done and looked just odd. My partner said, why do people do this to themselves, they look so weird. The pressure must be massive. Happy as ever to work in a print medium....
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Watching TV the other day and there were a couple of slightly older than me women on there who'd had some work done and looked just odd. My partner said, why do people do this to themselves, they look so weird. The pressure must be massive. Happy as ever to work in a print medium....
You can mess around with breakfast all you want (green smoothies yuck) but you will never better boiled egg and soldiers
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
You can mess around with breakfast all you want (green smoothies yuck) but you will never better boiled egg and soldiers
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An attempt to block a transplant surgeon who sexually harassed four female colleagues from returning to practice has failed
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Court upholds return of Oxford surgeon who harassed colleagues
James Gilbert, who was based in Oxford, was previously suspended for sexual harassment.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
An attempt to block a transplant surgeon who sexually harassed four female colleagues from returning to practice has failed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone else see a cute friendly robot having a nap…
February 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Anyone else see a cute friendly robot having a nap…
Two eldest kids running for Sheffield in South Yorkshire schools cross country race today. Ground was mainly sludge. The 15yo managed to mix in a massive nose bleed at the end 🤦🏼♀️. The 12yo went straight off to do an escape room so we’ll have to chip that mud off at some point… character building 👍🏻
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Two eldest kids running for Sheffield in South Yorkshire schools cross country race today. Ground was mainly sludge. The 15yo managed to mix in a massive nose bleed at the end 🤦🏼♀️. The 12yo went straight off to do an escape room so we’ll have to chip that mud off at some point… character building 👍🏻
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
It definitely feels like the tide is starting to turn in women's running. The National Running Show last weekend was a great example of this and demonstrates why the women's running boom can no longer be ignored.
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Why I'm excited about the next big running boom
The women's revolution continues
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February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It definitely feels like the tide is starting to turn in women's running. The National Running Show last weekend was a great example of this and demonstrates why the women's running boom can no longer be ignored.
runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
The explainer we all needed www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?
The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The explainer we all needed www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
I decided to climb over the wall at the side. It was blooming freezing…
February 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I decided to climb over the wall at the side. It was blooming freezing…
Looking at the long range weather forecast I guess I’d better get used to running in this grot. The ‘path’ was full on river at one point…
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Looking at the long range weather forecast I guess I’d better get used to running in this grot. The ‘path’ was full on river at one point…
Had to get up at 5.30am to interview someone in Japan and my body did not like that at all. Once again completely baffled by how breakfast TV/radio presenters and their teams do it....
February 6, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Had to get up at 5.30am to interview someone in Japan and my body did not like that at all. Once again completely baffled by how breakfast TV/radio presenters and their teams do it....
Beat the 10yo at MarioKart and he claims its cos I grew up in the 80s so I can play the 'old games'. Dude the most I could hope for when I was a kid was Lemmings on my Dad's work PC. Didn't even have a GameBoy. Guess I'm just an excellent driver 🙌
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Beat the 10yo at MarioKart and he claims its cos I grew up in the 80s so I can play the 'old games'. Dude the most I could hope for when I was a kid was Lemmings on my Dad's work PC. Didn't even have a GameBoy. Guess I'm just an excellent driver 🙌
Yes it's gross, just feels a bit daft to be having all the hand-wringing now, when it was always obvious that was the exact reason he was selected.
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Yes it's gross, just feels a bit daft to be having all the hand-wringing now, when it was always obvious that was the exact reason he was selected.
Only have headspace to follow so much political shenanigans but surely Mandelson's return was based solely on the basis that he was known to be well dodgy and would therefore be able to get on with other dodgy people... Back I go to writing about how poverty and inequality is awful and worsening
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Only have headspace to follow so much political shenanigans but surely Mandelson's return was based solely on the basis that he was known to be well dodgy and would therefore be able to get on with other dodgy people... Back I go to writing about how poverty and inequality is awful and worsening
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February 5, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Grab your spot for this webinar later this month on pitching comment pieces with @hannahfearn.bsky.social - given she won the @freelancingfor.bsky.social award this year for best opinion writer, I can't really think of a better person to get advice from!!!!
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Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’ - special report by MJA member Rebecca Thomas www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’
The NHS can offer more treatments for cancer than ever before, but clinicians warn that staff shortages mean patients cannot get these life-saving treatments in time, as Rebecca Thomas reports
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February 5, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’ - special report by MJA member Rebecca Thomas www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...