Helen Furnivall
@helenfurn.bsky.social
MD of High-Rise Communications. Prev. comms British Red Cross, Ashgate Hospice. Working from Ancoats, Manchester.
I'm going to watch this on the strength of the artwork alone.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm going to watch this on the strength of the artwork alone.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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A hell of a resumé
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A hell of a resumé
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
I had a punk party aged 9 where every single present was Adam Ant themed - pillows, pencils and pencil cases, notebooks, records. Every school disco had an Adam Ant dancing contest. What a star.
Also, he was ridiculously beautiful in an era which had a larger-than-average share of beautiful pop stars (even allowing for the Aqua-Net dependent hairstyles)
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I had a punk party aged 9 where every single present was Adam Ant themed - pillows, pencils and pencil cases, notebooks, records. Every school disco had an Adam Ant dancing contest. What a star.
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I've never done this on social media before but...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I've never done this on social media before but...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
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I will never tell this Kate Bush story again. I can't.
This is SO GOOD by @heawood.bsky.social on Lily Allen’s new album, and Lily Allen full stop. I am vicariously living the pain of that Kate Bush anecdote. open.substack.com/pub/heawood/...
Love and gaslight:
Obsessing over the Lily Allen I know
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I will never tell this Kate Bush story again. I can't.
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A nicer side of it getting dark earlier now is that its easier to pay a visit to Theydon Bois, the village on the Central line that doesn't have any street lights.
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
Theydon Bois – the town with no street lights
Theydon Bois, on the edge of northeast London, is remarkable for something very special -- the near total absence of any street lighting.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A nicer side of it getting dark earlier now is that its easier to pay a visit to Theydon Bois, the village on the Central line that doesn't have any street lights.
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
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Delightful doc with Mark Bonnar exploring Scottish new town public art, including the hippos of Glenrothes made by his artist dad Stan. New towns, public art, Mark Bonnar? It’s ✅✅✅ from me
Meet You at the Hippos
Mark Bonnar returns to the Scottish new towns in which he grew up to explore the street sculpture made by artists such as his dad.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Delightful doc with Mark Bonnar exploring Scottish new town public art, including the hippos of Glenrothes made by his artist dad Stan. New towns, public art, Mark Bonnar? It’s ✅✅✅ from me
The shite house
This is insane.
“It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of," Trump said in July. “It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of," Trump said in July. “It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The shite house
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Halloween party tonight, here’s my costume as a ChatGPT output
October 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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David Bowie was right, I do wonder sometimes about sound and vision
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
David Bowie was right, I do wonder sometimes about sound and vision
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Oh no. Just seen the very sad news about D’Angelo. RIP - gone way too soon
youtu.be/BBeqKg9hVsk
youtu.be/BBeqKg9hVsk
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (Later Archive 1995)
YouTube video by BBC Music
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October 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Oh no. Just seen the very sad news about D’Angelo. RIP - gone way too soon
youtu.be/BBeqKg9hVsk
youtu.be/BBeqKg9hVsk
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Full article is available here via @conservativehome.bsky.social: conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
Robert Buckland: Leaving the ECHR would be a grave mistake | Conservative Home
Withdrawal from the ECHR would upset the delicate political balance in Northern Ireland, compromise our extradition and security arrangements, and damage our moral authority abroad. Above all, it woul...
conservativehome.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Full article is available here via @conservativehome.bsky.social: conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
This is happening up and down the country. It's heartbreaking and the Government needs to join the dots.
A report on tonight’s Channel 4 News about the devastating funding cuts at Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridge. It is unconscionable to reduce access to palliative care while simultaneously contemplating the legalisation of medically assisted suicide. www.channel4.com/news/budget-...
Budget cuts forcing hospitals to pull hospice contracts
The UK government wants patients' care to be moved from hospitals into the community.
www.channel4.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is happening up and down the country. It's heartbreaking and the Government needs to join the dots.
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I mean really. I had no idea about this building. When did we stop building things like this? Can we have more totally over the top fingers-in-the-ears, of-its-time grand architecture, please?
September 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I mean really. I had no idea about this building. When did we stop building things like this? Can we have more totally over the top fingers-in-the-ears, of-its-time grand architecture, please?
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Imagine you're in a weird romcom where Paul Hollywood is your rival. Do you go "let's have a bread baking competition" or do you emphasise your own relative strengths?
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
September 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Imagine you're in a weird romcom where Paul Hollywood is your rival. Do you go "let's have a bread baking competition" or do you emphasise your own relative strengths?
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
Because that in short has been the central problem with the traditional two's approach to anti-immigration voters and Reform UK.
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Photojournalism by the Tribune's @staceywescott.bsky.social
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Photojournalism by the Tribune's @staceywescott.bsky.social
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I'm doing another tour of modernist Marylebone and Fitzrovia for the @themodernist.bsky.social at their marvellous book fair. Quite possibly the only walking tour with an after party. Sign up here:
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Modernist Marylebone and Fitzrovia - walk Friday 17/10/25
An architectural walking tour around Marylebone and Fitzrovia with journalist and founder of London Mondern, Helen Barrett. Part of The Modernist Book fair 2024.
the-modernist.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm doing another tour of modernist Marylebone and Fitzrovia for the @themodernist.bsky.social at their marvellous book fair. Quite possibly the only walking tour with an after party. Sign up here:
the-modernist.org/products/mod...
the-modernist.org/products/mod...