@elainedennyphd.bsky.social
Emeritus professor of health sociology. Researcher and writer on women’s reproductive health. Immigrant in France.
Interesting that you moved from the Gers to the Languedoc, as we moved in the other direction - PO to Pau - because of the increasing heat, drought and wind. At last I have a lawn!
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Interesting that you moved from the Gers to the Languedoc, as we moved in the other direction - PO to Pau - because of the increasing heat, drought and wind. At last I have a lawn!
”has he children?” I don’t think he had progressed much beyond puberty. As a retired uni lecturer I would be scrawling ‘where is your evidence?’ across this diatribe
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
”has he children?” I don’t think he had progressed much beyond puberty. As a retired uni lecturer I would be scrawling ‘where is your evidence?’ across this diatribe
We have recently moved to Pau and passed this on the way to somewhere else. Even without all that we now know went on there, why anyone would think that this building was a good environment for children to flourish is beyond me. It is a most forbidding place.
July 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We have recently moved to Pau and passed this on the way to somewhere else. Even without all that we now know went on there, why anyone would think that this building was a good environment for children to flourish is beyond me. It is a most forbidding place.
I can’t agree. Nick Robinson interrupts a lot and his Tory leanings show in his interviews.
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I can’t agree. Nick Robinson interrupts a lot and his Tory leanings show in his interviews.
I wish BBC joirnalists like Nick Robbinson, Justin Webb, Emma Barnett (none of whom seem to be on bsky) were as forensic in their interviewing as this.
January 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I wish BBC joirnalists like Nick Robbinson, Justin Webb, Emma Barnett (none of whom seem to be on bsky) were as forensic in their interviewing as this.
My dog is probably wishing we had moved to your village instead of Pau. Streets lined with sausages and crisps, doggy heaven
January 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My dog is probably wishing we had moved to your village instead of Pau. Streets lined with sausages and crisps, doggy heaven
There was one in Grays, Essex when I was growing up. It became a comp when education changed. It was always regarded as a poor man’s grammar, but it actually provided a good education.
January 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
There was one in Grays, Essex when I was growing up. It became a comp when education changed. It was always regarded as a poor man’s grammar, but it actually provided a good education.
Hope you’re warmer now. Bonne année
January 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hope you’re warmer now. Bonne année
A woman in my research 17 years ago said something similar to me and it is in one of my papers. “He said you’ve only got small spots of endo, a lot of women with that just get on with their lives” No idea.
December 11, 2024 at 5:43 PM
A woman in my research 17 years ago said something similar to me and it is in one of my papers. “He said you’ve only got small spots of endo, a lot of women with that just get on with their lives” No idea.
Same old, same old. I have been writing about this for 20 years, it is action, not another report that is needed #endometriosis #polycysticovary #being believed
December 11, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Same old, same old. I have been writing about this for 20 years, it is action, not another report that is needed #endometriosis #polycysticovary #being believed
Pity he didn’t do that after the election.
December 7, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Pity he didn’t do that after the election.
What has been achieved is amazing. Can’t wait t9 see it but I think there is already a long wait.
December 7, 2024 at 9:06 PM
What has been achieved is amazing. Can’t wait t9 see it but I think there is already a long wait.
Looks like my Saturday night.
December 7, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Looks like my Saturday night.
How many young families are skipping meals because of financial concerns. Income not age should determine who gets help with fuel costs. Speaking as a pensioner.
December 7, 2024 at 9:00 PM
How many young families are skipping meals because of financial concerns. Income not age should determine who gets help with fuel costs. Speaking as a pensioner.
Took me a while to get reaper cushions!
December 6, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Took me a while to get reaper cushions!
Loved the book, and great that it is going to the W Mids. Shame I don’t live there anymore!
December 3, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Loved the book, and great that it is going to the W Mids. Shame I don’t live there anymore!
Follow the money
November 30, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Follow the money
?? Presidential run in 2027
November 26, 2024 at 1:04 PM
?? Presidential run in 2027
I think he has lost the plot. Or it’s a sugar rush from all those spangles
November 26, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I think he has lost the plot. Or it’s a sugar rush from all those spangles
Are you sure this isn’t Del Boy and Rodney?
November 24, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Are you sure this isn’t Del Boy and Rodney?
A shock too for ex minister Robert Jenrick who was quoted in the piece.
November 23, 2024 at 5:37 PM
A shock too for ex minister Robert Jenrick who was quoted in the piece.
I’ve had the ipad editions of the Guardian and Observer for years as have many others. ‘Print only’ is so easily refutable why bother?
November 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I’ve had the ipad editions of the Guardian and Observer for years as have many others. ‘Print only’ is so easily refutable why bother?
And we have also now found out the awful toll on the children, which is also far worse than previously reported.
November 19, 2024 at 1:38 PM
And we have also now found out the awful toll on the children, which is also far worse than previously reported.