Liz Parry
banner
lizparry.bsky.social
Liz Parry
@lizparry.bsky.social
Sutton Coldfield resident and active member of Highbury Theatre. Public governor at UHB Trust. Views own etc.
Reposted by Liz Parry
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
In September, cancer experts will be coming to locations across Birmingham and Solihull on a bus dedicated to providing health checks and important screening information about cancer. Venues / dates below.
August 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Reposted by Liz Parry
1/ 5 NHS league tables are set to be introduced shortly with quarterly rankings for acute, mental health, community and ambulance trusts.

We have teamed up with NHS Providers to highlight why careful design and implementation is needed in order to avoid the risk of unintended consequences.
August 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Reposted by Liz Parry
"A funny thing happened to me this week. After trusting a dating app to arrange dinner with a suitably vivacious and intelligent lady, I arrived at the restaurant at the appointed time to find that in fact my date was with an octopus...."
on.ft.com/3UG9fHt
My date with an octopus
[FREE TO READ] Whatever the request, ChatGPT is happy to help, often with unfortunate results
on.ft.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Reposted by Liz Parry
My Etsy shop's now open for a v. limited print run of half calendars of my tiny posy & botanical photos.
I design my photos using recent neuroscientific research so that looking at them alleviates stress & lift mood.
Each calendar=6 very high quality frameable prints:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
June 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by Liz Parry
This evening at 8 UK time I'll be opening my Etsy shop for limited ed’n signed art prints of my botanical/nature collection photographs & frameable greetings cards.
I create my photos using recent research to dial down fight or flight & lift your mood a little when you look at them.
May 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social Council House looking lovely in the sun this morning. Here for the Neighbourhoods OSC meeting at which they’re considering the request for call-in of Cabinet decision on libraries 📚💻 #BrumLovesLibraries
March 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Thanks to the recent #BBCr4Today article on @belgradetheatre.bsky.social‘s production of Romeo and Juliet, I went to see it last night. Verdict = an excellent evening 🎭😀🎭
March 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#HighburyCinema is showing The Princess Bride at 7pm on Sunday evening. This is a great excuse to post one of my favourite memes 😀
Showing at Highbury Theatre, Sheffield Road, Sutton Coldfield B73 5HD
February 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I went to a fused glass workshop and my handkerchief vase designs were inspired by the work of @silverpebble2.bsky.social - thank you for your beautiful images 😀
February 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reposted by Liz Parry
A 10-year-old has a better plan for stopping plastic pollution than most politicians.

Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
This simple solution stops pollution going into the sea
Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Liz Parry
Our prisons are bursting at the seams. Prison population could rise by 22% in four years.

In response to the many enquiries we have received, we have created a dedicated page to explain what the problems are, how they arose, and how they might be solved.
https://buff.ly/4hyBdON
February 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Reposted by Liz Parry
My latest @bmj.com piece . Having spent much of Tuesday in a severely overcrowded ED with corridor/waiting room care galore & much of Monday on a ward unable to discharge patients waiting for community services that they absolutely *do* need - policy meets real life.

www.bmj.com/content/388/...
David Oliver: Losing too many NHS hospital beds has been an act of avoidable self-sabotage with predictable consequences
In recent decades we’ve surely lost too many general and acute hospital beds in the UK, without creating sufficient alternative capacity outside hospital. This has resulted in entirely predictable ris...
www.bmj.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#BrumLovesLibraries has provided a commentary on the current library proposals which has been sent to the members of the #BCC Neighbourhoods Overview & Scrutiny Committee to inform their consideration of the proposals. You can read them here: www.birminghamloveslibraries.org/post/overvie...
Overview & Scrutiny Briefing
Briefing and slide deck for Neighbourhoods Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
www.birminghamloveslibraries.org
January 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reposted by Liz Parry
1/ So, where were we? Oh yep, #duvetknowitschristmas. Firstly, some admin: Twitter/X has evidently been run into the ground by a preening, self-radicalised clot, so while there's a slim possibility that this annual celebration might be thriving over there, I won't know cos I won't be looking.
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Liz Parry
So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
December 24, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Reposted by Liz Parry
Ghostbusters on the telly, which is now as far in the past from now, as the D-Day landings were from the film when it first came out, and I don't really understand how time works any more
a ghost is flying through a hallway in a movie .
ALT: a ghost is flying through a hallway in a movie .
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by Liz Parry
Disney princesses face serious health risks, warn experts.

Disney must consider ways to improve princesses’ wellbeing, including mindfulness, training on cohabitation with animals, and personal protection measures against toxic particles
#ChristmasBMJ
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
December 17, 2024 at 9:55 AM
The Big Give Xmas Challenge 2024: Donations to participating charities between 3-10 December (midday) will be match funded, up to a limit. If you'd like to find a charity supporting a cause close to your heart, there are plenty that haven’t reached their limit yet.
donate.biggive.org/christmas-ch...
Christmas Challenge 2024
Double the difference you can make this Christmas. Between 12pm (midday) 3rd December and 12pm (midday) 10th December, donate whatever you can to a charity of your choice, and we'll do the doubling - ...
donate.biggive.org
December 7, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Liz Parry
Hello library lovers of Brum! ❤️ We are now on Bluesky too!

And...we have a new action for you. A council committee is meeting next week to discuss the proposed 40% cut to our library service. Please send them an email...all info in the link below 👇

www.birminghamloveslibraries.org/post/new-cam...
New campaign action!
Please email the council's overview and scrunity committee due to discuss the proposed cuts to our library service!
www.birminghamloveslibraries.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:23 AM