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Welcome to Day 1 of our #LentoAdvent festival!
Our first theme is
🟠 Colour 🟡
On this grey Monday, let's fill the space with colour! Did you go somewhere colourful this year? Was your garden a riot of colour? Did you find colour in a suprising place?
Please add alt text so everyone can join in.
Our first theme is
🟠 Colour 🟡
On this grey Monday, let's fill the space with colour! Did you go somewhere colourful this year? Was your garden a riot of colour? Did you find colour in a suprising place?
Please add alt text so everyone can join in.
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Welcome to Day 1 of our #LentoAdvent festival!
Our first theme is
🟠 Colour 🟡
On this grey Monday, let's fill the space with colour! Did you go somewhere colourful this year? Was your garden a riot of colour? Did you find colour in a suprising place?
Please add alt text so everyone can join in.
Our first theme is
🟠 Colour 🟡
On this grey Monday, let's fill the space with colour! Did you go somewhere colourful this year? Was your garden a riot of colour? Did you find colour in a suprising place?
Please add alt text so everyone can join in.
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Once again, for #blackhistorymonth I'll be highlighting some of the all time greats from the world of sport and performance in a month-long thread.
Trailblazers, record breakers, game-changers. One every day.
Settle in....
Let's start with...
Trailblazers, record breakers, game-changers. One every day.
Settle in....
Let's start with...
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Once again, for #blackhistorymonth I'll be highlighting some of the all time greats from the world of sport and performance in a month-long thread.
Trailblazers, record breakers, game-changers. One every day.
Settle in....
Let's start with...
Trailblazers, record breakers, game-changers. One every day.
Settle in....
Let's start with...
August 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Taking inspiration from a hot sleepy (not dead as first feared) cat, and the return of the Great British Sewing Bee for a lino printing workshop today with @susanbradleydesign #LinoPrinting #cats #GreatBritishSewingBee 😺🌞🪡🧵🖼️
July 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Taking inspiration from a hot sleepy (not dead as first feared) cat, and the return of the Great British Sewing Bee for a lino printing workshop today with @susanbradleydesign #LinoPrinting #cats #GreatBritishSewingBee 😺🌞🪡🧵🖼️
First attempt at mono printing at Ormesby Hall with @cathbrookeprints as part of the #makeandmendfestival Such a great way to introduce people to a wide range of crafts @nationaltrust.org.uk #OrmesbyHall
July 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
First attempt at mono printing at Ormesby Hall with @cathbrookeprints as part of the #makeandmendfestival Such a great way to introduce people to a wide range of crafts @nationaltrust.org.uk #OrmesbyHall
June 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Second 🏊♀️ of the week, this time with friends. Sooo lucky with the weather for my proper staycation! 🌞🌿🕶️
June 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Second 🏊♀️ of the week, this time with friends. Sooo lucky with the weather for my proper staycation! 🌞🌿🕶️
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If ever you feel ignored or unappreciated, always remember, there are people working in BMW factories fitting indicators.
June 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If ever you feel ignored or unappreciated, always remember, there are people working in BMW factories fitting indicators.
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So a brief thread of five things I wish I had known about breast cancer treatment and recovery, almost four years after my diagnosis.
In case it's useful to anyone.
(1/6)
In case it's useful to anyone.
(1/6)
May 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
So a brief thread of five things I wish I had known about breast cancer treatment and recovery, almost four years after my diagnosis.
In case it's useful to anyone.
(1/6)
In case it's useful to anyone.
(1/6)
Finally, someone really gets it! #NHS #OneBigTeam ‘slashing’ admin roles just moves the governance tasks to patient-facing roles - doctors, nurses, physios etc etc, slowing down the pace of patient care and increasing the backlogs @katestakes.bsky.social
Me in @financialtimes.com on the NHS’s administrators being as vital as the mechanics in the F1 pit: on.ft.com/43C1N46 What the NHS can learn from Formula 1
What the NHS can learn from Formula 1
Improving the UK health service requires thinking about the entire end-to-end chain of events
on.ft.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Finally, someone really gets it! #NHS #OneBigTeam ‘slashing’ admin roles just moves the governance tasks to patient-facing roles - doctors, nurses, physios etc etc, slowing down the pace of patient care and increasing the backlogs @katestakes.bsky.social
Recycled photo but definitely reflects the weather today. After a busy and sometimes difficult week, this place really is a haven. 🏊♀️🌿🌞
May 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Recycled photo but definitely reflects the weather today. After a busy and sometimes difficult week, this place really is a haven. 🏊♀️🌿🌞
April 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Gorgeousness indoors and outside @boothamschoolyork.bsky.social for #YorkOpenStudios
April 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Gorgeousness indoors and outside @boothamschoolyork.bsky.social for #YorkOpenStudios
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April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
@katieandthepigs.bsky.social saw this and thought of you!! www.instagram.com/reel/DFqibeb...
Blue skies and sunshine, a 🚶♀️with a friend, and enjoying spring bulbs in the garden. Happy Sunday
March 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Blue skies and sunshine, a 🚶♀️with a friend, and enjoying spring bulbs in the garden. Happy Sunday
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There are still tickets available for the More Than Just A Dog get together and chat on 5th March at Waterstones in Aberdeen. Get your book signed. I'll do my best to be entertaining 😉
February 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There are still tickets available for the More Than Just A Dog get together and chat on 5th March at Waterstones in Aberdeen. Get your book signed. I'll do my best to be entertaining 😉
Fabulous light (and sound) show at the Minster this year.
February 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fabulous light (and sound) show at the Minster this year.
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If you’re around Aberdeen on 5th March, why not drop in to Waterstones at 5:30p.m to hear me talk about my book More Than Just A Dog
www.waterstones.com/events/autho...
www.waterstones.com/events/autho...
Author Talk with Simon Wooler | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Author Talk with Simon Wooler today.
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February 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you’re around Aberdeen on 5th March, why not drop in to Waterstones at 5:30p.m to hear me talk about my book More Than Just A Dog
www.waterstones.com/events/autho...
www.waterstones.com/events/autho...
Gorgeous late winter / early spring colours at Burnby Hall Gardens plus some great sculptures #plants #snowdrops #sculpture #cyclamen
February 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Gorgeous late winter / early spring colours at Burnby Hall Gardens plus some great sculptures #plants #snowdrops #sculpture #cyclamen
What other type of snowdrop would you plant by a stream? 😂 👏 Burnby Hall Gardens #plants #snowdrops
February 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What other type of snowdrop would you plant by a stream? 😂 👏 Burnby Hall Gardens #plants #snowdrops
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Busy signing authors copies of More Than Just A Dog for all the lovely people who helped to bring it to completion and gave me permission to tell their stories.
February 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Busy signing authors copies of More Than Just A Dog for all the lovely people who helped to bring it to completion and gave me permission to tell their stories.
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In fact a few years back we dug out the old Chocolate Apple recipe from our archives and worked with York Cocoa Works to actually make it for the first time in over half a century!
More on this here:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)
February 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In fact a few years back we dug out the old Chocolate Apple recipe from our archives and worked with York Cocoa Works to actually make it for the first time in over half a century!
More on this here:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/pr...
(Archivists have all the fun.)