Simply overjoyed to share this fresh, gleaming, hardback copy of THE STORY OF A HEART, out on Sep 3rd! A tale of two families, one heart, the century of medical breakthroughs enabling the extraordinary gift of #OrganDonation & boundless altruism 🫀🫁💗 geni.us/TheStoryOfAHea…

Only in Edinburgh….The Sex Lives of Puppets. Highly recommend it theguardian.com/stage/article/…

If you’re in Edinburgh strongly recommend TheLastLaughPlay Matt Forde and Blind Summit Theatre the sex lives of puppets. All vv funny but also moving and beautifully performed

Up in Edinburgh ahead of a few book events at the festival tomorrow. Caught up with two shows … my piping mentor @finlaypiper duet with Estonian piper, and then The Sex Lives of Puppets! Both brilliant in very different ways. Sex Puppets heading to Southwark Playhouse soon

“My Tesla keeps veering to the far right” From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Like a hesitant Octopus embarking on brunch. Wish I'd had the chance to write about him in #Twirlymen. But then is he actually a spinner?

In just eight weeks, we’ve: 🌹Secured the most successful renewables auction round ever 🌹Ended the 9 year onshore wind ban in 72 hours 🌹 Consented more solar than ever before This is a Government in a hurry to deliver. It is all systems go in our mission for clean power.

Jim Down Jamie Birkett Viking Books UK Huge congratulations. We can't wait to hear about #LifeintheBalance in person this October. In fact, tickets have just gone on sale!

People who die by suicide are not defined by that death. Like everyone, they too had lives rich with laughter, love, and people who cared for them. Team at SpeakTheirName.org launching their new website for people bereaved by suicide. Deeply moving pages celebrating

This is lovely. Henley Literary Festival are kindly gifting 50 free tickets to NHS staff for my event with Jim Down discussing THE STORY OF A HEART & the wonders of organ donation 🫀🫁🩷 Sign up below, show NHS ID on the door 👇 📍 Henley 📅 Sun 29 Sep, 6pm 🔗 henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/rachel-…

The #NHS is in critical condition – but with the right care, it can make a recovery | cracking piece by Polly Toynbee theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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So delighted to be joining Jim Down at Henley Literary Festival in one week to discuss THE STORY OF A HEART.. a tale of love, loss, staggering altruism & the medical miracle that is #OrganDonation 🫀🫁 📍 Henley & streamed online 📅 Sun 29 Sept ⏰ 6pm 🎟️ henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/rachel-…

Tomorrow is the start of #OrganDonationWeek. Please take a moment to register your views, to ask your loved ones their wishes, to sign up to the register - and to perhaps, one day, save an incredible nine lives 🙏 💗🫀🫁 organdonation.nhs.uk/?utm_source=tw…

I agree with Emily Maitlis Do you?

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This is getting silly now. Leave his kids out of it, and stop blowing things out of proportion. There is bad behaviour amongst some politicians, but this constant pearl clutching at everything undermines trust to an unjustified and dangerous extent. Try reporting some news.

This is such powerful testimony to the horrors the NHS faced when dealing with Covid. As Rory Stewart and I discussed on The Rest Is Politics it seems strange how little coverage the Covid inquiry is getting these days but surely this will. Jim Down book and his accounts at the

So looking forward to joining Jim Down at Henley Literary Festival today to discuss THE STORY OF A HEART & the medical miracle that is organ donation. In person & live-streamed, 6-7pm. #OrganDonationWeek 🫀🫁💗