"For a second I did not believe that he was in prison from the way he spoke, the way he joked and the way he explained things" They imprisoned Walid Daqqa's body but they could not imprison his mind

No *your* toddler has just shaken olbas oil liberally over the whole house 🤦‍♀️

This article is amazing. I think my favourite random fact is this (hard to choose though) “Cooper took his lucky mascot with him - a small model seagull which he calls Stephen and spells with a "ph", but his parents call Steven Seagull, like the actor Steven Seagal.”

“The students don’t know what they’re talking about” The students:

John Oliver, "The Conservatives have had 5 different prime ministers over the past 14 years.. It's worth briefly revisiting all of them" 1⃣"David Cameron.. Austerity.. Brexit" 2⃣"Theresa May.. More austerity, two child cap" 3⃣"Boris Johnson.. His time in office was a

Yes!!!

Let’s do this… #FuckTheTories

This feels like an exciting appointment… 🤞🤞

🚨New legislation announced Today in the King's Speech, the ‘Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill’ was announced. Keir Starmer and his Government propose that the Bill will: 👉Help clear the asylum backlog 👉'Tackle small boat crossings’ Our thoughts 👇 1/🧵

Long thread; A lot of the violence we have seen over the last few days has been stoked by years of misinformation about migration, often from many of the politicians condemning it now. So, let's address some of that misinformation. 1/

To offer a counter to the dickheads setting fire to libraries and looting Shoezones, here's a thread of good people doing good things.

We now have a universal workaround for LNER fares. For travel London <> all stations Newcastle-Edinburgh inclusive, DO NOT book to/from London: 1. Book to/from Finsbury Park 2. In the search results, click 'Filters' then 'Route options'. Under 'Go via ' enter Kings Cross.

Arts funding

Super excited to be directing #Macbeth for this Guildford Shakespeare Company Orange Tree Theatre schools tour - What a play! What a cast! And in the round too… ❤️

Very excited to be directing this #Macbeth… fantastic creative team, glorious play, phenomenal cast ❤️

(No doubt briefly) living the working parent dream 😴📖☕️ #Macbeth ⁦Guildford Shakespeare Company⁩ ⁦Orange Tree Theatre⁩

Very excited about this… 🥳

Leaving the house, without my children, to go and direct a play - for the first time in over a year! Wish me luck! #ReturnToWork #MaternityLeave #Macbeth 🥳🤞🤞

Having a blast with these legends Guildford Shakespeare Company Orange Tree Theatre #Macbeth

I’m so proud to be a board member of Becks Fowkes, they’re doing such wonderful vital work getting exactly the young people and families who most need it out into the countryside learning and growing together, check out this video of one of their camps: youtu.be/Y7sc9ya-FnY