Every day I wake up thinking ‘Is this the day my cancer comes back? Is this the day my pain goes away? Is this the day I am no longer suffocated by grief?’

Reading & Leeds Festival have issued an apology to fans of Lana Del Rey after cutting her set short. The singer had a firework show planned for the final song of her set. She instead sat and watched the fireworks with fans as her microphone feed was cut.

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Every time I've gone to the pharmacy for a prescription it feels like it's the first day for everyone who works there and also for the concept of a pharmacy.

Happy Birthday to the South London queen, thanks for raising a generation of early 90s/2000 art school girls x

Eventually I think the best coping mechanism is a hobby. Your interests will always nurse you back to joy. Reading, writing, playing a sport - find something that brings joy, then spend enough time nurturing it. Rely on it to always help you find your way back.

Editors, please don’t commission uncritical ‘I treated my cancer with herbs like Elle’ pieces. Encouraging women to refuse proper medical treatment for cancer will kill them.

There is at least a significant chance that Lucy Letby has suffered one of the worst British miscarriages of justice of our time. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

If you’re on the fence about women, some elderly or disabled, being able to request female only carers, consider that 90 men thought it would be fine to rape an unconscious woman in her sixties. Only 3 men declined to rape her and none of them reported the rapes to the police.

Celebrating 15 years of Lungs 🫁 Florence + the Machine BBC Proms Thank you Blanche Sainsbury for such a special evening. x

Victoria Atkins has just blamed a crumbling NHS on young people’s use of social media, without further explanation. Young people, firstly, aren’t your scape goat, but are having to turn to the internet to self diagnosis & medicate due to a lack of GP appts and long wait lists.

So deserved. Such a beautiful show !!

I am looking for people with sickle cell disease in South East London to interview for a health piece. Please feel free to drop me a DM or email me at [email protected] #Journorequest #SickleCellAwarenessMonth

Martha’s Rule was introduced to stop people dying from Sepsis, especially young people. Young people should not be dying from Sepsis unduly, we see these stories far too often. NHS England #marthasrule stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-…

I was interviewed about my brain tumour again this morning as freshers week is approaching. A few hours later I was interviewing someone. Life comes at you fast, if you told me 4 years ago i’m still alive and focusing on health journalism i’d have never thought it was possible.

I had an enlightening conversation with artist Rizzy Amole about Sickle Cell disease and his mission to raise awareness. Take a read below whilst it’s #sicklecellawarenessmonth ✍🏻 Sickle Cell Society News Associates selondoner.co.uk/news/20092024-…

I will see one musical and suddenly remember that theatre is the most important thing in the entire world

Yeah, I remember them, the Tories closed 800 of them.

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