🥹🥹🥹 a tiny slow elderly woman just shakily picked up a valentines card in Tesco that said “to the love of my life” and took it to the till. Don’t mind me, just crying

Happy publication day to the book idea that rolled into my life 2 years ago as a little “what if?” Off you fly, Better Left Unsent! 💛💙 & to celebrate, I had an ice cream van 99 in the car! Pure glamour here! 😂

Thanks to ALL who’ve read, reviewed & supported! It means so much!

Very happy to finally be able to share our amazing cast! #Insomnia Paramount+ UK & Ireland
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It's Holly Willoughby approved! The Princess Kate-inspired polka dot dress has gone on sale & I'm seriously tempted bit.ly/3VU4YSn

Ok, so I'm running TCS London Marathon again for The Brain Tumour Charity & I have a brand new tutu.
I'll be wearing the names of those we've loved & lost to glioblastoma/astrocytoma/DIPG & I already have >100, but there's room for more, so if you'd like me to add a name -pls let me know⬇️

I hope Hilary Cass enjoys a well earned sleep tonight. The last 4 years were, by all accounts, pretty brutal

Delighted with The Times review of my book.

'Manchester knows how to party.'
'Manchester still has its swagger.'
'A rip roaring read.'
'Him and Burnham are doing something right.'

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Congratulations, Sasha! These families are so fortunate to have worked with you.

Parental resolve, wisdom, and determination is everything.

Someone needs to hear this: you can have well respected, financially comfortable parents and still experience a difficult or abusive childhood.

This 👇🏼is why getting kids active & staying active, especially girls with huge levels of self harm is so so important.

Suppressing stressful experiences doesn’t build resilience. It drains resolve.

Stifling unpleasant thoughts and emotions saps energy, limits support, and raises the risk of rebound later.

The best way to cope with distress isn't to ignore it. It's to acknowledge it.

What an incredible vision for young people across Greater Manchester.

No. I completely disagree with this London restaurant chain.

A service charge is for staff. Replacing it with a 15% management fee to help “maintain the brand experience” is just nonsense.

I really hope Unite Hospitality are into this. Outrageous.

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Dame Christine Gilbert will have to use her considerable personal capital with education professionals to assert the robust and independent nature of any review into Ofsted's response - including a critical distance from an organisation she led

Within a timeframe of 10 years there has been 4 manias:
“transgenderism, #MeToo , Covid lockdowns (which spawned sub-crazes over masks & vaccines) &Black Lives Matter.”
I can’t WAIT to hear Lionel Shriver speak at the ⁦Genspect⁩ conference in Lisbon unherd.com/2024/04/how-to…

huge meta analysis in BMJ showing what we would expect .. Exercise is an effective treatment for depression, with walking or jogging, yoga, and strength training more effective than other exercises, particularly when intense. bmj.com/content/384/bm…

What’s the greatest privilege a person can have?

Growing up with emotional support.

To those who say rules are bad, sanctions are bad, isolation is bad, suspension is bad etc...

Come work in a school. Teach some highly challenging classes. Then come back to the table.

It's all too easy to throw uninformed bricks at the profession.

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Children learn what they repeat.

Inspirational talks/books/words of wisdom have their role to play.

BUT consistency of message AND action without excuses is what instils habits of success.

#HoldThemToAccount

That’s what love is. 👍🏽