Very nice!
01.03.2026 08:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@marshajdavid.bsky.social
Health policy professional / NHS England EPRR / Chair - Young & Talented / Member - Hansard Society / Fellow - Royal Society for Public Health / Ex DHSC Ex Parliament / politics, parenting, social mobility
Very nice!
01.03.2026 08:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When you buy a ticket for next weeks IWD festival at E17 Soho Theatre you get to see Andi Oliver, Shappi Khorsandi, Helen Pankhurst, Ashley James, Lapsley, Harriet Rose, Martha Deiros Collado, Juno Dawson as well as many others, and will be helping Furnishing futures! sohotheatre.com/events/walth...
28.02.2026 21:11 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1The white paper fills me with unease.
01.03.2026 08:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He needs to do what feels right for him and glad he was confident to articulate that it would feel too much. At aged 8, encouraged my daughter to buy her own socks and underwear at M&S giving her cash as I was teaching her about money. Thereβs so much learning outside the classroom.
01.03.2026 08:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
#RandomThoughts
1. Hello March. Lovely to see you.
2. Nice, Seville, canβt wait to visit.
3. A month of farewells. The start of a new chapter.
4. ASD and relationships, a learning curve for me.
5. But first coffee. Enjoy your Sunday.
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. This week has been intense, my non-working days felt like work.
2. Slowly selecting what to sell on Vinted, doing another clear out.
3. Managing the push pull in relationships requires patience.
4. Itβs a Pilates and life admin day.
5. Working on a novella.
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. Day 1 of 2 workshop on eating disorders.
2. Thereβs an appeal about Mistley.
3. Hello Spring where are you.
4. Sometimes itβs best to informally socialise to achieve but in.
5. Sometimes a crisp white shirt says it all.
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. Interesting first day back.
2. My voice was heard.
3. There are politics at play.
4. Going yo eat soup for days.
5. Hello Spring, you have arrived.
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. Sleepy Sunday.
2. Saw the most beautiful townhouse in Norwich, along the river. Oh why this couldnβt be for sake in 5 years time?
3. More reading today, this time non-fiction.
4. More decluttering.
5. Minor repairs on the bike, just need a lock!
#MyLifeAsMarsha
Instagram!
22.02.2026 08:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβll keep in touch via iG.
21.02.2026 19:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hello David, Iβm so sorry you are going through this. I wondered what happened as I wasnβt seeing you online. I hope that the purchase comes through as I know the stress of this can become too overwhelming. I really do hope you get to paint and write soon as thatβs your happy place. Take care.
21.02.2026 12:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
#RandomThoughts
1. Iβm not ready to return to work.
2. More writing today.
3. More university applications to mull over.
4. This gym thing is not working out for me.
5. Saturday soup is calling.
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. First of the uni open days done.
2. Iβve walked almost 40,000 steps in two days exploring Nottingham City Centre.
3. Difficult to switch off from work when thereβs so much politics at play.
4 β₯οΈ the Bagel Project
5 Reading a guilty pleasure.
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. Iβm writing, drafting, editingβ¦hopeful for the future.
2. My brained is fried from work over the past 3 days.
3. Valentineβs Day, no frills, purely practical.
4. Uni open days on the horizon.
5. Hello Nice, canβt wait to be with you!
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. VR offers are out, reality looks very different from April
2. Making a tangible difference makes volunteering worthwhile
3. Self love today
4. Coffee and kindness is all that matters
5. Using that trampoline to get that lymph moving.
#MyLufeAsMarsha
I was so saddled to read of his death. May he rest in peace.
12.02.2026 17:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
#RandomThoughts
1. Practical and romantic gift received today via Amazon.
2. Iβve been cleaning all day - oven, fridge, kitchen, bathroom. Whatβs left?
3. Booked my second set of concert tickets.
4. Love a sharing cinnamon roll.
5. May James VDB rest in peace #DawdonsCreek
#MyLifeAsMarsha
#RandomThoughts
1. Writing of various kinds today
2. Hoping that coffee hits the spot
3. Self care in your 50s can become very expensive
4. Still navigating breakfast with mindful eating
5. Lots of change on the horizon, embracing it with optimism rather than be weary
#MyLifeAsMarsha
In response to my post about the launch of the 'National Cancer Plan' on substack, someone responsed with:
"Great. But how about ending homelessness, taxing the rich nationalising water and ending the cost of living crisis?"
So I responsed with this...
1/9
#RandomThoughts
1. Bad Bunny, the responseβ¦priceless
2. Reform canβt even organise themselves, yet a strong contender for winning the next general election
3. We need more than mission statements
4. Yes, Iβm political today
5. Watched the Kingsman, too much violence π«£
#MyLifeAsMarsha
I wonder if Mandelson wouldβve been appointed under former Chief of Staff, Sue Gray?
09.02.2026 08:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Bad Bunny delivered the most viewed halftime show ever! And gave a huge π to MAGA snowflakes.
MAGA is seething.
Good Bunny.
This is so true. Silence speaks volumes.
09.02.2026 08:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It will. A lot of stage 3 clinical trials are done in San Francisco and Japan. We have the best stage 1 research, and admire what some hospitals are doing but itβs usually funded by philanthropy.
08.02.2026 13:20 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is fine in principle, but my concern is that the NHS isnβt set up to do stage 3 clinical trials. The UK is heavily reliant on other countries to take forward stage 1 research. Thereβre new cancer treatments available but arenβt implemented due to the high NHS costs, so just about hopeful.
08.02.2026 12:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I cannot believe that Iβm reading this!
08.02.2026 12:43 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
#RandomThoughts
1. Menopauseβ¦canβt wait to finish this phase in my life, and Iβve only just started.
2. Reading Zadie Smithβs Dead and Alive.
3. Slept 8 hrs!
4. Iβve got the headspace to do work reading and redrafting.
5. Open uni days on the horizon.
#MyLifeAsMarsha
Thank you. I think itβs what I needed.
07.02.2026 22:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0