Helen Gribbin

BBC Four - Arena, Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood Programme from 1980 profiling writer/performer Victoria Wood and playwright Andrea Dunbar.

If you have 30 minutes this is ESSENTIAL viewing. My takeaway : the UK in 1980 had lots of talent but was a grim placd to live ! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

YouTube video by David Bowie David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind (Official Video)

Had this in my head all day #AmberWeatherAlert youtu.be/YsqlXkkEKxI?...

YouTube video by A Film Channel Blue Velvet - Opening Sequence

One of my all time favourite artists, David Lynch RIP.

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Links between the key drivers of animal associations (A) and their effect on social features (B) and the emergent forms of cooperation.

The evolution of diverse forms of cooperation

Gentle touch is not only good for mental health, but also for the evolution of cooperation

The power of caring touch:
From survival to prosocial cooperation 🏺🧪
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Side street in Manchester. Railway viaduct on right heading towards Piccadilly station. An old chair is discarded amongst other rubbish on the left. Nighttime

Manchester / Salford
15th January 2025

First Light:06.51
Sunrise:08.16
Sunset:16.20
Nightfall:17.45

Pic: #Manchester

I'm a Social Work Manager for Older People
#AssistedDyingBill is terrifying and open to abuse by coorcion & control from poor familial relationships, we really need to invest public funds to #PalliativeCare

I'm a Social Work Manager for Older People #AssistedDyingBill is terrifying and open to abuse by coorcion & control from poor familial relationships, Please PLEASE invest public funds to #PalliativeCare

I saw Shane MacGowan in the 90's at Manchester Academy when he was touring with The Popes. I grabbed my mates camera and my student press card and hopped onto the stage, he flashed me his inimitable smile with fag and champagne coupe in hand. I'll certainly miss knowing he's still around, RIP.

I wish for all this to be marked on by body when I am dead. I believe in such cartography — We are communal histories, communal books.
Michael Ondaatje.

Definitely worth your time, cast, score, production values, thoroughly enjoyable, even stands up for rewatches of odd episodes.

He was scary in Peaky Blinders playing a Mafioso type, deliberately so I think. Quite an intense look about him generally I think.

I miss Bowie.

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Introduce yourself using three books you love:

-Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
-Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
-Regeneration By Pat Barker

Starmer needs Corbyn's secret weapon The young don't chant the Labour leader's name

Did a thing on Corbyn and, to a much lesser extent, Starmer.

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Terence Davies on Ealing - youtu.be/M_ZCId9jZ0E?...

RIP the great Terence Davies youtu.be/IdlslMb3KJY?...

Reconnecting with my Twitter Mutuals

Happy Birthday x

Reconnecting with my Twitter Mutuals

"I said “You either think this country needs to change, or you don’t. And if you do, you should stand with me and every person in this hall, you should stand with the Conservatives.” What did I say, Roy?"

"You said “I've got some fucking brass neck after thirteen years of this shit.”"

Hi, hope you are well Splash :)

I blame Thatcher for the whole sorry mess, without her we wouldn't have had new Labour, the absolute drift to the right resulting in true blue new new Keir Harmer.

Well this is better than the twitter X carry on, like old twitter when it was good.