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Reform UK will face police investigation in Gorton & Denton after admitting it sent out letters from “concerned neighbour” which did not state they had been funded and distributed by party 👇 theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

@IdeasTest @RevolutonArts @FreshlyGreated #MarketPlaceArts works to support the transformation of seven market towns in #Fenland and #ForestHeath, into lively centres for cultural exchange. They aim to make sure everyone has the means to explore their own #creativity. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3JrzqQ2

Latest update on our grant management systems: Our Supporting Grassroots Music fund is now open. Access the new guidance and application forms: buff.ly/P3hvDXi

Director needed! @HeraPartnership is recruiting a senior creative health professional to lead the Brighton-based charity - for details email emma(a)theheraproject(dot)org(uk)

Summer flies by and the first day of uni will be here before you know it. 🎓☀️ If you or someone you know is heading to university, now’s the time to get protected. Check your vaccination status on the NHS App, and if you’ve missed any, book in through your GP. 📱

They will obviously play at Glastonbury. They have the entire artistic establishment on their side. Let's not pretend that Cancel Culture is a two-way street. It's not. Only the Left has the cultural clout to cancel its opponents. news.sky.com/story/kneecap-…

@fhussain73 @ClareGerada It has been a real eye-opener to observe how prevalent bullying is across the NHS. Management culture seems stuck in the 1950s

Good to see brave GPs like @ClareGerada speak out. I have resigned my fellowship of the RCGP- a bullying organisation doesn’t represent me

@lewis_goodall What was that thing about if you tell a lie often enough....?

A Trump shill on Newsnight claims there are more people in prison in UK jails for freedom of speech violations than in Putin’s Russia. These people are radicalised, insane, plain stupid or some combination of all three.

Hey @eventbrite - your UK site has locked @HeraPartnership out of your site - no email link sent, no password reset options & no help whatever from your AI Chat 'Help'. What can you do about it? No response as yet from @eventbritehelp

@BBCNewsnight @CarolineLucas @faisalislam The sanest one on there. Why didn't Faisal properly challenge Mr Palantir on his MASSIVE pork pies?

"We've got President Trump coming in saying he's going to ban wind farms and 'drill, baby drill.'" Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas tells @faisalislam that we need to "wake up" as she reacts to wildfires in LA which continue to blaze across the city. #Newsnight

@thesearts @emmadrew7

Are you interested in using art in medical education and in creative health? Are you a GP Trainee in Y&H? Then take a look at this exciting leadership opportunity with the Future Leaders Programme @NHSEnglandNorth @TheNCCH @rcgp yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/recruitment/fu…

Great to see this event organised by/the Robin Hood Health Foundation, Brighton & Hove City Council, The Old Market & Creative Future. Focusing on pathways forward to make creative health a more accessible & inclusive healthcare option @brightwellbeing

Looking forward to this @HeraPartnership @NASPTweets @nalwuk @NHSSussex

Creative Health has come a long way - where are we now and what next? Join @HeraPartnership & @BrightonHoveCC at @TOMvenue and Sallis Benney theatre 14 & 15 Feb 2025 Deets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-culture… #CreativeHealth #SocialPrescribing #NHS @theNCCH

we're looking for an enthusiastic collections assistant, to help us look after and share our amazing rock and fossil collections. just a few days left to apply

@RevRichardColes Bullied out of her job

I’m struck that ‘putting patients at the centre of care’ (horrible/useless phrase) often means delivering a kind of benign paternalism to grateful recipients- a long way from co-creating health. Reckon those of us who care about this need to be clearer about the difference.

@susie_dent Please come to Threads

I'm writing today about kennings in Old English. Essentially these are two word-metaphors that were used instead of concrete nouns, and they are exquisite. A ship was a 'wave-horse', the sea was a 'whale-road', the mind was a 'thought-chamber', and the sun was a 'sky-candle'.