Allison Vale

Interested in uncovering more untold stories of the women who made London what it is today? Check out @toucan2’s tours! 👇

I've been working on my brand new tour The Ladies of St James's. If you want to check out an area full of Gentlemen's clubs but ladies secrets then perhaps you should meet me 2pm Sunday 14th outside Green park tube (park entrance) flocklessbutfree.com #herstory #londonwalks

@toucan2 Your new tour sounds brilliant! Keep doing what you’re doing!

@allisonpvale I am reminded every time I do a Marylebone tour of why I got into doing women's history tours in London. Your wonderful book 'A woman lived here' was a real inspiration to start righting the wrongs of a history told through the eyes of men. Big thanks Allison!

O! #Cardiff! Where’s your air to? 🫠🥵

@MarkRavenhill2 Brilliant - I saw Pool No Water at the Drum & still think about it.

Lovely to hear about a production of my Pool No Water in Winnipeg and a request to translate and produce my Candide in Taiwan. I sit and write in my little flat in Camden and then people far away make it their own. Still gives me thrills.

A great Irish poet and singer left us today. She was beautiful, courageous and wore her heart on her sleeve. She was before her time. Nothing will ever compare to Sinéad O’Connor. Rest easy Sinéad.

@JaneyGodley @Beatson_Charity @GrouchoClubSoho Brilliant news! Xx

My cancer scan came back clear My breast screening came back clear I will never be cured of ovarian cancer but I will continue to be treated for it thanks Scottish NHS and @Beatson_Charity I am now off to get a glass of champagne @GrouchoClubSoho

@SoVeryBritish Our Feargal Sharkey - cos he loved his teenage kicks

What’s the best name for a pet you’ve ever heard?

This. No funding, increasing need, no special school places, routes to diagnosis and assessment blocked or with extreme waits leading to school just being left to manage without the funding. School’s increasingly having very little choice and those that are inclusive hit hardest

📚 A sexy, earthy and unashamedly bubbly debut novel explores the 1984 miners strike and the changing landscapes of the south Wales valleys ✍️ @RachelTrezise nation.cymru/culture/review…

@MGgirl73 @YoungMindsUK This is beautiful - what a world he’s made 🪴 ❤️

@YoungMindsUK When my teenage son had a breakdown 3y ago, the furthest he could get was our patio, so we made it a patio with purpose. He still hasn't made it beyond the drive (yet) but these are his. Seeds, patience & ❤️ #mentalhealth #Autism #gardening

What is one thing in your life that has changed your mental health for the better?

@Damian_Barr Oh, man alive, Sun Avoidance Guilt is REAL

This will be the photo that goes around the world today. A peaceful protester handcuffed and arrested in Britain.

But there needs to be adequate motivation for those spaces to change, or autistic adults will continue to burn out more intensely than their peers.”

Autistic people need to be accommodated at work — “Autistic people need quiet spaces to work, longer lunch breaks, alternative lighting, predictable schedules or the ability to have a support person with them…

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Fabukous news!

This is an actual interior corridor of a major NHS hospital. In 2023. Who can look at this & pretend Conservative governments haven’t spent 13 years deliberately running the NHS into the ground?

Oh God, I could cry, I cannot believe the number of fellow Heads and teachers reaching out to say that they're on medication, too. Things. Must. Change. #TimeToSpeakUp #ForRuth