Monika Kupper

A burst water pipe is causing flooding on Mitcham Rd between Valnay St & Franciscan Road. The road is currently open to traffic, but there is no pedestrian access on the north east pavement. Please check this post for updates. @thameswater – when will this be fixed please?

@DonmarWarehouse @ZoeTheBall @BBCRadio2 The performance on Monday was amazing. A clever production. A beautiful and important story. So impressive on a number of levels. Great cast and Keeley was a wonder. Thank you.

🎧 Catch Keeley Hawes on the @ZoeTheBall Breakfast Show this morning via @BBCRadio2: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… 📸 Keeley in rehearsals for THE HUMAN BODY, photo by Marc Brenner #zoeballbreakfastshow

This year we have met inspiring families, super scientists, world-class clinicians, fabulous fundraisers and remembered some incredible people. Take a look at some of our most memorable moments from this year. Cheers!

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Anyone with information that could assist police is asked to call 101 or ‘X’ @MetCC and quote CAD5764/14Dec. You can also provide information anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 3/3

The man threatened the woman and assaulted her before running off. The woman was not seriously injured and nothing was taken during the incident. There have been no arrests and enquiries into the incident continue. 2/3

Police were called at approximately 18:10hrs on Thursday, 14 December to reports of an attempted robbery and assault in Franciscan Road in #Tooting. A woman, aged in her 20s, was walking when she was approached by a man in possession of a knife who attempted to rob her. 1/3

@JohnWilson14 @BBCiPlayer I remember watching this when it first came out and buying the album. I naturally fell in love with Carreras.

Genius at work. Do watch on @BBCiPlayer if you’ve never seen this Omnibus on Bernstein conducting West Side Story, it’s one of the great music documentaries.

This is a beautiful, incredibly powerful piece by Rachel Stirling about her mother, Diana Rigg, dying, and wanting to end her own life. Rigg recorded herself talking, and Rachel finally managed to listen to the tapes, and shared them here. Two queens: theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

Wag the Dog is a brilliant, funny movie, with dialogue you want to stand up and clap. But is it a devastating insight into political manipulation or...something slightly less helpful? Thoughts in this morning’s @thetimes thetimes.co.uk/article/blame-…

@DonmarWarehouse I saw all three of those productions and am so glad I did. A huge loss to acting and of course her family and friends.

We’re deeply saddened by the news today of Haydn Gwynne’s death. She appeared as Stanley Baldwin in When Winston Went to War with the Wireless at the Donmar earlier this year.

@RevRichardColes I do hope you get to see the caves above Armana. The wall paintings are extraordinary. It’s an wondrously haunted place.

We are so excited about this event!! @tootingnewsie @SouthwarkCofE @BishopSouthwark

@HelenRumbelow This is such a brilliant piece. Thank you.

This polished black glass is actually the brain matter of an unfortunate Roman, killed instantly when superheated pyroclastic flows from Vesuvius swept over the town of Herculaneum in 79 AD. During excavations in the 1960's, the charred skeletal remains of an adult male were found lying face down on a wooden bed. Archaeologists were surprised to discover shards of this glossy black material inside the victim's skull. While the obsidian-like substance was suspected to be an incredibly rare example of preserved cerebral tissues, it was not until a 2020 study in the New England Journal of Medicine that the glass was confirmed to be the man's vitrified brain matter. The man, believed to be in his mid-20's, had evidently sought refuge from the ongoing Volcanic eruption in his bed when an avalanche of hot ash blasted through the town. Temperatures of over 1000°F instantly vapourised his soft tissues and ignited his body fat, while his brain underwent the rare process of vitrification – suddenly liquifying before being rapidly cooled – essentially turning it into glass. Intriguingly, the black glass has not yet been found elsewhere in Herculaneum, suggesting an unknown variable resulting from the man's location or position as he sheltered in his bed may have contributed to the exceedingly rare preservation his brain matter.

The children’s cancer team at St George’s may be relocated We have 25 years of experience delivering specialist cancer care for children, so we believe #KidsDeserveStGeorges Support us: On our website👉 stgeorges.nhs.uk/newsitem/updat… @DrRosena’s petition👉 drrosena.co.uk/tootingcanceru…

So much smearing & belittling of consultants in the press, but this, from today’s @thetimes letters page, could not have put it more beautifully. Pls RT if you agree. #NHS 💙

I can scarcely imagine the grief of parents whose baby dies of a rare genetic condition. Andrew conveys it movingly and points to charities in the field that deserve support. Deep sympathies to Rycroft’s family.

@PhelpsieSarah @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer @YouTube This looks utterly awesome and perfectly cast. Can’t wait. Thank you! ❤️

Ok, so here is the extended trailer for The Sixth Commandment. 17th July @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer #TheSixthCommandment The Sixth Commandment | Trailer - BBC youtu.be/_aaSvOVMtkY via @YouTube

Every year we treat 130,000 children in hospital. We also: ⚫ Have one of the largest paediatric surgery services in the UK ⚪ Lead the way on research, studying cancer in children with @ICR_London and @royalmarsdenNHS #KidsDeserveStGeorges