Vivianne 🧙🔮🧶🍷🇬🇧🇹🇹🇨🇿

In 2014, I was annoyed standing in front of magazine racks at train stations that there was nothing that appealed to me. The usual ‘women’s magazines’ didn’t speak to me and were too centred on beach bodies, white trousers and which fruit my body resembled. Add to this that I love women. Ever since I worked for WHSmith and then the Jobcentre, I’ve been surrounded with women at work. When I got into comedy, those numbers dropped dramatically (they’re better now hoo-fucking-ray). So I started setting up small work places full of women. My TV series, my new material gig, writers’ rooms, my radio shows. Women, women, women. I decided to do something about the lack of magazines for women like me (whatever that means) and thus create another all-women work space, a healthy, more interesting and feminist alternative to the magazines that were out there. And thus began Standard Issue Magazine, edited by the fantastic Mickey Noonan. We were lucky enough to have some incredible women write wonderful articles for us. And the whole thing was run by 12 awesome women. In 2017, I decided it was time to move with the times and we became a podcast @StandardIssueUK. The team: Mickey Noonan, Hannah Dunleavy and Jen Offord have since created over a thousand brilliant episodes of a podcast that treats women like they have brains, because we do, and are interested in the world. We are for women, by women, about everything. And we shine a light on some incredible sports women, journalists, playwrights, entrepreneurs, heck, all sorts of women from all walks of life who have something to say. Standard Issue is a podcast championing women's voices, and packed with interviews, news, film, opinion and humour. And on this International Women’s Day, I’d love you to give it a listen. Or comment on this post if you have listened. Or share it with your followers. It all helps. We hope you enjoy it. We’re super proud of it. I feel this way about this project every day but today feels like a good day to shout about excellent women and their work.

@ktb38 Amazing! What project will go in it?

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND ADMIRE MY NEW PROJECT BAG I MADE. TMNT FABRIC! A MATCHING ZIPPER! child ktb is thrilled. Also everything was thrifted.

Miriam Margolyes is a voice of truth. You haven't lost anyone of any value Miriam, only people who don't value life at all, if it isn't 'their' people.

@ValKelly59 @Serena_Partrick @MartinMonmouth1 Napo pet insurance do - they just paid for my dog's 2 x tooth extraction £600. They were quick & efficient

@Serena_Partrick @MartinMonmouth1 Most insurances don’t cover dental ☹️

I took Peanut to the vet as I thought she needed some dental work, they have quoted ONE THOUSAND AND ONE POUNDS. I just don't know what to do 😭 What has happened to vets? This is nearly over 3x what I thought it would be. Do we have to be rich to have animal friends now???

🍁🦊Competition time! To celebrate the coming of autumn, a cornucopia of delights! A signed copy of my book, 'Reynard the Fox' and accompanying gold-tipped notebook, 'A Fox for All Seasons,' a bar of fine Apple and Blackberry chocolate, a box of powdery cinnamon knots, a packet of Caramelised biscuit tea and a charming & very fluffy fox companion. Simply follow, like and retweet to win! 🦊🍂

@Samywaters @millardsarah @MichelleDewbs Judgy pants a little tight today?

@millardsarah @MichelleDewbs Why are you saying seriously?

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this man..💔 As an update: I contacted the guy who filmed it asking for specific location so I could try & get help but didn’t receive a response. But, based on the cafe in the background, I think it is Birmingham New Street (?) So, I’ve contacted both the local police & also a wonderful charity called SIFA Fireside. The latter are going to pick it up. Hopefully they will find him & be able to help him. I’ve asked if they can provide me with an update, if & when possible… Nobody deserves to be in this state. We have a duty to help each other… I hope this guy gets the help he needs & that life turns around for him soon. Non of us know what is around the corner in our own lives and it is easy for things to spiral out of control... If you are in Birmingham & around New Street, pls do look out for him 🙏🏻 If I get any further updates, I will of course share them with you all. Thank you for caring❤️

This is utterly joyous. Don't ya think.

Meanwhile here is the real data on welfare - not the crap fed to uou by Reform, the Telegraph and others

@DrJaninaRamirez Watch men watching their pet football team then tell me *we're* too emotional 🙄

The second I saw her wipe away a tear I knew what the narrative would be - Women, know your place. You’re too emotional & hysterical for big, important jobs…. How about - colleague massively screws over other colleague & HE is the prick.

Now you understand why they didn’t want you to see the Gaza: Medics Under Fire documentary. Our family cried through every moment of it. We recognised each face, each massacre, each heartbreak. To know that we directly pay for this is unbearable. Britain sends weapons to ‘israel.’ Britain sends RAF spy planes over Gaza. Britain calls ‘israel’ an ally. ‘israel’ isn’t just carrying out a holocaust—it’s murdering our profession. It’s destroying the very essence of life preservation. If medics, healers, aren't safe, then no profession is sacred. This is why, as a British doctor, I couldn’t stay silent—even when it got me investigated, targeted, smeared in the press, and bombarded with death and rape threats from ‘israeli’ jews and their supporters. Nothing we’ve endured compares to what Palestinians are facing. Gaza is standing, steadfast after 21 months, in the face of pure evil and defending humanity. Liberations is but an hour's patience. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Israel!

This is what we’re fighting. These are the people backing fox hunting—ignoring cruelty, public opinion, and defending the indefensible. Foxes are still being hunted. It’s time for change. Tell your MP: fox hunting has no place in modern Britain. protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/

@SubRosaMagick Did this yesterday ... amazing. But for me, the sea is where it's at x

The murder of a journalist in a hospital bed is a double war crime that ought really to be a news story - and of particular concern to journalists. As far as I can see - not a squeak in western media.

@Crowe_JE @garside_geoff @imageplotter @churchofengland No. St.Paul's is mainly self-funding. Do you have Google?

Was just trying to book St. Paul's Cathedral tickets for visiting friends. A single daytime entry ticket is now a whopping £26. Westminster Abbey: £29. Just to compare - Cologne Cathedral: free. Notre Dame Paris: free. Florence Dome and Rome St Peter's Basilica: free

@silversurfer110 @imageplotter The Church of England as its owner needs to fund it. You still haven't explained why you think the taxpayer should do it for them.

@ribbitcat @imageplotter But the vast majority of people who visit are tourists. If you wish to pray , there is no charge. Special provision is made for UK citizens on a range of benefits who can gain access for £1, including up to 4 children. Tussaud's operates for profit, St Paul's to survive.

@silversurfer110 @imageplotter Churches should be funded by the Church, to whom they belong. Places of worship should be free to access. Stately homes are funded by their owners, whether private or NT/whatever. Explain why taxpayers should fund the Church/this church

@ribbitcat @imageplotter What about every stately home, every museum? You have a very naive view. All these things cost money to maintain. Where will it come from?

@silversurfer110 @imageplotter It should be accessible by all: ability to pay/affordability should not gatekeep access to knowledge, history, religion or culture

@ribbitcat @imageplotter Why should there not be a charge for sightseeing?