Fiona Dolman
@fionadolman.bsky.social
Actor. Currently Sarah Barnaby in Midsomer Murders. Proud ambassador for Hospice UK - @hospiceuk.bsky.social and Patron for https://www.greenfingerscharity.org.uk/
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It's that time of year again
December 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's that time of year again
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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“This change can’t come soon enough. Two in five hospices are now making cuts. Services are withering. People aren’t getting the care they need."
Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK responds to the government's pledge to overhaul palliative care and end of life care.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK responds to the government's pledge to overhaul palliative care and end of life care.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
Hospice UK responds to news of a modern service framework for palliative and end of life care
The government has pledged to overhaul palliative care and end of life care with a Modern Services Framework.
www.hospiceuk.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“This change can’t come soon enough. Two in five hospices are now making cuts. Services are withering. People aren’t getting the care they need."
Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK responds to the government's pledge to overhaul palliative care and end of life care.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK responds to the government's pledge to overhaul palliative care and end of life care.
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
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will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
Really looking forward to @hospiceuk.bsky.social carol service on Monday December 1st, 7.30pm St Paul’s church, Knightsbridge
Do come and join us for an evening of Festive Fun and support this extraordinary and important charity.
www.hospiceuk.org/join-an-even...
Do come and join us for an evening of Festive Fun and support this extraordinary and important charity.
www.hospiceuk.org/join-an-even...
Christmas Carol Service
An evening of much loved carols, music and celebrity readings, followed by seasonal refreshments.
www.hospiceuk.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Really looking forward to @hospiceuk.bsky.social carol service on Monday December 1st, 7.30pm St Paul’s church, Knightsbridge
Do come and join us for an evening of Festive Fun and support this extraordinary and important charity.
www.hospiceuk.org/join-an-even...
Do come and join us for an evening of Festive Fun and support this extraordinary and important charity.
www.hospiceuk.org/join-an-even...
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🚨 NEW: The UK saw the largest increase in relative child income poverty of 37 high-income countries between 2013 and 2023, an increase of 34%, new research from UNICEF UK shows.
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 NEW: The UK saw the largest increase in relative child income poverty of 37 high-income countries between 2013 and 2023, an increase of 34%, new research from UNICEF UK shows.
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
If the two-child limit stays in place, child poverty will continue to rise. Is this really a record we want?
Oblivious to the oncoming cold front
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Oblivious to the oncoming cold front
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Glorious Peter Falk interview. Every word a joy.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Glorious Peter Falk interview. Every word a joy.
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I couldn't let the piece on litter and dog walking pass without mentioning that my dog Bertie won a BBC Making a Difference award this year for picking up plastic bottles when we go running together. He's picked up more than 10,000, which are all now in the recycling.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I couldn't let the piece on litter and dog walking pass without mentioning that my dog Bertie won a BBC Making a Difference award this year for picking up plastic bottles when we go running together. He's picked up more than 10,000, which are all now in the recycling.
It’s that time of year again! Test your skills and win some book tokens
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Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It’s that time of year again! Test your skills and win some book tokens
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I’m having a root canal this morning.
Asked my daughter for some sympathy.
Daughter: “Oh mum. They will be giving you prosthetics though won’t they?”
Asked my daughter for some sympathy.
Daughter: “Oh mum. They will be giving you prosthetics though won’t they?”
a man in a suit is sitting on a throne and laughing .
Alt: Inspector Clouseau wearing false prosthetic melting nose
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I’m having a root canal this morning.
Asked my daughter for some sympathy.
Daughter: “Oh mum. They will be giving you prosthetics though won’t they?”
Asked my daughter for some sympathy.
Daughter: “Oh mum. They will be giving you prosthetics though won’t they?”
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Are we allowed to hope again
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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A total and utter hero
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A total and utter hero
If you’re in Coventry
“At a time when our own politicians choose to divide our communities and stoke fear and hatred, we believe the opposite is true - that we can live peacefully and respectfully side by side” Manjinder Virk
#StoriesThatMadeUs November 14th - May 2026 @the-herbert.bsky.social
“At a time when our own politicians choose to divide our communities and stoke fear and hatred, we believe the opposite is true - that we can live peacefully and respectfully side by side” Manjinder Virk
#StoriesThatMadeUs November 14th - May 2026 @the-herbert.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you’re in Coventry
“At a time when our own politicians choose to divide our communities and stoke fear and hatred, we believe the opposite is true - that we can live peacefully and respectfully side by side” Manjinder Virk
#StoriesThatMadeUs November 14th - May 2026 @the-herbert.bsky.social
“At a time when our own politicians choose to divide our communities and stoke fear and hatred, we believe the opposite is true - that we can live peacefully and respectfully side by side” Manjinder Virk
#StoriesThatMadeUs November 14th - May 2026 @the-herbert.bsky.social
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Taken from Facebook, but I love this.
This is how to do diplomacy.
This is how to do diplomacy.
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Taken from Facebook, but I love this.
This is how to do diplomacy.
This is how to do diplomacy.
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It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
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This reflection on Prunella Scales has been put up by The Guardian, and her son, Samuel, reckons she'd have loved it. Definitely worth sharing here:
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
Prunella Scales was a queen of comedy with a passion for classical theatre
The actor best known as TV’s Sybil Fawlty dazzled over five decades on stage, in roles from from Shakespeare to Alan Bennett
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This reflection on Prunella Scales has been put up by The Guardian, and her son, Samuel, reckons she'd have loved it. Definitely worth sharing here:
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...