Helen Furnivall
@helenfurn.bsky.social
MD of High-Rise Communications. Prev. comms British Red Cross, Ashgate Hospice. Working from Ancoats, Manchester.
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
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Andrew Ridgeley has the best life in the world because he was kind to the fat kid at school. We should all recall that.
December 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Andrew Ridgeley has the best life in the world because he was kind to the fat kid at school. We should all recall that.
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Mark E Smith Reads An Xmas Story For BBC Collective
YouTube video by BBCCollective
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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wall is giving thai restaurant
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
wall is giving thai restaurant
There's a good article on the problems affecting hospice care here if it wasn't swamped by ads www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2142...
Fears Rachel Reeves's crippling tax hikes are robbing adults of dignity in death
EXCLUSIVE: Chief Executive Barbara-Anne Walker says without a big Labour Budget U-turn - beds will still close and more adults robbed of dignified care.
www.express.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
There's a good article on the problems affecting hospice care here if it wasn't swamped by ads www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2142...
Manchester needs to up its post box topper game
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Manchester needs to up its post box topper game
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A reminder that my Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar starts tomorrow.
🎄
Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
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Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A reminder that my Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar starts tomorrow.
🎄
Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
🎄
Of course, it may bear a distinct resemblance to my advent last year (and the year before that, and the year before that …)
😊
Artist: PB Hickling
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Pope: AI won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.
AI: There is no Pope.
AI: There is no Pope.
I thought I might try the same experiment with a bit more context, and - I dunno - it seems to have stumbled a bit with the basic facts…
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pope: AI won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.
AI: There is no Pope.
AI: There is no Pope.
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Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide
Our new messaging guide looks at the methodology and messages that can help us carve out a new approach that will be successful in persuading the public that seeking safety is a fundamental human righ...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
I'm going to watch this on the strength of the artwork alone.
I don't know who is all watching this, but it's pretty good.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm going to watch this on the strength of the artwork alone.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bloody foreigners coming over here and saving peoples lives.
I had a punk party aged 9 where every single present was Adam Ant themed - pillows, pencils and pencil cases, notebooks, records. Every school disco had an Adam Ant dancing contest. What a star.
Also, he was ridiculously beautiful in an era which had a larger-than-average share of beautiful pop stars (even allowing for the Aqua-Net dependent hairstyles)
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I had a punk party aged 9 where every single present was Adam Ant themed - pillows, pencils and pencil cases, notebooks, records. Every school disco had an Adam Ant dancing contest. What a star.
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I've never done this on social media before but...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I've never done this on social media before but...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
...my brilliant assistant is moving on to pastures new after three years. I am looking for someone to help me out. They need to be able to *get to North London easily, regularly*, energetic (it's often a dashing-around/carrying stuff job)...
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I will never tell this Kate Bush story again. I can't.
This is SO GOOD by @heawood.bsky.social on Lily Allen’s new album, and Lily Allen full stop. I am vicariously living the pain of that Kate Bush anecdote. open.substack.com/pub/heawood/...
Love and gaslight:
Obsessing over the Lily Allen I know
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I will never tell this Kate Bush story again. I can't.
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A nicer side of it getting dark earlier now is that its easier to pay a visit to Theydon Bois, the village on the Central line that doesn't have any street lights.
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
Theydon Bois – the town with no street lights
Theydon Bois, on the edge of northeast London, is remarkable for something very special -- the near total absence of any street lighting.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A nicer side of it getting dark earlier now is that its easier to pay a visit to Theydon Bois, the village on the Central line that doesn't have any street lights.
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
It's a magical place to visit.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
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Delightful doc with Mark Bonnar exploring Scottish new town public art, including the hippos of Glenrothes made by his artist dad Stan. New towns, public art, Mark Bonnar? It’s ✅✅✅ from me
Meet You at the Hippos
Mark Bonnar returns to the Scottish new towns in which he grew up to explore the street sculpture made by artists such as his dad.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Delightful doc with Mark Bonnar exploring Scottish new town public art, including the hippos of Glenrothes made by his artist dad Stan. New towns, public art, Mark Bonnar? It’s ✅✅✅ from me