Helen Jerome
helenjerome.bsky.social
Helen Jerome
@helenjerome.bsky.social
writing. football - women’s and men’s. theatre. music. film. telly. books. comedy. food. cider. opera. all with a passion. carpe diem
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Oh, that's where I know him from
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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on.ft.com/49HAOsG Tom Stoppard, playwright, 1937-2025. What a writer; what a loss.
Tom Stoppard, playwright, 1937-2025
On stage and screen, the writer turned the weightiest of topics into dazzling, humane drama
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
💡 Love this idea of actually prescribing 📚
Prescription Fiction: How Reading Is Entering The Doctor’s Toolkit

What if reading could help us heal? That’s the wager some doctors are taking these days — prescribing books alongside medication. Here’s a look at stories that might just do you good.
Prescription Fiction: How Reading Is Entering The Doctor’s Toolkit
What if reading could help us heal? That’s the wager some doctors are taking these days — prescribing books alongside medication. Here’s a look at stories that might just do you good.
worldcrunch.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We also have a look at #Ghana and their impressive progress, before their friendly against the #Lionesses this week, written for @newwomenssportmag.bsky.social by Ama Brobey Williams of Ghana FA.
thenewwomenssportmagazine.com/lighting-a-p...
November 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Also on now: Stoppard’s ‘Indian Ink’ at Hampstead theatre.
Still tickets for Arcadia at the Old Vic - although I very much there will be for long. Seems a good way to celebrate him.
No, it’s not sold out - plenty of tickets available. I’ve just booked for 31 January.
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Reggae Girlz just won by the highest margin in their history, beating Dominica 18-0 in a World Cup Qualifier. Iconic Jamaican singer/musician/actor Jimmy Cliff passed away this week at the age of 81. Let's dedicate 'Reggae Night' (1983) by Jimmy to the Reggae Girlz to honour the singer and the team.
Jimmy Cliff - Reggae Night (Official Video)
YouTube video by Reggae Love
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Picture of the grit and joy of the #Lionesses - and especially Georgia Stanway - at Wembley this evening.
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Good point, although I think there will be more rotation and maybe minutes for the likes of Freya Godfrey and Lucia Kendall etc on Tuesday!
𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝟖-𝟎 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

The thumping victory certainly served the fans, but did England learn anything new? 👇

thehalfwayline.com/2025/11/29/w...
Was England’s 8-0 win against China a missed opportunity for rotation?  - The Halfway Line
An 8-0 demolition of China PR certainly serviced the fans, but did England and Sarina Wiegman learn anything new?
thehalfwayline.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Fab interview with Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah by @tom-maher-tm.bsky.social here! Great way to preview the upcoming #Lionesses v #Ghana clash on the south coast this week - in which she's looking forward to facing her friend Chloe Kelly!
Ahead of 🇬🇭 vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 next week, I sat down with Black Queens star Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah who spoke on:

• Her Ghana initiation 🪩
• WAFCON 24 & 26 🌍
• The CB-H derby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇭
• Leaving LCL 🛫
• Life at Forest 🌳
• The GK’s union? 🧤

✍️ for TNWSM: thenewwomenssportmagazine.com/dancing-quee...
DANCING QUEEN - Ghana and Forest star Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah speaks - The New Women's Sport Magazine
Nottingham Forest and Ghana forward Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah has had a year to remember, from securing promotion to the WSL to making her Ghana debut and securing the bronze at WAFCON.Boye-Hlorkah spoke...
thenewwomenssportmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Tom Stoppard has died aged 88. His masterpiece is undoubtedly Arcadia - which is being revived early next year at The Old Vic - but for our delight and dazzlement, please can someone revive his blissfully funny The Real Inspector Hound?
Meanwhile, rewatch Brazil for which he wrote the screenplay.
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Very much 💯 this
I don’t mind it because I do also follow American sports but I don’t really understand why so little of the UK sport tweeting fraternity has migrated here.
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
FT 0-0. Yet feels like Germany 🇩🇪 have improved and Spain 🇪🇸 gone a tiny bit backwards perhaps since the Euros?
a woman wearing a black allianz shirt is dancing
ALT: a woman wearing a black allianz shirt is dancing
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Currently two #Lionesses features up @newwomenssportmag.bsky.social - including @claremcwrites.bsky.social's interview with Lucia Kendall - and there are TWO features on #Ghana going up this weekend, ahead of their Tuesday clash with #England. Plus #AbbyDow 🏉 more #rugby, and #boxing movie Christy 🥊
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —

Emmylou Harris
Bruce Springsteen
The xx
Jeff Buckley/June Tabor (Meltdown)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —

NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:

Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *

* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Yay! Taking 8-year-old to seen Anoushka in Ballet Shoes @nationaltheatre.org.uk early next year...
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is sad for rugby 🏉
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Orwellian, to be fair. 🤦🏽‍♀️
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
👀 Currently on our lead, home page @newwomenssportmag.bsky.social - boxing 🥊 rugby 🏉 football ⚽ (cup and league) plus a great piece on climate change 🥵 and women's sport by @bethmccowen.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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14 words and not a single one wasted 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ratner vibes
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81. https://to.pbs.org/4ptgRug
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark Jamaican film 'The Harder They Come,' dead at 81
Cliff was nominated for seven Grammys and won twice for best reggae album.
www.pbs.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The WSL is concerned about the 12pm slots allocated by its main rights partner, Sky Sports, after 71,000 people watched TV coverage of Arsenal v Chelsea. Briefer views and social media engagement understood to be more encouraging
WSL concerned by Sky broadcast slots after low TV audience figures for derby
Arsenal v Chelsea had a TV audience of only 71,000 with the Saturday noon kick-off believed to be a factor in the drop-off
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM