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Vivienne
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NHS support staff, single mum, occasional sea swimmer and tree hugger
Happier times…
After an initial pilot in 1993, the first series of SHOOTING STARS started on 22 September 1995. Iranu and Uvavu indeed.
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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This harmonious trio will be repping the Brits in Basel
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🇬🇧 Learn more about Remember Monday and listen to What The Hell Just Happened? right here:

eurovision.tv/story/rememb...
April 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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There's a far better way to deal with airport congestion: reduce demand. And the fair means of doing that is a frequent flyer levy. neweconomics.org/2021/07/a-fr...
A Frequent Flyer Levy
Sharing aviation's carbon budget in a net-zero world
neweconomics.org
January 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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PS: There is no such thing as Sustainable Aviation Fuel, nor, at scale, will there be. The polite term for Reeves's claim about it is a myth. The less polite term is a lie. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Out of 1,500 global climate policies, only 63 have really worked. That’s where green spin has got us | George Monbiot
Grand schemes, many backed by governments, masquerade as positive action on the environment. They should be disowned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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A third runway at #Heathrow in the midst of a climate emergency is a vile act of vandalism. Rachel Reeves is happy to burn the planet for a tiny (probably elusive) increment of GDP. How does this benefit us?
Article coming later today.
January 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Now it’s dark, but worth venturing into the night for Daniel’s warm voice, and his storytelling songs that have you hanging on every word!
LONDON: Get your tickets to see me at the West Hampstead Arts Club in 28 November:

www.tickettailor.com/events/westh...
November 25, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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💼 Equal Pay Day Facts:

📉 11.3% mean full-time gender pay gap
💷 £631 less in monthly take-home pay
📅 November 20: Women work for free from today until year-end

Let’s make noise. Let’s demand change.
fawcettsociety.org.uk/equal-pay-da...
#EqualPayDay24 #JoinFawcett
November 21, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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November 25, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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If today is hard for you for any reason, I’m sorry.
You deserve better and I hope you get it soon.
Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, I don’t know. But at some point whatever’s weighing you down is going to feel lighter.
Sit it out, you’ll get there.
❤️
November 25, 2024 at 10:04 AM