What's the plan, @newhamcouncil.bsky.social? Businesses that support literacy, writers & schools as enthusiastically as @newhambookshop.bsky.social are treasures in our communities. I know balancing the books is hard for LAs, but losses of literacy opportunity must be weighed in that balance, too.

Newham Bookshop@newhambookshop.bsky.social · 16h ago

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Still time to apply for this opportunity to work with me on a new research study exploring discharge hospital palliative care! Links below...

John MacArtney@johnmacartney.bsky.social · last wk.

*Job alert* Part-time Research Assistant role on a palliative care study: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre... Please re-post and share widely! #PEOLC

Thank you, everyone who recommended Ann Droid. Excellent so far 🖥

Ruin a book by adding a word: Mansfield Car Park

Marco Almada@marcoalmada.com · 2w ago

Ruin a book by adding a word: Station Seven Eleven

Sure, some men are jerks. Like the ‘influencer’ who carried a bath to the top of Snowdon for a selfie and dumped it there. But other men are heroes, like the teenage rugby team who carried it down. Well done lads. We see you. Show your sons. www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/...

Stunned Welsh rugby team remove bathtub from Pen y Fan summit after stunt

The players helped National Trust workers remove the tub, which had been left at the summit following a supposed world record attempt

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What makes you trust someone?

Interested in adding CBT skills to your healthcare practice? Our online CBT basics for physical health practitioners course starts again in September. Info & application via cbtbridgetochange.co.uk (not via me). ⬇️

I was delighted to be invited to speak about making advance care planning accessible for neurodivergent people at this year's Advance Care Planning Day, and overwhelmed by the positive feedback. Huge thanks to @clarefuller.bsky.social James Norris and Dani Ayre for the invite. #ACPDay2026

Interested in adding CBT skills to your healthcare practice? Our online CBT basics for physical health practitioners course starts again in September. Info & application via cbtbridgetochange.co.uk (not via me). ⬇️

An honour to open the new season in discussion with Professor Julian Abel. We explore a population-based, equity-focused approach to death, dying & loss & what this looks like in practice. A great conversation: speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis... @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social #AdvanceCarePlanning

Post from a remarkable thread about @snellarthur.bsky.social's amazing aunt, who has died with dementia during this heatwave. What a life story. Condolences for your loss, Arthur, & thank you for telling her story. She sounds like the stuff of legends.

Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · last mo.

I think this was the age of the Hippy Trail, but my aunt was definitely no hippy, so I wonder how all that worked out. Once she was back home in Gloucestershire she by now spoke about ten languages so she set up a translation business. But she also ran an airline on the side, as you do. 4

"How grateful we'll be on our last day, that we took time now to plan ahead. ACP Day is a step towards making our wishes clear." - @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social, Retired palliative care doctor. Author of 'With the End in Mind' and 'Listen'. 🆓 advancecareplanday.org #ACPDay2026 #NHS #Hospice

This sculpture sits on the River Torrens (Karrawirra Parri) in Adelaide. It reminds me of @trishaelliott.bsky.social 'paper boats' analogy. Cormorant & swallows obligingly hopped on for scale!

Tyneside folk: #CompassionateGateshead is asking for your experience of workplace support (or lack of), while caring for someone terminally ill or after their death. Responses before 12th June please. This questionnaire takes ~5mins. Please pass it on. forms.gle/aYf6DiD6TU5q...

Supporting Employees through Bereavement and Caring Responsibilities

Compassionate Gateshead is exploring how employers in Gateshead can be better supported to help employees returning to work after bereavement or during periods of (caring for someone with) a terminal ...

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Hello Australia Thanks for your lovely welcome. If you can't get to the live events in Sydney tonight or in Adelaide next week, I can come to you via this webinar! Type bit.ly/DoulasConvo into your browser or use the QR code for tickets.

In conversation with Dr Kathryn Mannix - Ordinary dying, tender conversations and the future of end of life care

A intimate chat between the UK’s Dr Kathryn Mannix and Helen Callanan filmed in Sydney, exploring ordinary dying, tender conversations, and end of life care

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Hello Australia Thanks for your lovely welcome. If you can't get to the live events in Sydney tonight or in Adelaide next week, I can come to you via this webinar! Type bit.ly/DoulasConvo into your browser or use the QR code for tickets.

In conversation with Dr Kathryn Mannix - Ordinary dying, tender conversations and the future of end of life care

A intimate chat between the UK’s Dr Kathryn Mannix and Helen Callanan filmed in Sydney, exploring ordinary dying, tender conversations, and end of life care

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@biggreenbooks.bsky.social I'll buy a teen a book. If there's someone who could do with a bit of joy in hormonal times. #buyastrangerabook

Followers, friends & readers in Adelaide: there's no public event I can invite you too, so would you like to gather & chat at Wildflowers Cafe in Centennial Park Cemetery on June 10th, 1.30 - 3pm? No ticket needed, just turn up. If yes, let me know below to help us guess numbers!

Today I did everything on my list. By 4pm. Send help.

I can't take you all to Australia with me, but you can join me there on June 8th (or watch later on demand if the time zone mismatch is too wide). EoL doula & trainer Helen Callanan & I will explore the wisdom we need as end of life companions. bit.ly/DoulasConvo Book now!

INVITATION: The Art of Living & Dying Well Centre at St Marys University is seeking insights about awareness of practice of care at the end of life in diverse Faith Communities. All welcome. Sessions are online: May 15 May 21 June 1 Scan QR code or email: marianne.rozario@stmarys.ac.uk

What a breath of fresh air! Bravo @clarefuller.bsky.social @sonyabushell.bsky.social Here's the helpful 'all parts of life' diagram discussed in this conversation. ACP as a life conversation instead of a death conversation. What a difference that would make.

Clare Fuller@clarefuller.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Could we start planning ahead earlier? This question is asked by @sonyabushell.bsky.social Listen to ✔️learn about Sonya’s research ✔️shift from a medical to a societal model ✔️identify opportunities 🎧 speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis... @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social #AdvanceCarePlanning

Geriatricians & physios: can you recommend videos to teach 1. Getting up from a fall 2. Practice exercises to build/maintain strength to get up after a fall. The faller has a sensory peripheral neuropathy affecting joint position sense but not fine touch or pain. Thanks! #falls

Hear @dremmaclare.bsky.social explain why standard ACP often fails neurodivergent people – and how to build neuro‑affirming approaches instead. 🎧 speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis... #AdvanceCarePlanning #Neurodiversity #EndOfLifeCare #EndOfLifeCare #DeathDoulas @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social

Today's the day: Paul Kalanithi's 'When Breath Becomes Air' is this month's @hayfestival book club read. Join us at 7pm BST: @drrachelclarke.com leads our discussion with Sarah Perry, me, & the questions readers have submitted. Join us here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nygo...

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | Hay Festival Book Club APRIL 2026

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Today is Kids Grief Education Day. If you work with students or in child care centres, you are in a unique position to support children who are grieving. Visit kidsgrief.ca For Educators to get free access to resources and modules. #KidsGrief buff.ly/f03rKAK

@hayfestival.bsky.social April book club choice is Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air. I'll be discussing the book with @drrachelclarke.com & Sarah Perry, both writers I admire enormously. Please join us online, Thursday 23rd : 7 - 8pm BST It's free: book for tix share.google/FOowlQLkNNzM...

Wow. Change can happen.

As guest editor of an EoL & palliative care special edition of @futurehealthj.bsky.social from @rcphysicians.bsky.social, it was important to me that a patient voice was given space. Mark has #MND (ALS). He wrote his entire article using eye-gaze technology. Read on ⬇️

Are we getting a skewed understanding of dying from the stories that gain media attention? I was delighted and honoured to be invited to close the day at End Well 2025. Here's my take. bit.ly/EndWellStory...

What We’ve Forgotten About “Ordinary Dying” | Dr. Kathryn Mannix | End Well 2025

For most of human history, dying was something people witnessed, understood, and supported at home. Today, many of us reach the end of life without ever having seen it. In this talk from End Well 2025, Dr. Kathryn Mannix explores how advances in medicine - while lifesaving - have also shaped a widespread misunderstanding of dying. When the only stories we hear are the hardest ones, it distorts what we expect. Through vivid examples and reflections from her decades in palliative care, she makes a case for something simple and urgent: we need to reclaim the stories of ordinary dying. Because storytelling is how we make sense of what we live through, and how we help others do the same. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfm6c70gpUVNvG_1AOE2d1Q?sub_confirmation=1 Share End Well videos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/endwellproject/ View End Well videos on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/endwellproject Tweet End Well videos on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/endwellproject Follow End Well on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18095550

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