Emma Vardy
@emmavardy2.bsky.social
Physician. Honorary Professor of Geriatric Medicine. Delirium. Dementia. Quality improvement. Book lover. Northerner. Mum to daughter with PKU.
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I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
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This is really lovely. Really. Going to do this with my uni two when they are back for Christmas. Olaf and his art clubs helped us all through lockdowns. He's a very, very good man
If you’re in central London over the next six weeks, there’s a Snoopy Trail in the Fleet Street Quarter. I’ve illustrated the map that shows where all 12 Snoopys are…
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is really lovely. Really. Going to do this with my uni two when they are back for Christmas. Olaf and his art clubs helped us all through lockdowns. He's a very, very good man
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SIGNED COPIES of "Fly Wild Swans", the sequel to Jung Chang's multi million copy bestselling memoir "Wild Swans", are available to order from us!
Magnificent.
Order one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
Magnificent.
Order one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
SIGNED COPIES of "Fly Wild Swans", the sequel to Jung Chang's multi million copy bestselling memoir "Wild Swans", are available to order from us!
Magnificent.
Order one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
Magnificent.
Order one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
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I have a few SIGNED copies of The Widow, the new legal thriller from John Grisham.
What?
Yes, I know. Signed copies!
You can get one HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
What?
Yes, I know. Signed copies!
You can get one HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I have a few SIGNED copies of The Widow, the new legal thriller from John Grisham.
What?
Yes, I know. Signed copies!
You can get one HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
What?
Yes, I know. Signed copies!
You can get one HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
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San Francisco has a new independent bookstore (disclaimer: run by friends) in Union Square
bestbookstore.com
bestbookstore.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
San Francisco has a new independent bookstore (disclaimer: run by friends) in Union Square
bestbookstore.com
bestbookstore.com
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I appreciated being called brave if I felt the person genuinely meant it and wasn’t just saying it to distance themselves. It still doesn’t feel like the right word, though. How can one be “brave” when simply reacting to a dreadful situation?
2/5
2/5
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I appreciated being called brave if I felt the person genuinely meant it and wasn’t just saying it to distance themselves. It still doesn’t feel like the right word, though. How can one be “brave” when simply reacting to a dreadful situation?
2/5
2/5
Saw poor person with car parked in huge puddle. Then realised that person was me
😐
😐
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Saw poor person with car parked in huge puddle. Then realised that person was me
😐
😐
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next year i want to get my hands on some of her books.
Just reading what I expect will be first of a few books by Janet Frame, famed New Zealand author. What an incredible life.
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
From poverty, psychiatric hospital and writing in a shed to literary stardom: Janet Frame at 100
The New Zealand author channelled her experience of tragedy and mental illness with dazzling results. Now centenary celebrations will ensure her extraordinary vision lives on
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
next year i want to get my hands on some of her books.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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The WINNER of the 2025 The Last Word Listeners’ Choice Award is...
The Ghosts of Rome, Joseph O'Connor (Harvill)
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
The Ghosts of Rome, Joseph O'Connor (Harvill)
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The WINNER of the 2025 The Last Word Listeners’ Choice Award is...
The Ghosts of Rome, Joseph O'Connor (Harvill)
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
The Ghosts of Rome, Joseph O'Connor (Harvill)
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
Brilliant TV. Hooked after 1 episode.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Down Cemetery Road review – Emma Thompson is magnificent in this thriller from Slow Horses’ creator
The Oscar winner’s turn as a no-nonsense private investigator is a role model for women everywhere. She really shines alongside Ruth Wilson in this pacy, twisty thriller based on Mick Herron’s debut n...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Brilliant TV. Hooked after 1 episode.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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More magical book action.
The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
More magical book action.
The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
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Very well worth a read … I agree with the need for an urgent review of the remit, role, function and membership of SAGE 👇
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Very well worth a read … I agree with the need for an urgent review of the remit, role, function and membership of SAGE 👇
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
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As a funder, we are keen to support nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research. Our Academy Ignition Fund provides flexible funding and two of our Excellence Award winners are using their funding to help too: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/how-the...
#FundingForAgeingWell
#FundingForAgeingWell
How the Academy is supporting nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff in research - Vivensa Foundation
Here are a few of the ways in which the Academy is providing support to encourage nurses, AHPs and care home staff into research.
vivensafoundation.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
As a funder, we are keen to support nurses, allied health professionals and care home staff into research. Our Academy Ignition Fund provides flexible funding and two of our Excellence Award winners are using their funding to help too: vivensafoundation.org.uk/news/how-the...
#FundingForAgeingWell
#FundingForAgeingWell
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The large drop in immigration seen in today's ONS data will likely have huge consequences for social care.
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
Falling immigration presents problems for social care sector
Cyril Lobont responds to new immigration data from the Office for National Statistics.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The large drop in immigration seen in today's ONS data will likely have huge consequences for social care.
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
The sector has been entirely reliant on care workers from overseas to meet growing demand.
Read our statement from Researcher @cglobont.bsky.social 👇
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
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Fun fact: The oldest rat bone ever found in Iceland only dates back to the 17th century.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fun fact: The oldest rat bone ever found in Iceland only dates back to the 17th century.
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Currently in that dangerous 9pm zone where “just one more chapter” becomes “I’ve accidentally read half the book and it’s 2am somewhere.” 😬
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Currently in that dangerous 9pm zone where “just one more chapter” becomes “I’ve accidentally read half the book and it’s 2am somewhere.” 😬
11 books read this November. 2 outstanding 5 star reads. Set in China and Germany. Like my books emotional atm!
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
11 books read this November. 2 outstanding 5 star reads. Set in China and Germany. Like my books emotional atm!
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I very much relate to this.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I very much relate to this.
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Happy #Thanksgiving to all our US family & friends celebrating 🎉🎉🎉
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy #Thanksgiving to all our US family & friends celebrating 🎉🎉🎉
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I won!! Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for me! Thank you to @ilovemanchester.bsky.social for a truly wonderful evening. #EmmelinePankhurstAward #winner
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I won!! Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for me! Thank you to @ilovemanchester.bsky.social for a truly wonderful evening. #EmmelinePankhurstAward #winner