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Everybody needs a home. Nobody needs a property portfolio.
January 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Everybody needs a home. Nobody needs a property portfolio.
Lows and Highs of 2025, and intentions for 2026: https://helendawe.com/2026/01/16/lows-and-highs-of-and.html
Lows and Highs of 2025, and intentions for 2026
helendawe.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Lows and Highs of 2025, and intentions for 2026: https://helendawe.com/2026/01/16/lows-and-highs-of-and.html
The lake in the park is still partially frozen
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The lake in the park is still partially frozen
www.theguardian.com/commentis…
Cory Doctorow at The Guardian on why Britain now has the opportunity to stand up to trump and end enshittification.
Cory Doctorow at The Guardian on why Britain now has the opportunity to stand up to trump and end enshittification.
Helen Dawe
helendawe.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:49 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentis…
Cory Doctorow at The Guardian on why Britain now has the opportunity to stand up to trump and end enshittification.
Cory Doctorow at The Guardian on why Britain now has the opportunity to stand up to trump and end enshittification.
By Reza Farazmand at poorlydrawnlines.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
By Reza Farazmand at poorlydrawnlines.com
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SHAC and Members in the Morning Star
More embarrassment for Peabody - exposed for leaving tenants and residents without heating and hot water even in a cold snap ... including vulnerable people.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hous...
More embarrassment for Peabody - exposed for leaving tenants and residents without heating and hot water even in a cold snap ... including vulnerable people.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hous...
Housing association tenants ‘without heating and hot water since September’
HOUSING association tenants have been left without heating or hot water since September last year, a campaign group has said, amid freezing temperatures.Peabody Housing Association is accused of repea...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
SHAC and Members in the Morning Star
More embarrassment for Peabody - exposed for leaving tenants and residents without heating and hot water even in a cold snap ... including vulnerable people.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hous...
More embarrassment for Peabody - exposed for leaving tenants and residents without heating and hot water even in a cold snap ... including vulnerable people.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hous...
All sorts of goods and services in the Grainger Market (in the weigh house, once the home of market quality checks, you can be weighed and then have your numbers handed to you duscreetly on a handwritten ticket)
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
All sorts of goods and services in the Grainger Market (in the weigh house, once the home of market quality checks, you can be weighed and then have your numbers handed to you duscreetly on a handwritten ticket)
More adventures in the Grainger Market, Newcastle upon Tyne… where old meets new.
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
More adventures in the Grainger Market, Newcastle upon Tyne… where old meets new.
I got new reading glasses fitted at the cutest opticians, a tiny Victorian shop & practice in the indoor Grainger Market in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Afterwards, I took some photos of things that caught my eye in the market.
Afterwards, I took some photos of things that caught my eye in the market.
January 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I got new reading glasses fitted at the cutest opticians, a tiny Victorian shop & practice in the indoor Grainger Market in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Afterwards, I took some photos of things that caught my eye in the market.
Afterwards, I took some photos of things that caught my eye in the market.
🎉I’ve just found out I’ve been given a place on the Homes For Us Organising Committee. I look forward to
🫱🏻🫲🏾 being part if the collective leadership of Homes for Us,
❤️ representing my organisation Food & Solidarity, and
🏘 contributing my skills to their current campaign for rent control
🫱🏻🫲🏾 being part if the collective leadership of Homes for Us,
❤️ representing my organisation Food & Solidarity, and
🏘 contributing my skills to their current campaign for rent control
Helen Dawe
helendawe.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
🎉I’ve just found out I’ve been given a place on the Homes For Us Organising Committee. I look forward to
🫱🏻🫲🏾 being part if the collective leadership of Homes for Us,
❤️ representing my organisation Food & Solidarity, and
🏘 contributing my skills to their current campaign for rent control
🫱🏻🫲🏾 being part if the collective leadership of Homes for Us,
❤️ representing my organisation Food & Solidarity, and
🏘 contributing my skills to their current campaign for rent control
I had a good lunch at Beyruty in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Beautiful presentation of simple, tasty food!
January 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I had a good lunch at Beyruty in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Beautiful presentation of simple, tasty food!
Happy New Year! I’m back at work today (and we’ll wrapped up even though i’m indoors). Planning and organising for the next week, month, and year and resetting my routines and dopamine balance.
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Happy New Year! I’m back at work today (and we’ll wrapped up even though i’m indoors). Planning and organising for the next week, month, and year and resetting my routines and dopamine balance.
Happy New Year! 🎆🍾🎊: https://helendawe.com/2025/12/31/happy-new-year.html
Happy New Year! 🎆🍾🎊
helendawe.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy New Year! 🎆🍾🎊: https://helendawe.com/2025/12/31/happy-new-year.html
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December 21, 2023 at 9:37 AM
An evening walk in the west end of Newcastle the other day
September 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
An evening walk in the west end of Newcastle the other day
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This seems completely paradoxical until you understand 'the commitment to the two-state solution' means simply business as usual in the Zionist settler colonialist project.
Most countries have gone forward with a notion of a two-state solution that allows them a means of political inaction.
Most countries have gone forward with a notion of a two-state solution that allows them a means of political inaction.
Keir Starmer says UK will recognise Palestinian statehood in September unless Israel agrees ceasefire and two-state solution – UK politics live
Starmer says UK will recognise Palestinian statehood in September unless Israel agrees ceasefire and two-state solution – UK politics live
Downing Street has issues its readout of today’s cabinet meeting on Gaza.
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This seems completely paradoxical until you understand 'the commitment to the two-state solution' means simply business as usual in the Zionist settler colonialist project.
Most countries have gone forward with a notion of a two-state solution that allows them a means of political inaction.
Most countries have gone forward with a notion of a two-state solution that allows them a means of political inaction.
Best part of my day yesterday: a really nice message back from a client who I messaged to tell my work would take a bit longer.
July 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Best part of my day yesterday: a really nice message back from a client who I messaged to tell my work would take a bit longer.
From earlier this month on the same Sea Holly, a Soldier Beetle for #MacroMonday
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
From earlier this month on the same Sea Holly, a Soldier Beetle for #MacroMonday
I was asked about the highlight of my day. It was seeing a Comma butterfly on Sea Holly. It is great knowing that a border I designed, planted, and maintain attracts and provides food for pollinators. But also the blue and orange combination made me happy 😊🦋💠
July 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was asked about the highlight of my day. It was seeing a Comma butterfly on Sea Holly. It is great knowing that a border I designed, planted, and maintain attracts and provides food for pollinators. But also the blue and orange combination made me happy 😊🦋💠
Hmmm experiment of not downloading social media apps to my phone (including micro.blog and fediverse apps) means that doomscroll much less, but I also don’t communicate/produce content. I’m not spending much time on my lapto... https://helendawe.com/2025/07/18/hmmm-experiment-of-not-downloading.html
July 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Hmmm experiment of not downloading social media apps to my phone (including micro.blog and fediverse apps) means that doomscroll much less, but I also don’t communicate/produce content. I’m not spending much time on my lapto... https://helendawe.com/2025/07/18/hmmm-experiment-of-not-downloading.html
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In a human sacrifice to deity there might be at least a mistaken and terrible beauty; in the rites of the moneychangers, where greed, laziness, and envy were assumed to move all men's acts, even the terrible became banal.
July 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In a human sacrifice to deity there might be at least a mistaken and terrible beauty; in the rites of the moneychangers, where greed, laziness, and envy were assumed to move all men's acts, even the terrible became banal.
Yesterday one of my clients was celebrating his 92nd birthday; on Wednesday a different client celebrates his 81st birthday. Its such a privilege to work for people with such a huge amount of knowledge and experience, and to keep gardens they have spent time looking after the way they want them.
June 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yesterday one of my clients was celebrating his 92nd birthday; on Wednesday a different client celebrates his 81st birthday. Its such a privilege to work for people with such a huge amount of knowledge and experience, and to keep gardens they have spent time looking after the way they want them.
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◆Elton, Lottie, 2025, "Benefits Cuts Will Have 'Catastrophic Impact' on Mentally Ill People: 'Some Will Struggle to Survive'", Big Issue, June 5, 2025, (www.bigissue.com/news/social-...).
Disability benefits cuts will have 'catastrophic impact' on mentally ill people
The government's plans to cut disability benefits such as PIP will have a “catastrophic impact” on people’s finances and mental health.
www.bigissue.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
◆Elton, Lottie, 2025, "Benefits Cuts Will Have 'Catastrophic Impact' on Mentally Ill People: 'Some Will Struggle to Survive'", Big Issue, June 5, 2025, (www.bigissue.com/news/social-...).
Last week was chaos all because of a malfunctioning phone: I was locked out of 2fa and mfa for most sites I needed to use, until I bought a temporary second hand phone for £70. Today I’m plugging a mouse into my original phone so i can send it off to be repaired, as it’s still under warranty.
June 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Last week was chaos all because of a malfunctioning phone: I was locked out of 2fa and mfa for most sites I needed to use, until I bought a temporary second hand phone for £70. Today I’m plugging a mouse into my original phone so i can send it off to be repaired, as it’s still under warranty.