Writer, qualified lawyer, unqualified mother. Has ADHD.
London
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Really loved ‘The Olive Boy’ @swkplay tonight. Ollie Maddigan’s a charismatic & skilled performer who adeptly took the audience through the gamut of emotions (loads of laughter, many tears, some cringing) in his one-man show about a teenage boy’s grief and longing. #theoliveboy
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At #SENLawConf @IPSEAcharity some excellent speakers and good to swap notes with other lawyers & parents.
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Best of Today with this story @TobyBrundin & I pitched to @BBCr4today about the number of children decreasing in our area of inner London. Reporting by @HarryFarley_ & production by @lghendry & @_izzyrowley
Featured teenage boys: models’ own
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jqv6…
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So I did this with my local friend & fellow school governor Toby
Earlier this year #R4Today gave listeners the chance to look at an issue that matters to them.
Ness and Toby are parent governors at a secondary school in South London. They've noticed fewer families in their local area, and wanted to explore the impact of falling pupil numbers.
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Exercising the democratic right to be a dog at a polling station #dogsatpollingstations
Such a lovely afternoon today celebrating the publication of The Winner by @charlopar - a thriller about a social media lottery, published by @HQstories Read it, it’s a winner (sorry, had to do it)
Enjoyed @Macbeth_theshow but it came with an unexpected mystery - what happened to the third witch? She disappeared in the 2nd half and didn’t make the curtain call. Hope she’s OK.
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It’s my birthday and a great present is that I’m finally able to get my #ADHD medication today after the national shortage meant I haven’t been able to for well over a month.
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Apparently I just got the last bottle of my #ADHD meds that my local pharmacy had; due to the medication shortage they won’t be able to order in any more for anyone for at least a week or two. Great way for the country to celebrate #ADHDAwarenessMonth🤨
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Ness Lyons retweeted
ADHD math is having 5 mins spare before you have to leave and thinking you can use it to clean the kitchen and mow the grass.
Earlier this evening an XL Bully jumped a fence and attacked a man in my local park. Partially witnessed by my son. Man was bitten badly in several places including his abdomen. Police and ambulance came, but it took an hour. Horrifying. The owner grabbed his dog and legged it.
So looking forward to this TV series of the book by my brilliant friend @BonnieGarmus I distinctly remember 5 years ago Bonnie first sharing an early draft excerpt in our @cbcreative course, and all of us knew straight away it would make it to the screen ❤️
Dear @halfon4harlowMP when writing a letter to @yourharlow to claim the DfE didn’t give LAs targets to cut EHCP provisions (they so did), best not to make the Freudian slip of referring to Education, Health & Care Plans as “Economic, Health & Care Plans”.
yourharlow.com/2023/09/13/ha…
Really looking forward to this event and seeing all the films. Delighted to have my film ‘I Smile Politely’ as part of it. If you’re in Stafford and free this evening:
unseencinema.co.uk/events/20…
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Just asked 18 year old daughter, while we’re out, if she happens to have tweezers in her bag. She gives a snort of derision as she says “no, course not”.
<pause>
She adds: “I do have some eyelash curlers”.
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My 14 year old starts their GCSE course(s) in September. I’m hoping it includes a lesson on how to replace a roll of toilet paper when you’ve finished it.
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This campaign is so utterly condescending @MayorofLondon . Centring men not getting hurt feelings for being called out on misogynistic or harassing or violent behaviour. #Maaate
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13 year old has never heard of Eurovision before tonight (!) We’re watching and he’s just asked:
“Is @Adele going to be in this? Because I’d vote for her.”
#Eurovision
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