This is an illustration done for a session I did for NHSE London Region & it put a HUGE smile on my face. Somebody’s definitely read my memoirs. 😉 🙏🏽 The white boots that I adored and wore in the late 1960s. My beloved scooter that I rode one holiday all the way from London to Paris & back again…!😳

This amazing memoir by Stella Dadzie is called ‘A Whole Heap of Mixed Up’. Lola Olufemi writes that it is “a stunning insight into the synthesis of creativity and political analysis that has defined Stella Dadzie’s contribution to Black Feminist thought in the United Kingdom.”

Former Chief Nurse of England Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.

Father and daughter launch book for sickle cell disease awareness www.bbc.com/news/article...

Brilliant news! Congratulations #GaryLineker #NTAwards #BestPresenter

Had such an enjoyable time yesterday at a Black Womens Writers’ Workshop. Many thanks for the invite from the organisers Juliet Alexander & Marcia Farquharson. Juliet discussed with me the process of writing ✍🏽 my memoirs ‘Dreams From My Mother’. The participants were fantastic. 🙏🏽

Incredibly poignant sickle cell poem via @shematologist.medsky.social Well worth sharing! @sicklecelluk.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk

Fantastic to have spent some time with my gorgeous daughter and granddaughter over the August Bank Holiday! The latter took this photo of me during her stay. 🥰

My #Afro has kept good company with me for so, so many decades!

Exactly 9 years ago today this stunning statue of Mary Seacole, by sculptor Martin Jennings, was unveiled at St Thomas’ Hospital.

Birthday Honours🎖️ Many congratulations to DAME Jane Lovely (Cummings) @janelovely.bsky.social and Professor Calvin Moorley OBE! @calvinmoorley.bsky.social

Very sad to hear about the death of the incredible Professor Sir Geoff Palmer. Rest In Peace dear friend.

Beautiful singing by these young Igbo children.

Extremely interesting episode of #DesertIslandDiscs with @laurenlaverne.bsky.social interviewing @ucllifesciences.bsky.social scientist Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu. Great selection of music including tracks from P-Square, Sir Victor Uwaifo, Fela Kuti & Dolly Parton. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

On This Day: Mary Seacole died on the 14th May 1881 in London. The Jamaican/Scottish Crimean War nurse had suffered a stroke. She requested to be buried in St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, 679-681 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London NW10 5NU. Her memorial statue is located at St Thomas’ Hospital.

What a huge honour! Thank you so much to The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing @theqicn.bsky.social 🙏🏽

Delighted that you saw my daughter Azuka’s play Olivette! I’m so proud of her. 😊

Many congratulations and good luck to Michael Sheen @mchshe.bsky.social and his new Welsh National Theatre. Over the moon to see daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social included here as one of the commissioned playwrights! 👏🏽👏🏽

Honoured to have been invited to take part in the House of Lords Speaker’s Lecture series. Left to right: Baroness Watkins of Tavistock FRCN, Lord Speaker Baron McFall of Alcluith PC, my guest Professor Eugene Oteng-Ntim and my good friend Baron Simon Woolley of Woodford.

Listen to my daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social being interviewed (from 30mins 20secs) on BBC Radio Four’s Front Row about her play The Women of Llanrumney. 👇🏽 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A new video on the history of Onitsha. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlyp...

Delighted to manage a slow and gentle walk in the sun despite an iffy hip.

Thinking about my lovely mother today. 💕 #MothersDay

Article on #sicklecell by @melissasigodo.bsky.social 👇🏽 www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Great feature from @bbcwales.bsky.social about the The Women of Llanrumney play written by my daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social & at @stratfordeast.com theatre from Wednesday.👇🏽 Wales' slavery legacy explored in new play www.bbc.com/news/article...

Happy St Patrick’s Day to all my Irish family and friends! ☘️🇮🇪

What an honour! I was invited to formerly open the Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Simulation Ward today at South Bank University Sixth Form. Thank you so much to all the staff and students for such a warm welcome.

What makes you immediately reach for the mute button on your remote control? For me it’s that repetitive BBC trailer with Laura Kuenssberg bouncing up to the screen to promote her Sunday show.

Did at last get a response from @support.bsky.team but I still can’t access or delete old account so am staying with this one!

SO, SO proud of my daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social! Her prizewinning & 5 ⭐ reviewed play, ‘The Women of Llanrumney’ is coming to this fabulous London theatre 👉🏽 @stratfordeast.com from WED 19 MAR to SAT 12 APR 2025.

First daffodil seen, yippee! #Spring is here. 😊

8 years ago today. Meeting Queen Elizabeth II and becoming Dame Elizabeth!

Out and about despite hip issues.

Here’s the link to book your seats for the award winning 5-star reviewed play, written by my daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social! Called ‘The Women of Llanrumney’, it will be @stratfordeast.com theatre from Wed 19th March - Sat 12th April. 👇🏽 www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...

Walking not so straightforward at the moment due to a painful hip but made easier in the sunny, if somewhat chilly weather.

Sickle cell disease: new treatment raises hopes of cure for sufferers www.channel4.com/news/sickle-...

NHS to offer 'groundbreaking' sickle cell gene therapy …About 50 people a year with the inherited blood disorder are likely to receive it, experts say. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So sad to hear that #MarianneFaithfull has died. RIP My favourite song of hers is ‘Give My Love to London.’ youtu.be/ZkVy4-TousM?...

Let’s start filling up Gemma’s empty room here on Bluesky! Follow her via👇🏽 @gemmapendlebury.bsky.social

Wow! 🙏🏽 Dame Elizabeth Anionwu honoured with plaque www.bbc.com/news/article... Please consider donating blood and many thanks if you already do! Here’s a link for more information on how/where to donate: www.blood.co.uk

Watch this hilarious performance about New Year’s resolutions by @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social one of my favourite comedians. 😂 youtu.be/b_085uwoD58?...

Great news from Stratford East theatre about the casting of the prize winning play by my daughter @azukaoforka.bsky.social #TheWomenOfLlanrumney

Enjoying walking on this crisp and frosty morning.

All the very best to everyone for 2025 and here’s hoping that it turns out to be a great year for you!

Huge congratulations on the award of an MBE to Matty Asante-Owusu, Sickle Cell Community Matron, Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre, Whittington Health NH Trust. Incredibly well deserved and her patients will be over the moon!

A wonderful & hilarious afternoon with family in the West End watching the #RobinHood panto at the London Palladium. 😂 It stars Julian Clary, Nigel Havers & Jane McDonald.

A must watch film on Netflix: #TheSixTripleEight www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

Good to get out for a short walk after a week indoors due to asthma. 😊