We’re thrilled to announce that @danielelkeles.bsky.social will be our next chief executive. Daniel will bring a wealth of experience and a passion for improving healthcare to NHS Providers.  Thank you to @saffroncordery.bsky.social for her leadership as interim chief executive. ➡️ bit.ly/3QnnhM8

Win tickets to go and see The Double Act @ Arcola theatre. Just watch the vid... www.facebook.com/arcolatheatr...

"What's past is prologue" The Tempest William Shakespeare

Go see the husband's brilliant play at Arcola theatre: The Double Act by Mark Jagasia @arcolatheatre.bsky.social @markjagasia.bsky.social

Are there any other places around the country that do this?… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Snow means hibernation and reading

POV: It’s New Year’s Eve, the day after your mother’s funeral, and yes you are going to drink your (187ml of wine) duty free on the flight. But also your fear of flying has abated because to perish under these circumstances would be too rock n roll so you are guaranteed to land safely.

Watching Michel Roux on the Food Network for some last minute tips, and although I want to be adventurous enough to try pigs’ trotters, I struggle with any recipe that begins with ‘first burn off the hairs’ or ‘blowtorch the ears’…

Happy winter solstice 2024 #speirgorm www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Bedroom window's open a crack for fresh air and it's bringing in the heady smell of distant turf smoke and night-time bubbling curlew calls from the shore through the cold darkness. Irish winter is tough, but it's beautiful.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence. More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop. Now.

The recipe for soda bread from a well-established Irish chef casually includes the instruction to cut a cross on it "to let the fairies out", because there's only two things people correctly fear on this island: open slurry pits, and angering the Aos Sí