Gabrielle Lee

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

Incredible stories of resilience and determination and kindness and community, in the toughest of times...

https://t.co/1vXj3vqdCC

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

A good read, the BBC gives us so much across our cultural life (including but way beyond News), lots of thoughts and perspectives here about how & where the new chair Samir Shah might prioritise his time & focus.

https://t.co/hIBWvAncSo

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

@ArabellaWeir @kayeadams @drmbonthecouch 🎉

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

@sarajcox @drmbonthecouch I saw this and thought of you! 😂💕

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

Great to hear shout out for this on @ZoeTheBall's show this morning @Wimbookfest @FionaRazvi! Am sure it will be a great night 😊

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

If you love quiz and you love QI then you are in luck!
On Friday 20th October, Elves James and Anna are hosting a Sports Quiz at Wimbledon High School to celebrate our new book 'Everything To Play For'. 🎾
Tickets can be purchased online at https://t.co/QWjpSPkLl5

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

I'm totally here for this!!

[The Independent @Independent]

Nessie hunters hear ‘four distinctive noises’ in search for loch monster https://t.co/4KrhNkcY1m

[Tim Minchin @timminchin]

This is absolutely gorgeous.
(Although a little confusing for me, given that I’m obviously going for the Australian women’s team which is called - ahem - The Matildas. 🤪)

#WorldCup ⚽️ #Matildas #Lionesses
@bbcsport

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1948, Alice Coachman became the first black woman (of any country) to win an Olympic gold medal following a record-setting high jump despite nursing a back injury.

She was often unable to use the training facilities due to segregation and also trained barefoot and used old equipment.

—Alice Coachman became the first black woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal when she competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, UK. Born November 9, 1923, in Albany, Georgia, to Evelyn and Fred Coachman, Alice was the fifth of ten children. As an athletic child of the Jim Crow South, who was denied access to regular training facilities, Coachman trained by running on dirt roads and creating her own hurdles to practice jumping.

Even though Alice Coachman parents did not support her interest in athletics, she was encouraged by Cora Bailey, her fifth grade teacher at Monroe Street Elementary School, and her aunt, Carrie Spry, to develop her talents. After demonstrating her skills on the track at Madison High School, Tuskegee Institute offered sixteen-year-old Coachman a scholarship to attend its high school program. She competed on and against all-black teams throughout the segregated South.

In 1943, Coachman entered the Tuskegee Institute college division to study dressmaking. She played on the basketball team and ran track-and-field, where she won four national championships for events in sprinting and high jumping. Coachman completed a degree in dressmaking in 1946. In 1947, Coachman enrolled in Albany State College (now University) to continue her education. Coachman completed a B.S. degree in Home Economics with a minor in science at Albany State College in 1949 and became teacher and track-and-field instructor.

During World War II, the Olympic committee cancelled the 1940 and 1944 games. Alice Coachman’s first Olympic opportunity came in 1948 in London, when she was twenty-four. On August 8, 1948, Alice Coachman leapt 5 feet 6 1/8 inches to set a new Olympic record and win a gold medal for the high jump...

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

👊

[Wisden @WisdenCricket]

One more innings 👊

#Ashes2023

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The problem with making it look easy is that people think it is easy.

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

@padstowharbour @Greavsie48 morning!!

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

Still sends shivers down my spine! 💕🎉

[LTA @the_LTA]

What. A. Moment.

10 years ago the country held its breath…and @andy_murray ENDED a 77-year wait for a male British champion at @Wimbledon 😍

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

😯☹😠

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Mark this in your diary, 13th June 2023.

The day it came to fruition, 30 years of underinvestment joined with 3 decades of regulatory failure.

A @unitedutilities burst sewage pipe shut 8 beaches in Blackpool while @sewateruk told its customers it was running out of water.

[Rick Edwards @rickedwards1]

CAREER OPPORTUNITY!

@bbc5live are running two 4-week placements (paid, obvz) - one of which will be on 5 Live Breakfast.

You definitely do NOT need to be an Oxbridge-educated white man to apply. We've got plenty of them.

Please share widely, thanks!

https://t.co/UmzOltrthN

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

We have got such a long way to go.....

https://t.co/naROFoISye

[SOS Whitstable @SOSWhitstable]

Here's Conservative MP @Helen_Whately telling the @bbcquestiontime audience that it will take 25 years to stop sewage.

Less than a month ago they voted down legislation that would have set a legally binding date of 2031.

Laughable.

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

Will there be a time that we look back on our tolerance of bullying – the lack of recourse and general cultural insouciance – in horror?

https://t.co/FhxKatQjOg

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

@emcharlesworth3 Thinking of you and Miss C today, Emma 💕

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

🤣👑

[manwhohasitall @manwhohasitall]

Celebrating King Charles III, the first male queen in a generation.

Maybe there should be a word for a male queen. Any ideas??

https://t.co/Zv1ewCSIef

[Gabrielle Lee @GeeeLady]

@BSERugby Hi Harry and good luck! Hope it's a good match!