Helen Stanton

drowning not waving............but trying to make the best of it. Reading and loving books and occassionally blogging my thoughts about them !

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

I've struggled with reading this year . Despite having more time ,I've read less than usual and found it harder to concentrate .
These are my top books from the terrible 2020. Olive Again I read in Jan ...another epoch with so many choices ....1/4

[Mark O’Connell @mrkocnnll]

My dad’s Apple Watch warning him of the risks of spending time with his grandkids

[TheBookTrail 📚👣 @thebooktrailer]

Suitably chilled thanks to Kate Summerscale. I LOVE this author's books. Bringing true life crime to life but really gets under the skin of the case and those involved.

Brilliant

#Peepshow #RillingtonPlace #truecrime

[Paris 2024 @Paris2024]

Dernière soirée des Jeux Olympiques !
Profitons en encore un peu 🔥
📸 #Paris2024 @OdieuxBoby

[The Prince and Princess of Wales @KensingtonRoyal]

Well done @TeamGB, what an incredible journey!

Every athlete showed immense dedication, heart and passion. You made us all so proud!

Here's to celebrating every triumph at @Paris2024 and looking forward to more from @ParalympicsGB later in the summer 🇬🇧🥇

[Matthew Fraser 🇪🇺 @frasermatthew]

German pentathlon athlete Annika Zillekens uses a Paris métro pass Navigo (same as Oyster card) to cover one eye while aiming at target.

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

@MaudieStokes43 Yes,I guess the Nobel helped a lot .

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

@MaudieStokes43 Me too. I've read loads over the years ...so glad she's been 'discovered ' in the Eng speaking world !

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

@MaudieStokes43 I am reading this which someone gave me when we were on holiday . Not read anything by him before ( nor seen the Series ) but I am enjoying. Wry humour and some great observations of human nature .

[London Review of Books @LRB]

‘Celia Dale’s domain is crime fiction of the welfare state in which the state and its actors are mostly absent, replaced by charlatans and frauds who will fleece an old lady for all she’s worth.’

Ruby Hamilton on the 20th-century novelist: https://t.co/xF21urFbuL

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

@MaudieStokes43 One of the few I haven't read ...which gives me an idea for a bookshop visit tomorrow 👍

[Ulysse Paris @ulyssepariser]

Mais quels Jeux !!! @Paris2024
Un immense bravo à tous ceux qui ont participé, organisé, favorisé, à tous ceux qui ont cru aux #JO et un immense merci à tous ces athlètes extraordinaires. Dessin de @plantu #LeonMarchand

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

@lodge_c @Read_WIT I loved this book .

[Peggy Sastre @nikitakarachoi]

la première partie https://t.co/Rp5KiNLIkF

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

Where I'm calling from

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

Picardie blue

[Arnaud Péricard @Arnaud_Pericard]

Jamais vu un tel mépris des athlètes et des téléspectateurs ! Il devait rester 5 secondes ! @francetvsport

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

Where I'm calling from ce soir

[Helen Stanton @Helannsta]

Where I'm calling from .

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Victoria Park, London, 1978.

100,000 Skins, Punks, Jews, Blacks, Muslims, Mixed , English, Irish, Hindus, Sikhs, Scots, Welsh, Working Class, Middle Class, trade unionists, unified against racists and fascists.

Gen Z, it's your turn.