Two years ago, Professor Kevin Mortimer was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. He believed he was doing everything for the last time, but today, he’s cancer‑free 😊
Speaking to @GranadaReports, his message to others is simple: never lose hope.
“The new guy Burnham is a Roman Catholic…” Galloway shocked me with this, he will be the first.
“That’s how deep-rooted anti-Catholicism is in the British state.”
“A member of the royal family cannot marry one, and no British PM until this one coming up.”
“Because of the balls of Henry the VIII” — Galloway breaks it down.
You got to hear this!
“You only care about violence against women and girls when it’s committed by a brown person”
I’m living for Thangam Debbonaire losing her shit after being incessantly interrupted by Sarah Pochin and then utterly bodying her.
No notes.
Instead of hiding his daughter with Down syndrome, Charles de Gaulle raised her proudly, and she became the heart of his life.
When Charles de Gaulle died in 1970, he made a quiet request that surprised many. He did not want a grand state funeral in Paris. He asked to be buried in the small village of Colombey les Deux Églises, beside his daughter Anne. For him, that resting place mattered more than any monument.
Anne was born on New Year’s Day in 1928, the youngest of three children. She had Down syndrome, a condition surrounded by fear and misinformation at the time. Doctors and society often blamed parents and urged families to hide children like her from public view. For families of power and status, sending such children away was considered normal.
Charles and his wife Yvonne refused. They raised Anne at home with her brother Philippe and sister Élisabeth. There was no secrecy, no shame, no separation. She was simply their daughter.
To the world, de Gaulle was distant and unyielding. A leader shaped by war, discipline, and command. But inside his home, Anne revealed a side few ever saw. With her, he laughed freely. He sang songs, told stories, and played games. Friends noticed that the man who rarely showed emotion softened completely in her presence.
He called her my joy. Anne asked nothing of him except love, and in that simplicity, he found peace. She was never treated as fragile or inferior. She was respected fully, included always, and loved without condition.
That love did not end within the family. After the war, Charles and Yvonne founded the Fondation Anne de Gaulle. They turned a château into a home for young women with intellectual disabilities, many of whom had been abandoned. At a time when support barely existed, they chose action over silence.
Anne’s life was short. She died of pneumonia in 1948, just after turning twenty, in her father’s arms. In his grief, de Gaulle whispered that now she was like the others, finally free from the limits the world had placed on her.
After her death, he carried her photograph everywhere. He believed her presence protected him, even during an assassination attempt years later. Whether faith or fate, he never doubted her importance in his life.
Charles de Gaulle found his deepest calm not in leadership or victory, but in loving a child the world did not understand. His family showed that dignity is not about ability. It is about how fiercely we choose to care.
"The system is not designed for kids where I'm from to survive let alone thrive"
Lola Petticrew dedicates their Lead Actress Drama win at this year's IFTAs to to the children of West Belfast.
You can watch more highlights from #IFTAS2026 on @rteplayer now.
Congrats to our popular LGFA player Bronach on being awarded the *Gradam Laoch Oideachais sa Ghaeloideachais* at the @ATownNews Blackboard Awards last night! 🙌🏼 . Well deserved Bronach and such an accolade. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 A proud night for our LGFA duo Áine and Bronach.
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