Helen Osborne

Layabout. Dealer in oddities and trifles. Drama dropout. Sometime misanthrope. Sailor.

[Naomi Kritzer naomikritzer.bsky.social @NaomiKritzer]

So I'm thinking about the truly bonkers stuff this law defines as a "drag performance" (thus making the venue criminally liable if they allow a minor to enter at any time.)

For example, the Shakespeare play "Twelfth Night."

[Alexandra Whiteley @Lexi_Lexis]

Have some availability for 2023 if anyone fancies coffees to chat. Experienced director, associate director, assistant director, dramaturg and writer, working from fringe to main stage large scale tours. Specialisms in classical text, horror, and integrated access. 1/2

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

@RomGothSam Inspector Morse I rewatched all of, probably because I missed my father. Couldn't watch the last episode, obviously.

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

Throwback to 1603, when the royal progress from Scotland to London infected towns and villages along the route with plague in a series of super-spreader events. No? Just me?

[IPPF European Network @ippfen]

In the wake of a possible overturn of abortion rights in the US, we turn to Malta to see the cost of a ban on care. A 16-week pregnant woman, US citizen, on holiday in Malta - having an obstetric emergency - is being denied abortion care, thus endangering her health &even life 👇

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

https://t.co/q033TFynTh

[Pole Vault Power @polevaultpower]

This is my daughter. She just turned 9.

Here is why I would never allow her to play middle or high school sports if we lived in Ohio…

[José A. Pérez Díez @JoseAPerezDiez]

Calverley Old Hall, the seat of the infamous Walter Calverley of ‘A Yorkshire Tragedy’ fame, is being refurbished, and they found a room with pretty much intact Tudor wall paintings! https://t.co/WU7mArMIZu

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

@KelleyCostigan Happy birthday Martin x

[Lindsey Row-Heyveld @LRowHeyveld]

If a student asks if they can incorporate doodles in their reading response, you should definitely definitely say yes (esp when that student is @jkdoodles1999)

[Grace Mallon @GraceMallon3]

I just received this email from a 60-something former professor at KCL, accusing me of behaving like a member of a 'lynch mob' because I called for senior academics responsible for wildly unprofessional behaviour to be held accountable. The backlash is officially upon us.

[Mathew Lyons @MathewJLyons]

Hugh Sexey, a man whose name I know through Maureen Jurkowski’s splendidly-titled ‘“I believe in miracles”: Hugh Sexey’s thing: taxation of ecclesiastical benefices in the reign of Elizabeth’

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

@JoseAPerezDiez Hell, I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this. Horrific.

[Dave @MediocreDave]

The absolute fucking state of this.

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

@UKShakespeare Oh heck no.

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

@JoseAPerezDiez I've already got the pipe...

[Zak Fisher @senseshaper]

Wish I had the skill to actually carve this updated Rod for Runawayes woodcut.

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

@PSmythe800 @EmmaKennedy That's just the ones born in hospitals so the real numbers could be much higher

[Helen Osborne @_Helen_Osborne]

@CRCliff You have signposted ace resources that have helped me point friends who are getting to grips with being ace or demi in useful directions. This deserves so much signal boosting.