Helen

Affinity for sunsets, forests & horses

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

The British Empire was one of the most violent institutions in modern history, built on explicitly racist ideology and guilty of serial crimes against humanity. It is astonishing that OBEs and other honours are given, accepted and celebrated in its name.

[Helen @apassionata2011]

@Dawn_French Hello from Queen Fluffy😊

[Helen @apassionata2011]

@LeylaJosephine1 ‘Good as hell’ - Lizzo!!

[Helen @apassionata2011]

@JohnMajor 👏🏻

[Antonello Guerrera @antoguerrera]

25) Sir John: "We can be “Global Britain” [...] but we must reject the narrow nationalism that some have imported into our politics.
We must put aside the notion of “British exceptionalism”: it is a fantasy baked into the minds of those who do not know how the world has changed"

[Helen @apassionata2011]

💙 #Georgia

[John Legend @johnlegend]

Georgia on my mind

[Martha LA Fineman @MarthaLAFineman]

Vulnerability theory is particularly relevant given the coronavirus and the lack of a responsive state in the US. Universal vulnerability is an alternative to individual rights for defining state responsibility, as well as the basis for an ethic of social (collective) justice.

[Dr Rosena @DrRosena]

Our NHS and care staff deserve a pay rise.

Retweet if you agree.

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

This is all.

[Helen @apassionata2011]

@ashleystorrie @saaralahti relaxed granola

[The Guardian @guardian]

I think about one special coronavirus victim as I cry myself to sleep https://t.co/HT0mz7BcYI

[Amnesty Int'l NI @AmnestyNI]

10 important human rights stories you may have missed during the #COVID19 crisis https://t.co/tPUaRPV2oH

[Helen @apassionata2011]

Bought this for myself at Christmas with a view to read when I had time... It’s a welcome distraction from the dystopian times we live in #thetestaments @MargaretAtwood

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Some people are asking what the contingency plan is if the majority of the cabinet get coronavirus; you’re looking at him:

[Helen @apassionata2011]

@craiglaverick You can also get marmite in Aus but they call it ‘our mate’...steer clear of the Vegemite!

[Helen @apassionata2011]

Forgotten the therapeutic value of having a warm cat on your lap. Thanks Tilly 😊
#CatsOnTwitter #HomeForTheHolidays #andrelax

[NITV @NITV]

Twelve culturally sacred artefacts have been returned to the Gangalidda-Garawa people in a special ceremony in Bourketown, Far North Queensland on Wednesday after being stolen by British explorers over a century ago. https://t.co/0r5saVxuIM @smith_dougy reports.

[Helen @apassionata2011]

Can’t possibly move now.
Both dog and cat on lap 😍
Not competing for attention at all 😆🙄
#HomeForChristmas

[Helen @apassionata2011]

@UKSupremeCourt @ethan_gren 😥😥

[Helen @apassionata2011]

Loved listening to @BBCRadio4 ‘What If Our Textbooks Were Black’ with curator Naomi Beckwith and artist Kerry James Marshall #reflect

[Barry Sheerman @BarrySheerman]

Will the victims of Grenfell get the same shameful treatment as those who feel they have never won justice for what happened at Hillsborough? @BBCr4today