Sally Howard
Journalist at Freelance
Journalist on global health, social affairs and human interest for @bmj_latest @obsmag and others. @salvolatile.bsky.social threads: @salvolatile
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bmj.com | Sally Howard
News & ViewsSudan in health crisis...
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sallyhowardwrites.medium.com | Sally Howard
The genome revolution promises great strides in forensics and predictive medicine, but can it reliably tell you you are a leftfooted dancer, dislike coriander or have the natural traits to be an Olympics bobsleigher? Sally Howard on the pros and cons of ‘recreational genomics’In 2023 I fled a south London leisure centre in tears. The prompt for this personal horror was a 1980s dancercise class led by a peppy 30-something dance instructor. Let’s call her Gemma (she was called Gemma).
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telegraph.co.uk | Sally Howard
As Wales rolls out more council tax premiums on second homes, with a tourist tax soon to follow, many in Pembrokeshire are far from happyIn St Davids in Pembrokeshire, spring sunshine illuminates the flint cottages and surfing shops. Britain's smallest city, in a region sometimes called "Little England", has become a key battleground in the fight for the soul of Wales - or rather, for its reputation for offering a warm welcome to outsiders.
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telegraph.co.uk | Sally Howard
The holiday-making 'culture crash' has seen tourists turn their backs on museums. The latest victim? William Wordsworth's former homeAt Hays Galleria in London Bridge, a group of tourists queues next to a rank of red telephone boxes. The Sheffield natives are not here to celebrate this classic of British civic design, but rather to snap a coveted shot of themselves for Instagram, giving the thumbs up beside the London icons.
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telegraph.co.uk | Sally Howard
April "hath put a spirit of youth in everything", wrote Shakespeare in Sonnet 98, the Bard's lament on being parted from a lover at the time of spring's annual bursting forth in flower. At my back doorstep in Lewes, from where a magnificent wisteria blossom spreads, this seasonal spirit of youth is expressed in a queue of Instagrammers queuing up to stage a selfie beneath the pale lilac clusters.
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Interesting to attend this last night and I hope it bespeaks a new openess with the press/country/NHS users
"It is really now about delivering better value for money, getting more change, getting back to reasonable productivity levels, but in a way that’s human and is about standards and about quality.”
RT @mjauk: Before you log out for the long Easter weekend make sure you've signed up to the MJA Symposium on 25th April so we know you're c…
RT @annahrichards: Asking people to write for free already grosses me out, but even worse is a publication putting out a call for paid piec…