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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sublime. @sigurros.com with @ulsterorchestra.bsky.social and the Palestrina Choir in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast tonight.

Sigur Ros on stage with the Ulster Orchestra and Palestrina Choir in Waterfront Hall

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Why did the Fleadh feel busier than Glastonbury? Because it was!

Infographic titled "Fleadh vs Glastonbury" comparing event areas drawn to scale. A small orange square shows the Belfast Fleadh pedestrianised zone, about 150 acres. A much larger blue square shows the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm, 1,500 acres, with two nested squares inside it: the fenced festival area of about 900 acres, and the festival ground minus camping fields, estimated at 500 acres. Below, two statistics: Belfast Fleadh recorded 289,560 city-centre footfall on Saturday 8 August 2026, its busiest day of a 1.6 million week, while Glastonbury's licensed capacity is about 210,000 on site at once. Text notes that roughly 1,900 people per acre passed through Belfast's streets, against about 420 per acre if all of Glastonbury stood on its non-camping ground — still more than three times the size of Belfast's zone. Produced by Anne Marie Cunningham, using Claude.

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

New essay: Why hospitals always get bailed out. A Hungarian economist already knew. A French sociologist explains why. And it turns out they were both reading the same German. amcunningham72.substack.com/p/why-hospit...

The image shows the Substack article preview card for "Why hospitals always get bailed out" with the subtitle "What a Hungarian economist and a French sociologist can tell us about NHS funding" by Anne Marie Cunningham, dated March 28, 2026. The header image is an interior photograph of a hospital corridor — tall glass walls, directional signs pointing to SDEC, outpatients, escalators, a surgical ambulatory unit, and an outpatient pharmacy. "

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Here are a few pics which will give you idea :-) I'm too lazy to add alt text to ask if them. For some reason the share works for just me but not public

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

And for anyone interested in the techy aspects of this... Here's a post on how I did it last weekend without writing a line of code on my phone #speirgorm open.substack.com/pub/amcunnin...

Screenshot of a terminal-style deployment log (timestamps, ‘Downloading cache…’, ‘Uploading build…’, ‘Build successful’, then ‘Failed to start: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND …supabase.co’). Overlaid in large white text: ‘I built a full stack web app in a weekend. I’m a GP, not a developer. And it’s not about health, before you worry too much.’ ‘AMCUNNINGHAM72.SUBSTACK.COM’ appears at the bottom.

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Oh dear! The AI throws up some great questions like this 🤣

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

A group of volunteers have been running @nhshackday.com since 2012. In a crazy world, it is all about coming together with common purpose to solve problems in our health service. Please reshare this post about #30 in Cardiff Mar 21/22. We would love to have you join us. ti.to/nhshackday/3...

A group of people are smiling and interacting - a laptop shows computer code

A woman looks over at a laptop screen of her colleague

Two women are talking to each other and smiling

A woman is talking expressively as she presents whilst a man smiles in the background

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Delivered first thing this morning : @annpettifor.bsky.social The Global Casino How Wall Street Gambles With People and the Planet Blackwell's share.google/rWo0yUY1Cf4P...

Photo of book cover : The Global Casino
How Wall Street Gambles With People and the Planet
Ann Pettifor

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

It's not true to say that the RUC did not have ANY legitimacy in the eyes of Catholic/Nationalist communities-much more nuanced than that. Attached is from the Patten report. The research noted that in poorer communities there were similar levels of dissatisfaction. cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/polic...

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

When life feels crazy remember there is beauty (and good) in the world.

Sunset on a beach - looking towards cliffs with sunset above reflect in water in rock pools on the beach

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Walk in the woods - lovely day here :-)

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Golden hour on Knockcree #lifeinthemournes Music : "Air à Danser" - Penguin Cafe Orchestra #djineodrone

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

#lifeinthemournes My walk with Bonny this evening :-) Video taken with #djinerodrone Music : Perpetuum Mobile (ft. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) by Penguin Cafe

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I got a free set of Wired stickers in the post yesterday to the UK - cause of my subscription I expect! Glad to support

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Aha! I thought you might know! I asked same question to Deepseek - gives a very similar answer but is more plausible on sources. I can't share the conversation.

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Just one more week until @nhshackday.com at @cardiffuni.bsky.social . Big shout out to our other sponsors : assuric.com and FreshEHR.com Could not do it without you!

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Richard Branson speaks about teaching Metformin for longevity in the Sunday Times. New to me. There is mention in this article of the challenges of getting funding for an RCT to investigate this since as Metformin is off patent there is unlikely to be related profit. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

Relevant section : Another secret to his good health comes in pill form: a prescription drug called metformin that works by lowering blood sugar levels.

It is mainly used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes but preliminary studies suggest it may slow ageing and increase life expectancy by acting on blood sugar, and through antioxidant effects and better blood vessel health. "If there's one pill worth asking your doctor about, I would say it's metformin," Branson says.

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

If you see this post, repost with a photo of a bridge from your gallery. This one is an old stone bridge over the Whitewater river in Mourne Park, Kilkeel.

An old stone bridge in Mourne Park, Kilkeel over the Whitewater river. There is a beautiful reflection

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The six counties are safe(r)! #storméowyn www.met.ie/warnings-fri...

Map of Ireland showing a red weather warning everywhere except Northern Ireland which is orange

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

#ukgc25 #walkcamp We went for a lovely walk in St James's park. It was good for mind and body. Fantastic day at GovCamp where I agree with @hadleybeeman.bsky.social that there was cautious optimism :-) Now to see if we can get GovCampNI going!

Group of 11 people including me on a bridge in St James Park with Buckingham Palace in the background

Pelicans in St James Park. Their history in the park dates back to 1664 when they were given by the Russian ambassador.

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Happy Christmas! Travelling back to #lifeinthemournes after a week in beautiful Devon where internet access was minimal. A very good thing it seems (for a while).

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

On the day of Storm Darragh I was due to go to a wreath making class. We had a conifer blow over so with no instruction tonight I made wreaths :-) #lifeinthemournes

Ivy and maybe spruce sitting on a worktop being used to make wreaths

Completed wreaths- some with red bows- looking very rustic on a utility sink

A rustic looking wreath of spruce (I think), ivy and holly.

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The first Christmas cake I've made in many years - it was in the oven during the Late Late Toy Show and I was baking along with @irishmammycooks :-)

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they're dealing with

Me and my dog, Bonny on Aughrim Hill in Co Down at sunset. She is a sprocker and she is licking my face.

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Anne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

20 years ago I was working on my MPH dissertation on smoking and social capital. One of the best descriptions of what people often enjoy about smoking is how it changes their 'situation'. See quote on a phenomenological perspective. I think this is very close to what you are describing.