Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is exactly what happened to me. I'm so glad this ended well for Sarah. I was weeks from death by the time I was diagnosed. No amount of oestrogen was going to fix me 😞 #BloodCancer #Leukaemia www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMaidstone woman's early cancer symptoms blamed on menopauseWhen Sarah Chapman started to feel tired in 2011, her symptoms were blamed on age and menopause. 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Just listened to fellow AML traveller @jamesellisford.bsky.social on @laurenlaverne.bsky.social - worth checking out on BBC Sounds. Little bit broken by his choice of track though youtu.be/ZpF1J9FnD4E?...youtu.beNature BoyYouTube video by Nat King Cole Trio - Topic 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I think this might be my uplifting song of the summer 👇😎 #BBCRadio6Music #6Music #IndieMusic #NewMusic 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026What an absolute treat for a Wednesday 🤩🤩🤩 #6music #IndieForever 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026All the latest mental health research news from my fabulous colleagues @institutemh.org.uk 👇 #MentalHealth #HealthCommunication #ClinicalResearch #Research 000
Reposted by Jo HigmanThe Institute of Mental Health @institutemh.org.uk · 21/07/2026Save the date! Trent Dementia annual event 2026 📅 Thursday 10 September 2026 🕛 TBC 📍 Belgrave Rooms, Nottingham NG1 5LB 💠 Booking required - details available soon For more details visit the Trent Dementia website: www.trentdementia.org.uk/whats-on/ann... #Dementia 011
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Birdsong makes my heart sing. It's so life affirming ❤️ And now its mood-boosting magic is backed up by research! 🐦 Love this simple and effective way of communicating research from the @ukri.org 👇 #HealthCommunication #Comms #Research #Birds 051
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Another one for those who like their music on the darker side of sound on @chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social Rasping and sorrowful. Gorgeous. #6Music #SadIndie #AltMusic 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026When your yoga teacher gets totally on board with a Smiths-soundtracked yoga session. Such fun! 😍 And just as this has dropped on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie... #TheSmiths #IndieForever #AlternativeMusic #6Music 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026If you're partial to a sad song (like me), this is for you. Hauntingly beautiful ❤️ #NewMusic #6Music 031
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026If you're interested in mental health research / young people's mental health, check out these interviews from my @institutemh.org.uk colleagues and @thementalelf.bsky.social ⬇️ 032
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Heart goes out to a fellow AML traveller 🫶 Great interview in NME, although I'm impressed he could create an album in the hellscape of AML treatment ❤️ share.google/c62QfzeSrvgn... @laurenlaverne.bsky.socialshare.googleJames Ford tells us about writing new album 'Lost In Another World' while in hospital receiving treatment for leukemiaJames Ford talks putting together new album 'Lost In Another World' while in hospital undergoing cancer treatment and chemotherapy and shares the single 'Overtones'. 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026@laurenlaverne.bsky.social 6 Music nailed it this morning with a 6 of the best playlist - GRUNGE FOREVER! 🎸 020
Reposted by Jo HigmanThe Institute of Mental Health @institutemh.org.uk · 05/01/2026Take part in the SMARTSTAFF study! The study is looking to analyse job satisfaction of UK prison healthcare staff and explore staff safety and workplace pressures on mental health Hosted by the University of Nottingham and funded by the Medical Protection Society institutemh.org.uk/research/for... 011
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Blimey. Nipped to the bathroom and seem to have entered a portal to Friday night in Rock City in the 80s! It's all kicking off @laurenlaverne.bsky.socialmedia.tenor.coma man is playing a guitar in a black and white photo and says `` oh yeah '' .ALT: a man is playing a guitar in a black and white photo and says `` oh yeah '' . 010
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025REM ranked ⬇️ (I would have slipped Green into the top 10 though) 🎸🎸🎸🎸 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...theguardian.comThe ones we love: all 16 of REM’s albums – ranked!As their album Fables of the Reconstruction turns 40, we assess REM’s hugely varied discography, from mysterious masterpieces to commercial failures 010
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Got to down tools and sing along for this one: #6music @laurenlaverne.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️ Another Girl Another Planet by The Only Ones www.shazam.com/track/341739...shazam.comAnother Girl Another Planet - The Only Ones: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & ConcertsListen to Another Girl Another Planet by The Only Ones. See lyrics and music videos, find The Only Ones tour dates, buy concert tickets, and more! 010
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Oh thank goodness. I'm missing these guys already ❤️ Excellent writing from Tina Fey 👌 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Hmmm. Is it good or bad luck to see a raven? I recently heard a tawny owl, another harbinger of doom. What are the 'good luck' birds? I need to seek some out 🤔🦉 #addBirder 🪶 #ukbirds #birds 120
Reposted by Jo HigmanThe Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych.bsky.social · 08/05/2025BJPsych International invites submissions for a special issue on Women’s Mental Health across life stages. Topics include mental health during reproductive years, menopause, cultural perspectives, services, treatments, challenges, and innovations. Closes 31 May. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 065
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Relaxing on the eve of my stem cell transplant 1st anniversary and this came on the radio! Dan Tiernan sharing his sister's leukaemia journey and how he was a perfect donor match. Brought a tear to my eye 🥰 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Dan Tiernan: Going UnderDan Tiernan's electrifying stand-up special. 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025What a beautiful #springequinox it's been 🌿🐇🐝 This little fella had plenty to say about it 🎶 #birdsong #birds 010
Reposted by Jo HigmanWaterstones @waterstones.bsky.social · 17/03/2025If you’re reading this you should take the rest of the day off and spend it with your book ❤️ 2767452
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025No surprise - literary / historical fiction. Someone very dear to me is trying to get me into fantasy / romantasy. Faeries with an 'ae' makes my skin itch. It's not happening. #booksky 010
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025What a gorgeous song ❤️❤️❤️ A lot going on in the video though 🤔 NSFW 😬 youtube.com/watch?v=U1sf...youtube.comPerfume Genius - "No Front Teeth (ft. Aldous Harding)" (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Perfume Genius 100
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025#Severance So much to unpack in this one. What the... Irv! 🫶🏼 Helly / Helena 😯 Mark S - is he in or out? WHAT ABOUT THE GOATS AND PEASANTS? 😯 (I've definitely been on an ORTBO - it was in Sherwood Forest 🏹) 020
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Hats off to the creators of #Severance 👏🏼 Every single episode is an insane rollercoaster. Who the hell dreamt up the MDE? Egg Bar? WAFFLE PARTY? 😯 Absolute gripping genius. Fairly sure I've worked at Lumon.media.tenor.coma man sitting at a desk with a picture of a man on the wall above himALT: a man sitting at a desk with a picture of a man on the wall above him 010
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025The weather didn't get my memo about #BigGardenBirdwatch @rspb.bsky.social Nothing but pigeons in this rain. Frustrating as we have had robins, redwings, tits, finches, etc in recent days. Still, who doesn't love a clumsy big pigeon flapping around in their garden? ❤️ 100
Reposted by Jo HigmanRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Rise and shine, it's the final day of #BigGardenBirdwatch! Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up. Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast. The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬 26861177
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Aaaaaaaargh! Here we go 🙆🏼♀️ #TheTraitorsmedia.tenor.coma woman in a black hood holds her finger to her lips in front of bbcALT: a woman in a black hood holds her finger to her lips in front of bbc 000
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025That's it. I'm spent. Until tomorrow. #TheTraitorsmedia.tenor.coma man in a red shirt is kneeling down in front of a truck that says 100 % done on the bottomALT: a man in a red shirt is kneeling down in front of a truck that says 100 % done on the bottom 010
Reposted by Jo HigmanEve Hart @everunsthings.bsky.social · 21/12/2024If you’re inspired to @givebloodnhs.bsky.social by tonight’s Casualty 🩸 you can find your nearest donor centre at www.blood.co.uk Life-saving stocks are critically low. Please give if you can.blood.co.ukHomeRegister to be a blood donor, give blood and save lives. Find out more about blood donation. 021
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 21/12/2024The perfect companion to our current favourite game - 'dead mums in Christmas films bingo'! 041
Reposted by Jo HigmanThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/12/2024‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and moretheguardian.com‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and moreFrom Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by Georges Simenon Continue reading... 816335
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 20/12/2024🎄BBC's #Casualty is spotlighting the impact of blood donation in a special episode airing tomorrow, Saturday 21 December. 🩸The show highlights the lifesaving power of blood donors and was created with help from @GiveBloodNHS. 📺Tune in and book your next appointment. www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...blood.co.ukAutumn updateIn our autumn update, we look at blood donation in BBC drama Casualty, our partnership with the London Dungeon, a newly discovered blood group system, and the sad passing of the B Positive choir's Pat... 020
Reposted by Jo HigmanRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Stop everything! 👀 The one and only #BigGardenBirdwatch is back for January 2025... and registration is now open! Who's ready to join the count? www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/big… 👈 224877
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024This year's Christmas cake - a 'white' fruit cake from a 1970s Family Circle magazine, via my mother-in-law. It is LUSH! Decoration inspired by @nigella.bsky.social - although I feel it's missing some bacon... #ChristmasBaking 121
Jo Higman @johigman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Controversial - I think I prefer this version to the original 😬😮🫣 open.spotify.com/track/4Cm4dy...open.spotify.comLike a Rolling StoneTimothée Chalamet · A Complete Unknown (Music From The Motion Picture) · Song · 2024 020