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Shelina Janmohamed

@shelina.bsky.social
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Carnegie nominated kids’ author (Story of Now: Let’s Talk About the British Empire), non fiction/op-ed writer, Director of Consumer Equality Ogilvy UK, ad industry, board member Impress. Podcaster. Bereaved sandwich generation carer. Polymath in progress.

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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🥵Did anyone mention it's hot? It's so easy to fall into faux-jovial moaning about heat, but our discussions need to include more about underlying health inequalities that make it so much worse for many like age and co-mobordities but others too like poor housing and poverty.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Perfection from the garden this morning
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
For all the people getting mad about Happy Ramadan messages and saying “what about Lent” even though they’ve never asked before and might not even mark it themselves, I for one am very happy that more people as a result of Ramadan might be marking Lent. Go for it!
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Thinking of all who have lost a loved one especially if this year is the first whether you’re marking Christmas today or just having a moment in the holidays. Love is an active verb even for those who have passed, so I hope we can all do some good deeds for them as their legacy.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Two years ago today
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Caroline Fiennes @carolinefiennes.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
BeYOUtiful and/or The Story of Now by @shelina.bsky.social (www.shelinajanmohamed.co.uk/books.html) Mr Tompkins (in Wonderland; in Paperback) or One, Two, Three...Infinity - by George Gamow. ~novels - for children about weird physics. Nobel laureate Kip Thorne got into physics via that.
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Shelina Janmohamed | Books
This is a book about what it means to be beautiful. It will teach you how to decide FOR YOURSELF what beauty really is, and give you the superpower to say, “I’m beautiful!” – and mean it! ...
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
People looking after kids AND elders in the world's 5th largest economy don't have the money to eat. People literally holding families together and contributing to the £182 billion of unpaid care labour to the country. I cried reading this. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula... #carers #sandwichgeneration
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I thought I’d pick up where I left off. But I won’t ever be the same. Not ever again. The truth about being a carer. It changes you.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I am not grieving. I am grief.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Schrodinger's Summer: Ugly Shoe edition (served up in @theguardian.com newsfeed)
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
What’s the name of the age when you get excited by a more powerful replacement for your steam generator iron and a new padded ironing board cover? 😂
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Live footage from my study…
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
What is the answer? But also, why is he asking this question in my DMs, and clearly he has not read anything about my profile.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
It's too hot to go for a run, even at 8am. #couchto5K
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
For all of us children who miss our dads (Because we will always be their children…) I hope this day is a reminder of the gift of having an incredible father. It is one of life’s greatest blessings, and a legacy we must treasure and pass on. #HappyFathersDay2025 #HappyFathersDay
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
To all the Dads who have brought up their children with love, wisdom, tenderness and self belief, let the good words and righteous actions of your children stand witness to your immense contributions, your role modelling and your gift to us and the world. #HappyFathersDay
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
At the half way mark of #couchto5k Half is more than a quarter and it’s more than none. Having started with 60s runs I’m now at 5 min runs x 3. I’m also walking to complete 5 actual km as soon as the routine is done so I can eventually run 5km distance. 4.5 weeks to go. Onward!
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Accurate
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
What if you could be that bird? Pic taken: Birthday sunset on the Isle of Wight. Nature never lets you down. Nature never disappoints. Nature is always there to give you what you need. #isleofwight
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Humans encoded their own biases and bad behaviours into the systems they created. Who’d have predicted it, eh? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed - BBC News
In a fictional scenario, the model was willing to expose that the engineer seeking to replace it was having an affair.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I'm speaking at THE biggest international festival for the business of podcasting🚀 Join me at @PodcastShowLDN on May 21 -22✨Expect big name podcasters, industry giants, 130+ sessions, global brands, networking and much more! Find out more👇 #PodShowLDN invt.io/1txbc466ndy
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The Arts Council England is seeking to appoint 3 new members to Arts Council England’s National Council, their non-exec board. There's an online info session 9/6 and deadline is 15/6 at 7pm. Do consider applying. apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8666 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
One day, everyone will have always been against this.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Where do you think this exquisite place is? #ShelinaInNature #DailyDoseOfNature
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Care work is some of the most physically and emotionally skilled work anyone could do. People who deliver care should be highly trained, fully skilled and be working in the context of a respected industry. Which also values the armies of unpaid carers who are the backbone of our entire nation.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The idea care work is 'low-skilled' permeates everything about recruitment, pay, respect and (lack of) professionalisation of this sector and is both a disgrace to the way we see care, and a laughable suggestion if you've ever done paid or unpaid care work news.sky.com/story/foreig...
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'Crushing blow' for care homes as they face ban on overseas recruitment
The government has announced measures to reduce the number of low-skilled workers coming to the UK by about 50,000.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Once again everyone will pay the price for a govt that refuses to confront the trade-offs it faces. Failing to fix or pay for social care not only makes social care worse, it makes local govt and the NHS worse. I suspect voters will care more abt that than 50k off net migration via care visas.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Has this 'island of strangers' rhetoric made anyone else upset? This video in a supermarket a few weeks ago was such a moment of delight showing Ramadan, Easter, Eid, Mother's Day and Passover all in one place. Strangers my <insert expletive here> www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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#community #consumerinclusion #consumerequality #ramadan #eid #passover… | Shelina Janmohamed
In all this rubbish about the risk of becoming an &#39;island of strangers&#39;, I wanted to share this video clip showing how we in fact as communities know and love each other, and the joy and celeb...
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 13/05/2025
"If I had elderly parents going into care, I would be absolutely 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙." As Starmer vows to crack down on net migration, @maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social ask: who will care for our most vulnerable if there aren't enough workers to do the jobs nobody here wants?
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The first of my Dad’s roses blossomed in our garden this week. The fragrance was heavenly. Their beauty reminded me of his love and care for them, how he shared them with everyone, celebrating their brief lives so they could bring joy to as many as possible by gifting them to everyone he could.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Bold, abundant, unapologetic, glorious. A lesson in how to live life. #todayinnature #shelinainnature #dailydoseofnature
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Health experts are calling for more UK clinical trials to focus on finding new treatments for women, as “concerning” data reveals they are severely under-represented, with 67% more male-only studies than female-only. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK, say health experts
Exclusive: doctors and patients forced to make decisions in ‘vacuum of evidence’ as women under-represented in data
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
There’s a guy opposite me on the train who is wearing big headphones but for some reason his phone is still playing music on speaker? Either it’s so loud we can hear it from the headphones or it’s so loud from the phone he thinks it’s connected and playing through the headphones?
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Spring sunset at Shanklin beach on the Isle of Wight. Your daily dose of nature.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Human beings are insane sometimes. www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...
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2 teens dead at UP wedding after fight over 'who gets tandoori roti first'
A verbal spat over who would take the tandoori roti first soon turned violent, resulting in the deaths of two wedding guests, one of them a minor.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
IYKYK 😂 And if you don’t, then some motivation to learn the Arabic alphabet.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Stunning! Colombian emerald brought by traders to Portuguese Goa, and from the jewel markets their made their way to the Mughal court (1600-1700). The world has always been a connected place. Pic taken at the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition of The Great Mughals
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I have brain melt when hearing “mounjaro” because in the Indian language I speak (Kutchi) it means depression, claustrophobia, anxiety and uneasiness. I’m thinking the brand naming people did not check this for the new diabetes and weight loss wonder drug.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Ha! Typical. Bank holiday weekend weather is of course no longer the lovely sunshine and warmth we’ve been having. But at least it’s not predicted to rain.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Oh look. Data concerning minority ethnic groups’ health is not being correctly collected and putting potentially a million people at further risk (from obesity) www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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BMI of 1 million minority ethnic adults in England wrongly classified
Analysis finds government data for Black and Asian adults in England is in error due to outdated guidance
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Looking forward to finally going to see this next weekend at last! I’ve heard good things and it’s such an important topic in contemporary discourse. If you’ve been already, how was it?
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Enjoying a lazy Saturday morning in the garden. Alright for some.
An orange fox lying down comfortably sleeping on a green lawn.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
At least 85 graves have been vandalised in the Muslim area of Carpenders Park cemetery in NW London. If anything could be even more heartbreaking, those graves include a number of babies. This is beyond despicable. My heart is broken for all those affected www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Birthday weekend: guess where I went? What a dreamy sunrise to wake up to. (If you know from me in person don’t give it away!) #happybirthday #happybirthdaytome #sea #seaview #ocean #sunrise
Sunrise over silver blue calm sea with light grey blue sky and scattered white clouds. In top left a bright white sun reflecting on the water
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I love so many things about a quick lunchtime walk in a local park. One of my faves is seeing older folks out taking care of themselves even with sticks, frames or wheelchairs. A privilege to give them a smile, say hello, chat. Human connection. For them and selfishly for myself.
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
POV: can’t wait for everyone to come over Also POV: there’s always something you forget
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My question is, when consumer prices do go up in the USA and there’s a downturn in the market, who or what will it be blamed on?
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Wow this took off! If you want to understand more about how the world came to be how it is today and what shapes who we are, read my book “Story of Now”. A short interactive thought provoking informative read for young and old alike amzn.to/4lh4qAn
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Story of Now: Let's Talk about the British Empire
Story of Now: Let's Talk about the British Empire : Janmohamed, Shelina, Greenan, Laura: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Inevitable
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Shelina Janmohamed @shelina.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Spitting in public is disgusting, rude and unhygienic. A sure fire way to spread infection. Who wants to be faced with goblets of spit in the air or step on it on the ground. I’m grossed out someone would be so shamelessly flagrant in thinking otherwise www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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You be the judge: should my boyfriend stop spitting in public?
Where Ahmed grew up, spitting was a playground sport for boys. Xenia finds it disgusting. You decide who should keep their mouth shut
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