New show alert!!! There’s a BRAND NEW 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special, tonight 9pm @channel4. And who could be more Christmassy than Mr Danny Dyer. Well, apart from Joe Wilkinson, that is. Don’t miss it!🎅🏼
Also thanks to @queensofarchive for lending me this amazing, top of the Christmas tree style dress, loved it. 🫶🤩
#comedyspecial #8outof10catsdoescountdown #catscountdown #christmas #partydress
New show alert!!! There’s a BRAND NEW 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas Special, tonight 9pm @channel4. And who could be more Christmassy than Mr Danny Dyer. Well, apart from Joe Wilkinson, that is. Don’t miss it!🎅🏼
Also thanks to @queensofarchive for lending me this amazing, top of the Christmas tree style dress, loved it. 🫶🤩
#comedyspecial #8outof10catsdoescountdown #catscountdown #christmas #partydress
Just managed my 20th blood donation @givebloodnhs the first successful attempt since babies, woohoo!🩸♥️💪
Last time into my third year of breastfeeding my iron was too low, but @wildnutritionltd will be pleased to hear that their iron and vitamins supplements are working as this time they had to use their machine to check my levels weren’t too high to donate! (They were perfect 👌). I was #gifted their expertise and samples and very grateful to Lorna and the team for that – thanks ladies 🫶.
#giveblood
When I reflect on the last year, a personal highlight for me was going to Windsor Castle in July to receive my MBE from the King, for Services to Holocaust Education.
I know I’ve done far more to earn it for fighting anti-Jewish hate in general, than specifically for Holocaust education, and even though learning about this darkest chapter of history has been my motivation for speaking out, I thought ‘Holocaust Education’ was maybe a more palatable or sanitised way of describing the fight, and not exactly one and the same.
But how I view it all now has completely changed since October 7th. Holocaust education feels present and urgent at a time where people in the West have openly been celebrating, as well as denying, the biggest loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust, complete with rape, torture, kidnappings, and medieval, sadistic brutality against men, women, children, Holocaust survivors, foreign workers, Israeli Arabs, and anyone else who was unlucky enough to have been in the vicinity of Hamas during their attacks. As a result, incidents of anti-Jewish hate are surging around the world and of course this New Year’s Eve feels somber.
Fighting antisemitism has never been easy, but unless we are prepared to roll over and accept these crimes, repeated in Israel and around the world as Hamas and their supporters have vowed to do, then fight it we must.
I hope, as every decent person does, for the remaining 139 hostages in Gaza to return home to their families, and for an end to the violence in Gaza and the region as soon as possible that allows for stable and safe home for everyone there to be able to live in peace. This should be obvious, but to some it clearly isn’t and so must be said.
I’m grateful to be in the relative safety of Britain as we close this year, here’s to a miracle for 2024, and thank you to the silent majority who wants all of this too. ♥️🙏
When I reflect on the last year, a personal highlight for me was going to Windsor Castle in July to receive my MBE from the King, for Services to Holocaust Education.
I know I’ve done far more to earn it for fighting anti-Jewish hate in general, than specifically for Holocaust education, and even though learning about this darkest chapter of history has been my motivation for speaking out, I thought ‘Holocaust Education’ was maybe a more palatable or sanitised way of describing the fight, and not exactly one and the same.
But how I view it all now has completely changed since October 7th. Holocaust education feels present and urgent at a time where people in the West have openly been celebrating, as well as denying, the biggest loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust, complete with rape, torture, kidnappings, and medieval, sadistic brutality against men, women, children, Holocaust survivors, foreign workers, Israeli Arabs, and anyone else who was unlucky enough to have been in the vicinity of Hamas during their attacks. As a result, incidents of anti-Jewish hate are surging around the world and of course this New Year’s Eve feels somber.
Fighting antisemitism has never been easy, but unless we are prepared to roll over and accept these crimes, repeated in Israel and around the world as Hamas and their supporters have vowed to do, then fight it we must.
I hope, as every decent person does, for the remaining 139 hostages in Gaza to return home to their families, and for an end to the violence in Gaza and the region as soon as possible that allows for stable and safe home for everyone there to be able to live in peace. This should be obvious, but to some it clearly isn’t and so must be said.
I’m grateful to be in the relative safety of Britain as we close this year, here’s to a miracle for 2024, and thank you to the silent majority who wants all of this too. ♥️🙏
Just what I wanted for my birthday! Lovely day with the fam, thanks for the well wishes 😍🥰😘💋🫶
Today on Holocaust Memorial Day I want to pay tribute to two wonderful men I have the privilege of meeting while they were alive, who we’ve sadly lost in this last year.
Zigi Shipper BEM and Sir Ben Helfgott were born in Poland and as children, lost most of their extended families as part of the systematic murder of 6 million Jewish men, women and children in the Holocaust.
Sir Ben spent his youth as a slave labourer, in ghettos and concentration camps and saw unimaginable horrors. The story of his arrival in England after liberation has been immortalised as part of the story told in the BBC movie, ‘The Windermere Children’. Sir Ben overcame so much adversity to become the captain of British weightlifting team and won a bronze medal in the 1960s Olympics. He did decades of charity work, supporting fellow survivors and educating the public on the dangers of extremism and hate going unchecked.
Zigi’s childhood was spent in the Lodz ghetto, at several concentration camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau, and he survived a Nazi death march before being liberated. He came to England to join his mother, after his grandparents and father who he’d previously lived with had died or where never heard of again. Zigi too dedicated many decades educating young people about what happened in this awful period of history, and even though he suffered so much in his life, he still had such an infectious personality and was an absolute joy to be around. He too has been immortalised as King Charles (then The Prince of Wales) commissioned the portraits of seven Holocaust survivors, of whom Zigi was one, and so Zigi’s face hangs on the walls of Buckingham Palace today.
Sir Ben and Zigi were great lifelong friends, great advocates for @holocaustuk and are missed by so many in the wider community.
You can read more about them here.
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/sir-ben-helfgott/
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/zigi-shipper-hmd-2017/
May their memories be a blessing.
#Holocaust #HolocaustMemorialDay #HMD #HMD2024
Today on Holocaust Memorial Day I want to pay tribute to two wonderful men I have the privilege of meeting while they were alive, who we’ve sadly lost in this last year.
Zigi Shipper BEM and Sir Ben Helfgott were born in Poland and as children, lost most of their extended families as part of the systematic murder of 6 million Jewish men, women and children in the Holocaust.
Sir Ben spent his youth as a slave labourer, in ghettos and concentration camps and saw unimaginable horrors. The story of his arrival in England after liberation has been immortalised as part of the story told in the BBC movie, ‘The Windermere Children’. Sir Ben overcame so much adversity to become the captain of British weightlifting team and won a bronze medal in the 1960s Olympics. He did decades of charity work, supporting fellow survivors and educating the public on the dangers of extremism and hate going unchecked.
Zigi’s childhood was spent in the Lodz ghetto, at several concentration camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau, and he survived a Nazi death march before being liberated. He came to England to join his mother, after his grandparents and father who he’d previously lived with had died or where never heard of again. Zigi too dedicated many decades educating young people about what happened in this awful period of history, and even though he suffered so much in his life, he still had such an infectious personality and was an absolute joy to be around. He too has been immortalised as King Charles (then The Prince of Wales) commissioned the portraits of seven Holocaust survivors, of whom Zigi was one, and so Zigi’s face hangs on the walls of Buckingham Palace today.
Sir Ben and Zigi were great lifelong friends, great advocates for @holocaustuk and are missed by so many in the wider community.
You can read more about them here.
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/sir-ben-helfgott/
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/zigi-shipper-hmd-2017/
May their memories be a blessing.
#Holocaust #HolocaustMemorialDay #HMD #HMD2024
Today on Holocaust Memorial Day I want to pay tribute to two wonderful men I have the privilege of meeting while they were alive, who we’ve sadly lost in this last year.
Zigi Shipper BEM and Sir Ben Helfgott were born in Poland and as children, lost most of their extended families as part of the systematic murder of 6 million Jewish men, women and children in the Holocaust.
Sir Ben spent his youth as a slave labourer, in ghettos and concentration camps and saw unimaginable horrors. The story of his arrival in England after liberation has been immortalised as part of the story told in the BBC movie, ‘The Windermere Children’. Sir Ben overcame so much adversity to become the captain of British weightlifting team and won a bronze medal in the 1960s Olympics. He did decades of charity work, supporting fellow survivors and educating the public on the dangers of extremism and hate going unchecked.
Zigi’s childhood was spent in the Lodz ghetto, at several concentration camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau, and he survived a Nazi death march before being liberated. He came to England to join his mother, after his grandparents and father who he’d previously lived with had died or where never heard of again. Zigi too dedicated many decades educating young people about what happened in this awful period of history, and even though he suffered so much in his life, he still had such an infectious personality and was an absolute joy to be around. He too has been immortalised as King Charles (then The Prince of Wales) commissioned the portraits of seven Holocaust survivors, of whom Zigi was one, and so Zigi’s face hangs on the walls of Buckingham Palace today.
Sir Ben and Zigi were great lifelong friends, great advocates for @holocaustuk and are missed by so many in the wider community.
You can read more about them here.
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/sir-ben-helfgott/
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/zigi-shipper-hmd-2017/
May their memories be a blessing.
#Holocaust #HolocaustMemorialDay #HMD #HMD2024
Happy birthday to my darling husband @pashakovalev!
Everything is so much fun together but hitting the @balloon_museum really was a great way to celebrate #44 😆🎈We love you Pash Pash, happy birthday to yoooooou 💕♥️♥️♥️♥️🥳🎂
Happy birthday to my darling husband @pashakovalev!
Everything is so much fun together but hitting the @balloon_museum really was a great way to celebrate #44 😆🎈We love you Pash Pash, happy birthday to yoooooou 💕♥️♥️♥️♥️🥳🎂
Happy birthday to my darling husband @pashakovalev!
Everything is so much fun together but hitting the @balloon_museum really was a great way to celebrate #44 😆🎈We love you Pash Pash, happy birthday to yoooooou 💕♥️♥️♥️♥️🥳🎂
Happy birthday to my darling husband @pashakovalev!
Everything is so much fun together but hitting the @balloon_museum really was a great way to celebrate #44 😆🎈We love you Pash Pash, happy birthday to yoooooou 💕♥️♥️♥️♥️🥳🎂
Happy birthday to my darling husband @pashakovalev!
Everything is so much fun together but hitting the @balloon_museum really was a great way to celebrate #44 😆🎈We love you Pash Pash, happy birthday to yoooooou 💕♥️♥️♥️♥️🥳🎂
Doubling up on telly tonight as our new series of #CatsCountdown continues at 9pm! We need a laugh about now!
Doubling up on telly tonight as our new series of #CatsCountdown continues at 9pm! We need a laugh about now!
Doubling up on telly tonight as our new series of #CatsCountdown continues at 9pm! We need a laugh about now!
Doubling up on telly tonight as our new series of #CatsCountdown continues at 9pm! We need a laugh about now!
I’m on the most terrifying show in the world #BeatTheChasers tonight at 9pm (clashing with #CatsCountdown!) trying to win some money for the incredible children’s charity the Angus Lawson Memorial Trust – haven’t been that sacred since I was (in the same studio) on Strictly. Wish me luck! @itvchase
I’m on the most terrifying show in the world #BeatTheChasers tonight at 9pm (clashing with #CatsCountdown!) trying to win some money for the incredible children’s charity the Angus Lawson Memorial Trust – haven’t been that sacred since I was (in the same studio) on Strictly. Wish me luck! @itvchase
This show complete with people sized Mum, Dad, Bingo and Bluey (on at @southbankcentre till January 7th) was perfect for small sized Bluey fans, thanks for having us – the girls loved it! @officialblueytv @wearemediahive @royalfestivalhall #BlueysBigPlay
This show complete with people sized Mum, Dad, Bingo and Bluey (on at @southbankcentre till January 7th) was perfect for small sized Bluey fans, thanks for having us – the girls loved it! @officialblueytv @wearemediahive @royalfestivalhall #BlueysBigPlay
Such a nice way to end the year – big thanks @disneyonice @jakkidoodles @instinctpr for the Disney on Ice fest! And who knew our little Ukrainian boy (who arrived to stay with us in Sept 2021 speaking no English) knows all the words to Let it Go! 😆❄️☃️ Our little girls must be rubbing off on him! 💕👧🏼👧🏻 Thanks all – we loved it! 🤩🤩🤩
Today is the 10th anniversary of me turning 28, and also sustaining a One Direction dance related scar on my shin, still visible to this day.
Precious memories! 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸😆
