Mairi McKinlay
@MairiMckinlay
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* Twenty-something * Lover of fresh air and sunlight * Drinker of tea * Aiming to break down the taboo about death & dying *
Birmingham
Joined December 2018
RT @bloodcancer_uk: Sue and Ross McKinlay share their moving story behind our latest Christmas cards, and their “kind, beautiful, loving, t…
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RT @bloodcancer_uk: “We miss her more than words can express. It is a comfort to think that the sale of these cards might help others who h…
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RT @DyingMatters: A 90 year old woman near the end of her life is hoisted from a hospital bed, semi-conscious, for staff to take a photo of…
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This play needs to tour. Thank you for sharing it with Birmingham. Shocking, chilling & incredibly moving. The story needs to be told. Fantastic #askingforit
The "raw, real and riveting" #AskingForIt opens tomorrow at The REP. Don't miss your only chance in the UK to see this "story that needs to be told again and again. It really is "worth the hype". Asking For It plays 29 Jan - 15 Feb. To book:
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RT @doctor_oxford: Thread. Yesterday in the hospice was bittersweet, as you’d expect. The New Year’s birth, my patients’ imminent deaths. A…
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Fantastic to discuss both Being Mortal ~ @Atul_Gawande When Breath Becomes Air ~ Paul Kalanithi at our student book club yesterday evening. Being Mortal starts, “I learnt a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn’t one of them” We all agreed this needs to change.
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Peaking forward to next week’s page in my @FaberBooks poetry diary and find one of my favourite poems. A message for the week ahead... and beyond.
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