Helen Chandler-Wilde

Thank you to @BBCWomansHour for having me on this morning to talk about Lost & Found & to @HayleyHassall for the delightful interview ✨✨ surreal to be on a programme I’ve listened to thousands of times & a true career highlight! Rewind on BBC Sounds from 10.14am

only recently have i understood that my parents still being (revoltingly) in love is a huge privilege. no drama at xmas, no awkward step-parents, no neuroses about getting married myself my fundamental outlook has been shaped into: love & family are nice. I'm so lucky.

I threw a UK-themed eve for my friend who’s just moved here Flags cut from M&S bags, served beans on toast & Welsh cakes from my great-grandmother’s recipe, music was Handel/Elgar/Fat Les, Mr Bean on TV all night like it’s an art film, quiz on what “butters” means Recommend 🇬🇧

Christopher Wren’s (non-St Paul’s) masterpiece, St Stephen Walbrook, has just reopened after repairs and it’s marvellous

Hi, gilt expert here! This is not funny, bond markets only do this when they are VERY distressed

Vg summary of the impasse & the need for change “While underlying population health has barely shifted, the pre-pandemic peak of £16 billion annual government spending on incapacity benefit is projected to balloon to £100 billion by the end of the decade. Something has to give.”