Travel & grief writer | Author of #TheAdultOrphanClub guide to parent loss | Memoir in progress | She/her | linktr.ee/florabaker
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13 Jun 2020
Sitting on the sofa with coffee, crumpets and my first newspaper byline in the @Telegraph this morning, where I've written about the loneliness of grieving in a pandemic and why I wrote #TheAdultOrphanClub book. Thrilled doesn't cut it.
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Flora Baker retweeted
27 Jun 2024
What does it mean to be an adult orphan?
Playwright Naomi Westerman was writing about death rituals when she lost her family in quick succession.
She joins @claremcdonnell1 to discuss processing her grief alongside author of The Adult Orphan Club @FloraBaker.
Listen now ⬇️
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30 Aug 2023
#FindGboyegaOdubanjo. Keep the news active, the flood of posts, the retweets, especially anyone who was at @ShambalaFest, or if you know anyone who was. Esp if they might not have seen the appeals. Someone somewhere will surely know something that could help 🙏
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30 Aug 2023
Is there anyone you know who was at #Shambala who might have seen Gboyega? please share to help find him #FindGboyegaOdubanjo
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Flora Baker retweeted
24 Jul 2023
Buzzwords synergistic cloud based ninja opportunities! Global technobabble something something potential!
23 Jul 2023
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2 May 2023
Morning @santanderukhelp, I need the contact info for house insurance complaints. I've been treated horrendously since 24th March & will be going to the ombudsman asap. Six weeks w no functional bathroom & zero financial support is unacceptable.
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25 Jan 2023
Can you help #SaveGorneWood in SE London? I regularly walk past this ancient woodland - but it’s at risk of being destroyed by developers. @FourthReserve urgently need £3k to buy the area for community use🌳
@RobGMacfarlane @Right_2Roam @vickyfoxcroft ➡️bit.ly/3R3Tc3q
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3 Jan 2023
The Netflix cancellation policy is utterly ridiculous. To cancel a mind bending, thought provoking & multi-layered show like @1899Netflix while the vacuous Emily in Paris gets season after season?! change.org/p/renew-1899-on-n…
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9 Dec 2022
Absolutely floored by @NatWest_Help, who've sent out new MasterCard cards with no fanfare, requiring a mass scramble of every direct debit to be changed before my original card inexplicably stops working. I keep getting 'we can't process your payment' emails. CHEERS GUYS.
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Flora Baker retweeted
18 Oct 2022
listen to her explain the Van Gogh soup protest.
she’s got a point, no?
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10 Oct 2022
As it's #WorldMentalHealthDay, it's worth mentioning that it took me 3 therapists and 14 years of grief from both my parents' deaths to finally decide to take antidepressants. I've been on sertraline since Feb & it's given me a part of myself back. It's never too late to get help
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20 Sep 2022
It's taken four years since my dad's death for me to acknowledge the damage his volatile behavior inflicted on my childhood. Now I can call it emotional abuse, but it's still difficult to say out loud. trib.al/UclziA0
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20 Sep 2022
Really getting tired of the constant insistence that grieving a woman you never met is the same as someone you personally loved and lost
19 Sep 2022
"It doesn’t matter how you feel about whose funeral it is: for the millions who did not get to hold a funeral for loved ones during lockdown, it’s not fanciful to say that the Queen’s funeral seemed to act as an emotional proxy" | ✍️ @caitlinmoran
thetimes.co.uk/article/caitl…
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18 Sep 2022
Just registered for some gorgeous events with @GoodGriefFest's first mini-festival in late October: memorial tattoos, grief hallucinations, and the urge to make post-death pilgrimages to the places where our people went💛
goodgrieffest.com/whats-on
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15 Sep 2022
Today is the UK publication of @jennettemccurdy's memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died', so I wrote for @Refinery29UK about the complex grief (and guilt!) that follows the death of someone who caused us pain in life.
@thegriefcast @goodgrieftrust @talkaboutloss
refinery29.com/en-gb/relieve…
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8 Sep 2022
Both nervous and grateful to write about this important yet taboo topic for @Refinery29UK. huge thanks to Sadhbh for commissioning, and @jennettemccurdy's fantastic & brave memoir which reminded me how much this part of grief needs discussing.
#Refinery29 #emotionalabuse
8 Sep 2022
I’m Relieved My Dad Died – Why Is That So Shocking To Hear? trib.al/p1ypAoc
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1 Sep 2022
It's rather telling that #Evri don't have a Twitter account. Reading the search results is so grim. Speaking of, @PetsatHome – any idea when I might see my order? The 2 day home delivery guarantee has definitely gone...
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24 Aug 2022
"A member of the public came forward after a police appeal, which saw a huge public response & 117 possible sightings."
"The Met said #OwamiDavies had been discovered after the 118th reported sighting."
🙌THIS IS WHY SOCIAL MEDIA SHARING WORKS🙌
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
23 Aug 2022
I know WE all prayed , OUR prayers were answered🙏🏾
To everyone who Hoped,
retweeted, shared, tagged , word of mouth, posters ,wrote about it, sang about it, however way you helped us #findowami you did an amazing job.
God Bless all of you ❤️
WE THANK YOU SO SO MUCH 🙏🏾
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11 Aug 2022
This is the last known footage of 24 year old #OwamiDavies – she's been missing for over a month, and her mum's video appeal is devastating. Croydon is constantly busy, esp midday on a Thursday. Someone must have seen her. Any leads can help narrow the search #FindOwami #selondon
10 Aug 2022
UPDATE: #owamidavies new CCTV footage from around 1230pm on 7th July (that’s the day after she was seen on earlier cctv walking with a man) on London Rd Croydon, walking towards Norbury- police say if you remember seeing her please get in touch.
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15 Aug 2022
We try again today, Owami is still missing. No news/sighting of her since.Where is she? Why are the cameras not picking her movements? Who took her ? What condition is she in? Where does she sleep? Eat? Dress?💔💔we have a lot of questions we don’t have answers to 😔😔. Help us🙏🏾
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