I’d really appreciate shares of this 🙏 This was my mum’s home for 20 years. It’s a few minutes from the sea in beautiful Cromer in Norfolk. We really need to sell it. It’s in a retirement complex so over 55s. No buildings maintenance to worry about. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 2 bedroom retirement property for sale on Rightmove

2 bedroom retirement property for sale in Ashdown Court, Cromer, NR27 for £150,000. Marketed by William H. Brown, Cromer

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Being Irish he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary moments of joy. William Butler Yeats

I just checked why Brooklyn Beckham is trending. Somehow we've all sidestepped reality and we're living in endless soap opera subplots.

Hello lovely people, I need your help. We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there. I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁 www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 2 bedroom retirement property for sale on Rightmove

2 bedroom retirement property for sale in Ashdown Court, Cromer, NR27 for £160,000. Marketed by William H. Brown, Cromer

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I can barely process the Trump press conference I've just listened to. This is the kind of stuff you usually hear from dictators at the very heights of their delusions. Not elected leaders of superpowers.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.

One of those days when there has been a fundamental shift in the world and nothing will ever be quite the same.

Feverishly working on this

Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist

Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds

Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein 'The Movement'. Farage's partner Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...

Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein

Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support

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*** NEW POST *** open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p... Too many lessons are filled with checking what pupils know rather than helping them learn something new.

Make Time for Learning

When Checking Becomes the Lesson

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A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:

Stunning scenery. Makes me so incredibly happy to be out in the hills. Need to do some proper hiking but not quite fit enough yet.

Need to move to Wales or back to Scotland. I miss proper trees and hills so much. 2 day nature fix in Eryri.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

perfect

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

This feels like the biggest story from the Guardian's Boris leaks... he took £240k from a Venezuelan hedge fund after meeting Maduro. And having denied he was paid. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Boris Johnson was paid £240,000 after Maduro meeting, invoice shows

Johnson’s office sent invoice to hedge fund manager, which was paid, weeks after meeting Venezuelan leader last year

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Everybody in education needs to read this. Fascinating insight and data exploring reported reasons for home-schooling in the UK by @learnwhatyoulive.bsky.social

Katie Finlayson@learnwhatyoulive.bsky.social · last yr.

Text and slides from my ResearchEd talk. open.substack.com/pub/learnwha...

What utter dickheads we are… Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal Farage and his MPs voted it down Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on The mega wealthy win again.

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Right wing media has had it in for Angela Rayner from the start - they couldn’t bear a working class woman being so powerful & dynamic. She made a mistake and has paid heavily for it. Very much hope she’ll return at some point in the future - our politics desperately needs more voices like hers

'Hamnet' film trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2xt...

HAMNET - Official Teaser Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters Thanksgiving

YouTube video by Focus Features

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Debra Myhill as always is superb here on writing and the teaching of writing! Her critique of the DfE Writing Framework is absolutely spot on, including its very poor use of research on writing. @beckyfrancis.bsky.social

Jon Severs@jonsevers.bsky.social · last yr.

"There is a sense of cherry picking - of choosing research that already supports the way they want to present the framework" Primary writing expert prof Debra Myhill tells @tesmagazine.bsky.social why the DfE primary writing framework is 'problematic' www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

This is awful

Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social · last yr.

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

Not sure what's going to give up first: knees, lungs or heart. Hiking after long Covid is a little humbling. But survived another hill walk and now doing a slow wander around Raglan Castle