Right. I've entered a half marathon (for the first time in my life!) on 12th October and am raising money for Cancer UK. If you'd like to donate great, if not, please share the link :)
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04.08.2025 15:48 — 👍 15 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 2
They're great. I remember they did a split EP with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard a few years back. Cheers for the tip: their new album (only heard it today) sounds like Viagra Boys crossed with Yo La Tengo. Excellent song title too! I dig em!
23.07.2025 12:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1. Holiday in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys
2. Get me Away From Here I'm Dying by Belle and Sebastien
3. The Break Up by Dam Swindle
4. Freedom Flight by Shuggie Otis
5. Separation by Scientist and Barry Brown
#FridayFive
11.07.2025 15:30 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
1. You Upset Me Babe by BB King (live at the Regal Theatre)
2. Twisting the Night Away by Sam Cooke (Live at Harlem Square Club)
3. Kick Out The Jams by MC5 (live)
4. Ace of Spades by Motorhead (Live at Brixton Academy)
5. The Bells by Jeff Mills (Live with Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra)
04.07.2025 16:00 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The real barriers to engagement: why schools must rethink leadership, not curriculum
Why blaming the curriculum misses the point and what leaders can do to make teaching both rigorous *and* engaging
Engagement isn’t about making lessons fun. It’s about leaders creating the conditions for teachers to teach well. Blame the curriculum all you like, it’s the system that’s failing, not the content.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
04.07.2025 06:48 — 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1
No. Never programmed a ringtone. Had an old Sony one where you could record clips and use that as your ring tone. Programming sounds cool though
28.06.2025 15:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Think it still qualifies as a mondegreen
28.06.2025 15:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My son (5) just called 'exercise' 'ache-zersize' which is a new eggcorn to me. What's your favourite/most jarring eggcorn or mondegreen?
27.06.2025 19:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Sabotage is a great vid. I nearly went for Intergalactic too
27.06.2025 19:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I used to know Quentin
..he's a real jerk. Banger
27.06.2025 19:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Spoilt for choice with the Chris Cunningham/Richard D James/IDM collection. Come to Daddy is also class!
27.06.2025 19:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ha! I've now got crazy bloody frog in my head THANKS. Polyphonic ringtones an WAP. Cutting edge tech!
27.06.2025 17:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
And the mariachi ending...bonkers
27.06.2025 16:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Everyone wanted a chrome cruiser bike after seeing FEAR
27.06.2025 16:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1. Rubber Johnny (afx 237v7) by Aphex Twin
2. Come on my Selector by Squarepusher
3. T69 Collapse by Aphex Twin
4. Frontier Psychiatrist by Avalanches
5. Flat Beat by Mr. Oizo
#FridayFive
27.06.2025 16:04 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0
A brilliant book from @mrarobbins.bsky.social. A hugely useful guide to anyone involved in helping teachers to develop. Love the clear, practical, examples.
26.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Sorry no.2!
20.06.2025 15:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How is no.3 hot? Catchy as hell, yes but hot?
20.06.2025 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Your first choice is excellent. I love that album. Esau Mwamwaya.
20.06.2025 15:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1. Temperature by The Chats
2. Melt by Leftfield
3. Sunstroke by Mad Professor
4. Fire by Gentleman's Dub Club
5. Warm it Up, Kane by Big Daddy Kane
#FridayFive
20.06.2025 15:37 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
NEW Inside Project Follow Through: why methods matter, why implementation fails, and why Direct Instruction still divides the profession open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
18.06.2025 06:27 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 2
Phil's in good company there!
14.06.2025 08:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Terry Pratchett
Iain (M?) Banks
Cormac McCarthy
Stephen King
Margaret Atwood
Stephen Pinker
Irvine Welsh
Brian Jacques
James Herbert
George Orwell
13.06.2025 19:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
1. God Only Knows by David Bowie
2. Good Vibrations by Psychic TV
3. Crossover by EPMD (samples Help me Rhonda)
4. I know Theres an Answer by Sonic Youth
5. Little Honda by Yo La Tengo
RIP Brian Wilson.
#FridayFive So many artists have sampled/covered his work.
13.06.2025 16:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some big news from us.
We're launching our first ever national history assessment - Year 7, autumn term, Battle of Hastings.
It's AI-assisted so it'll be super quick.
And it's free! (But not for long!)
Read more & sign up here.
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09.06.2025 19:37 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Don't keep asking me why Reg, it just happens to be that year. My son (5) requests Shuttleworth in the car a lot. Serial Cereal Eater and Can't Go Back to Savoury Now are two of his faves.
06.06.2025 18:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
His later work as John Shuttleworth is also great.
06.06.2025 18:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
1. Walk by Pantera
2. Argument by Jah Batta
3. Cuss Cuss by Lloyd Robinson and Sly and Robbie
4. Love and Hate by Dennis Brown
5. Losing Friends by Death From Above 1979
#FridayFive
06.06.2025 16:26 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Headteacher, author of Leaders With Substance, co-author of The Next Big Thing in School Improvement, blogger, everything mountains. https://educontrarianblog.com/ https://open.substack.com/pub/100assessment
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