My individually handmade recycled silver jewellery including intricate casts of real flowers (snowdrop, bluebell etc), casts of dragonfly Wongs & jay feathers & my tiny wearable sculptures of much-loved British bird species
One of my best-selling mounted art prints of flowers I grew & bought from an honesty florist
Victorian ink bottles that form part of my tiny posy-making mental health kits-they make great gifts
The 12 photos that make up my 2026 botanical calendar-each image is designed to improve mental health
Just added to my Etsy shop:
๐ฟfinal small print run of my '26 calendars
๐ชถmy handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
๐ธlimited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
๐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for๐ฎ in time for๐ฒ: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
05.11.2025 21:21 โ ๐ 137 ๐ 104 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3
Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy Rothbury Estate
Wildlife trusts attempt to raise ยฃ30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.
"The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust are attempting to complete the purchase of the Rothbury Estate, a 15 sq miles (38.8 sq km) tract of former grouse moor, woodland and farmland, with plans to boost wildlife, restore bogs and promote nature-friendly farming." tinyurl.com/38yyvdju
29.10.2025 10:33 โ ๐ 46 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
An elected MP, Reformโs Sarah Pochin says there are too many Black and Asian people on TV - so plain racism - and the coverage of it is buried. Silence and ignorance is complicity, causing lasting damage. When we see racism itโs what we do next, individually and collectively, that matters.
26.10.2025 08:38 โ ๐ 1253 ๐ 404 ๐ฌ 74 ๐ 8
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
07.10.2025 18:56 โ ๐ 1421 ๐ 533 ๐ฌ 47 ๐ 56
My understanding is that a half first cousin shares one rather than two grandparents with you. I think it would happen if your parent had half-siblings.
02.10.2025 09:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Many years ago I listened to @samfr.bsky.social at an edu conference. He was discussing what he described as the 4 levers of power that the DFE had to effect change.
1. To issue policy documents and directives and hope that schools took them up. Typically not really considered to be very effective.
27.09.2025 15:54 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
I found it helpful to talk with our PSHCE LA advisor (if you still have one), who put me in touch with another school to chat through the practicalities from a school viewpoint. In order for this to be positive for the child and their classmates planning is key.
26.09.2025 09:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Why is it that no matter when in the holidays work is scheduled for it always comes down to a last weekend panic! Good luck and hope it getโs finished.
29.08.2025 09:30 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
MIGRANTS AREN'T THE PROBLEM
INEQUALITY IS
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
26.08.2025 10:35 โ ๐ 1507 ๐ 766 ๐ฌ 24 ๐ 34
Of those a large number seem to be in Newfoundland although no matter what the size they are called โpondsโ. Just back from a great trip - the coast line is amazing.
20.08.2025 13:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A Nursery child draws an elephant with wonderful succinctness.
A simple expressive line and perfectly judged areas of tone capture the imagination:
โIโve drawn it for youโฆItโs sitting down and feeling sad because itโs the last day of schoolโฆand his trunk is crumpled upโ
Utter Joy!
17.07.2025 19:04 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
He obviously hasnโt spent any time in a nursery, reception or KS1 classโฆ
06.07.2025 04:42 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0
Today is the #InternationalDayforCounteringHateSpeech always, it should be, but especially relevant just now.
18.06.2025 09:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Diana Gabaldon
Jodie Picoult
Barbara Erskine
Peter May
Robert Harris
Philippa Gregory
Ken Follet
Barbara Taylor Bradford
R.F.Delderfield
Agatha Christie
That was an enjoyable 10 mins!๐
13.06.2025 13:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pontysycllte aqueduct on the Langollen Canal.
31.05.2025 15:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A great blog. I would love it if he got lots of engagement - enough to make him abandon Twitter and make this his main site.
31.05.2025 06:25 โ ๐ 42 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1
Great picture of a โWilderness Beaverโ. Where is it?
22.05.2025 18:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
02.05.2025 22:58 โ ๐ 2435 ๐ 1240 ๐ฌ 31 ๐ 51
Supporting all readers in secondary school
A short course for secondary school staff and leaders to support readers at all levels.
After 2+ years, many rewrites & piloting, I am so pleased that this has been published! A free, online training programme for non-specialist secondary practitioners about the development of reading. Includes practical strategies that can be adapted for any classroom. 1/2
www.gov.uk/government/p...
28.04.2025 09:17 โ ๐ 32 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2
Keep smiling - the last bit seems to last forever! Great once it is finished.
27.04.2025 20:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Morning Bluesky! Have you cancelled a planned trip or move โ holiday, work, short-term or long-term โ to the USA? Fancy chatting to me about for a piece?
@ me or DM if so, especially if youโre located in the UK. (RTs much appreciated too).
22.04.2025 06:47 โ ๐ 92 ๐ 125 ๐ฌ 26 ๐ 2
Can anyone recommend good short stories for 9 year olds?
31.03.2025 06:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Every day I ask what my 4 year old granddaughter has done at her primary school in a North Yorkshire village and every day it's something exciting, relevant and interesting.
Primary school teachers and TAs take a bow.
13.02.2025 16:53 โ ๐ 308 ๐ 34 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 0
Greater Leadership capacity especially amongst middle leaders but working with 70+ staff especially at the start is much more time consuming than you might imagine.
11.02.2025 13:38 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Finding it so depressing that another opportunity for real reform has been missed/ignored alongside relief that now I am retired I donโt have to play this game any more.
03.02.2025 19:56 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We stayed in Luca which is lovely and full of history and travelled into Florence and Pisa by train. Florence and Pisa both busy but Luca much quieter so good for hotels and restaurants.
20.01.2025 08:21 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
If it's helpful to schools and teachers, below is the link to a year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on empathy, diversity, equality and inclusion. They're all books I've used and loved. #edusky padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
20.11.2024 16:59 โ ๐ 185 ๐ 74 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 2
John Spiers. Squeezebox player with Gigspanner Big Band, Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Jackie Oates & John Spiers โฆ
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
Our unique virtual gigs bring artists and audiences together live and in real time; music, chat, applause, and a surprisingly intimate feel.
Artist ๐๐ง nerd who is always stitching
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Visual Storyteller & Travel Writer who loves travel and prefers getting lost to being found.
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Katty Kay + Anthony Scaramucci's insider/outsider take on politics. Uncovering secrets from inside the Biden and Trump inner circles. Powered by Fuse Energyโก๏ธ
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A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell. Powered by Fuse Energyโก
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Family Physician ๐ฉบ, tree climber ๐ณ, surfer ๐๐พโโ๏ธ , photographer ๐ธ. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Author/Mom/Wonder Woman/Queen of the North
She/her/hers
Running for U.S. Congress in CO-04 to beat Lauren Boebert.
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral.
Mother of Five.
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Retired history teacher. Enjoys Lake District, painting, grandchildren, nature, history - lots really. Oh, and wildlife gardening. Still interested in education.
Two Sunday Times Bestselling Authors and lots of boards. โ๏ธ
Agent ๐ฉ - Millie Hoskins, United Agents
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President of the @ec.europa.eu
Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. ๐ช๐บ
The UKโs leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
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A Kiwi in France via Scotland. Travel writer : #Photographer : UK Blog Awards finalist : #PRfriendly : hhlifestyletravel@gmail.com
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Traveller, teacher, musician, bird-nerd, blogger, empty-nester, and aging hippie from the Left Coast of Canada.
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Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social. โDestructive British mediaโ according to the Kremlin. Six nominations for sanctions from their Mofo MFA! An Oscar record
Pod Save America, Obama White House, Message Box, and some books
Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
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