Steve Shipcott

This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.

Going to put it here now. Petroc Trelawny should be the new voice as commentator for national events. The right amount of gravitas and respect in all he does.

YouTube video by Laurie Dunkin Wedd Three Women's Poems from World War One

For Remembrance Day.
youtu.be/faF8gaBao0o

Spoiler alert! That's next on my #ToCheckOut list!

A shoutout! That's marvellous. Where is that?
(I'm looking to retire next year and will be attempting to get to my local reserves more)

I wondered where you were!

The most challenging part of being married is feigning plausible interest when your partner tells you about their day at the office.

You're the 60 year-old skull aren't you?!

YouTube video by English Symphony Orchestra Mahler's 9th Symphony//English Symphony Orchestra//Cheltenham Town Hall//2nd December 2025

Mahler 9 and Strauss's Four Last Songs with the
@englishsymphony.bsky.social in @Cheltenham Town Hall on the 2nd of December. This should be unforgettable. Make your plans today! TICKETS
cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk/event/englis...

youtu.be/h7czscP_gOM

Teachers should wear body cams. That way you get to see how much of a prick your kid really is.

Today's eight; for one day only:

Scriabin 3
Mahler 2
Brahms 2
Arnold 4
Simpson 9
Shostakovich 11
Haydn 90
Beethoven 3

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Ooh. Didn't know it existed. Will look it up.

Is your bandwidth something of concern? Or just exhaustion like mine?

Rings a bell - I'll Google him!

Missed this - rectifying. Half term's gonna be fun.

My new go-to. Kept me sane (ish) during a brief Covid attack.

Well *I* giggled...

60% of voters now support electoral reform, according this year’s British Attitudes Survey, the highest level of support since records began. Just 36% of people believe we should keep the current system.
#ProportionalRepresentation
#getPRdone

www.fairelections.uk/record-publi...

Fans of big football clubs don't have a clue what it is to be a real football supporter. Going along to a 60,000 seat stadium is easy. Watching your team every week in the lower leagues is true dedication.

Almost. Work is a few miles short. I suppose I could; it's the Cook's tour, but I'd get there!

Lovely disc to commute to through the hills of Dorsetshire.

Still on my #ToRead pile I'm afraid, but I think it's the next cab off the rank.

I've said it before: anyone who runs down the job that teachers do, even for such nakedly political reasons rather than from any real place of conviction, (a) should try surviving even a fucking WEEK of it themselves and (b) should then go to the bottom of a well.

That is one of the most heart-warming things I have read for quite some time. Hats off to you.

I have a sore throat. Hoping this might help soothe it.

I'm sure you're forgiven. Where have we got to?