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Teaching with my eyes shut @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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...

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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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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 20/02/2026

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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

It's the all-consuming mental effort. I've never known teaching to be as demanding as it is right now...

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Wasn't Jesse Buckley incredible? I ugly cried. Book is even better.

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Teaching with my eyes shut @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

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...

rightmove.co.uk

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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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I was too distracted by the sense of impending doom from world events. Makes a change from the sense of impending doom from return to work. Ha. I need a drink and then I remember I can't drink anymore.

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Have the beer. Everything work-related can wait (saying this to make myself feel better for utterly failing to complete any work today)

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026

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.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026

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.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I remember waking up in November 2016 and feeling that same sense of dread that history had shifted and we were locked into a trajectory that wouldn't end well

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I've even been to the gym for the first time in about 6 weeks 😆

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My marking is in the garage. I never go into the garage. I've now done every possible house cleaning and DIY chore (without accessing the tools in the garage). Trying to face the fact that I do need to face the marking fear tomorrow.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 21/11/2025

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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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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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🚨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...

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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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Mark Enser @ensermark.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

*** 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.

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Make Time for Learning

When Checking Becomes the Lesson

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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:

A preserved carved turnip jack o'lantern from the 19th century

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Haha. Would love to be hard as nails. Maybe in my next life.

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

She was probably (sensibly) isolating during covid instead of risking her life keeping a school going. We were all collateral damage.

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

It's easier than it used to be. Able to walk up some slopes without thinking I'm going to collapse...

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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.

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

There's a cat. Good vibes. And the house looks gorgeous x

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/10/2025

“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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Yep. It's the busiest market I've ever seen. Only really bearable as soon as it opens...

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Well I say cat. Meant cats. Three possible suspects but I'm pretty sure I know who is the culprit

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Cat has irritating and slightly dangerous habit of clawing at my face for attention when I am asleep.

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

All good apart from random A&E visit this morning as 111 insisted and wouldn't do minor injuries. Infected eyelid. Probably from my cat. Fun times.

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Happy Birthday old man.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

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

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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...

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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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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This is fascinating. Backs up what I have experienced anecdotally both as a teacher and as a parent (of an ASD child with post-covid medical issues that caused significant absence and difficulties). We need to look at how we can better support students with mental health and SEN.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

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Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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

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DDunc @ddunc.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

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

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Matt Lynch @matt-lynch.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

NEW* for June 2026 onwards: AQA Lang P1 specimen papers and accompanying PPT slide decks. I’ll add to this folder as I update them. Includes: ✅ Enduring Love ✅ Hound of the Baskervilles ✅ Whole Town’s Sleeping ✅To Kill a Mockingbird Help yourself 😊 www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/bd6qg...

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