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Richard Newbold

@newboldrj.bsky.social
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Teacher of Chemistry and Cross Country Runner. Not necessarily in that order.

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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 7h
Don’t get me started on the appalling Disney version 🤮
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 8h
Thanks to James Taylor of Tonbridge School/ The Judd School for organising a great afternoon of English Schools’ Cross Country Cup races at Somerhill
Three cross country runners heading up the last hill 400m before the finish. On grassland with small trees in the background and blue sky with a hint of cloud.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Mrs N is lovely!
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If there's one groups in society who NEED to stop using AI to make resources, slides, posters, it's teachers. You're literally showing your students that you used AI to do your own homework. You look like a moron. It's shameful. Do not do this.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We started watching Dr No about 5 years ago. It was so awful we had to stop.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are they worried someone will steal it or use it as a weapon?
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Did the other say “That’s Jeff and Elaine’s son in law?”
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks to The Schools at Somerhill for a great afternoon of cross country running. 2nd U13 Boy for Len, 2nd place in team competition for Skinners’.
Lead pack rounds a corner on a grassy field with trees in the background under a blue sky with white fluffy clouds
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fast becoming? When Helen and Tom aren’t featuring, Adam rules this roost!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We have book looks coming up. At least half of my work is wiped away….. I thought these had died but obviously hard to kill!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There has to be enough time for a HoD to do the job. My former school missed out on two brilliant candidates who asked for more non contact time when offered the post. Got someone absolutely terrible instead who did an awful job.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There will be one smart kid who has posted how to do it on YouTube/TikTok/Instagram and now it’s everywhere!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Always hungry, never any food :(
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Must be posh if you have anything after tea!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You’re too young. Like Freddie Mercury, a pariah.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anything by Paul Simon after 1985 is a no #sanctionbreaker www.theguardian.com/music/2012/a...
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Paul Simon's Graceland: the acclaim and the outrage
As the 25th anniversary celebrations build for the groundbreaking album, Robin Denselow recalls the huge controversy it caused
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
5 songs you were obsessed with from five stages of life 70s Can the Can- Suzi Quatro (I was 5) 80s Trumpton Riots - Half Man Half Biscuit 90s Fade Into You - Mazzy Star 00s My doorbell - The White Stripes 10s Spin-O- Rama - The Primitives 20s Lande Hekt - Rabbits Oops that’s six but I am quite old
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank to Sevenoaks Prep for an excellent afternoon of cross country running. 2nd place for Skinners’ with George and Josh in 5th and 6th places respectively.
A stream of cross country runners snaked across a deer park with trees in the background and blue sky and clouds
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not sure like is the right response here. Everything seems so expensive now :(
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A big favourite here. Always amazed he hasn’t converted them to books but seems to just keep on churning out Radio 4 plays.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jogged a lap of the relay course with the boys as part of their warm up then about 20x150m running back and forth encouraging them. #Edurunners
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks to RGS Guildford for hosting a hugely enjoyable Haskell Junior Relay
Runner in red and black vest leads the field. Passing the frames of cricket nets on a grass field with trees in the background under a bright sunny blue 🌌
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Eventually, it’ll make that running route even better. Currently we just run up to Vauxhall Lane and turn round. With the wood we could run up the hill in the woods, loop round and come back down along one of the planned rides. Currently it feels a bit like running along a minefield!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don’t think badgers would be affected by a prayer
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unexpectedly bleak ending after Series 3 didn’t happen.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I can’t remember who I’ve blocked on here but had already blocked them!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I wondered what the fence was going to protect when I took the boys for a run along there last summer. Seemed like overkill but if you want to keep deer out makes sense.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
B zero. Getting up to go to the loo fine, restocking on beers, snacks, etc NO. Singing along to Pearl and Dean mandatory 😁
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They were brilliant at The Prince Albert in Brighton. Hoping they cross the Atlantic in 2027.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Stephanie Cole, what a career. @bbcsounds.bsky.social needs to make every episode of Cabin Pressure available as a tribute.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Venus Williams, Johnny Brownlee, Ian Chappell, and Mark Waugh all have a shout
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Last seen on Strava, a week ago, going for a walk in Latvia!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How is Sid a King and Joe only a Jack?
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Mark Miodownik @markmiodownik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Turn on the sound!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I would strongly recommend keeping it. What can superficially look fine could be sloppy at best or give them incorrect material at worst. Once they lose credibility they are toast. Better for them to adapt trusted internal material for their classes and to create a few very good bits themselves.
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Sam Strickland @strickomaster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Reposts hugely appreciated
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Over 100 runners in the Junior Boys’ race and over 80 in the Inters. Good fields in the two girls’ races too at The Skinners’ School #TunbridgeWells #Builditandtheywillcome
Cross country runners in the Junior Boys race alongside a hedge after a long gradual climb on their first lap of two.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Even twenty odd years ago there were websites like 8886.co.uk where kids could buy GCSE Science coursework. It’s been a bad idea for decades!
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Marking out part of the course for tomorrow’s Skinners’ School Cross Country Races. #TunbridgeWells #builditandtheywillcome
School fields with patchy grass. Looking through branches of a young oak tree to orange posts and tape marking out a bend on a cross country course. Orange flags follow the route into the distance. Some blue sky with clouds.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Going to be hard to improve on the Snuff version youtu.be/xOlk_3kyY9g
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Snuff - Shake n Vac
YouTube video by Spiderhead1000
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I relied on school dinners for a large proportion of my calories and was still hungry a lot of the time. This was despite all the fat and sugar. With what’s planned I would have been energy deficient (RED-S) given I was exercising at least once each day.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Students coming in ready changed on Games day is the best thing about changes during Covid. Madness if secondary schools don’t do it.
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Second gig of the weekend, a matinee at The Brighton Railway Club featuring The Would Be Goods and Railcard
Four piece band with guest Railcarder. Bass, Guitar/ Vocals, guest trumpet player, guitarist with drummer tucked behind. Purple shiny backdrop and glitterball hanging from the ceilingFour piece band with guitarist/vocals, drums/vocals, trumpet/keyboards/vocals, and bass
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Superb gig at The Church of the Annunciation, Hanover, Brighton. Eliza Skelton and Sairie. Well done to Melting Vinyl for such a great line-up and venue.
Four piece band lit by red and blue lights in a Catholic Church. Guitarist left, singer/ukele centre bass/vocals right with drums behindFive piece band playing in a Catholic Church, Guitars left, Vocals centre, Bass right, drums and violin behind
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That looks like the super fit early version. I can’t see Mick Talbot keeping up with the training www.facebook.com/share/v/1Q8Z...
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Richard Newbold @newboldrj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Shame they aren’t Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
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