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Jo Malone

@not-candles.bsky.social
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Edugeek. ExecTeam fed.education https:// Snr Adviser www.operationspitfire4schools.com Education consultant, adviser & coach. Formerly institute.global. 17 yrs a teacher 👩🏼‍🏫. Concerned citizen. Ally.

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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 6h
I’ve had a lot of Eric Idle today. Watched ‘All You Need is Cash’ this morning & local am dram performance of Spamalot tonight. Plenty of giggling.
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Poetry #Art #Nightime The harvest moon has come, Booming softly through heaven, like a bassoon. And the earth replies all night, like a deep drum. - Ted Hughes 🎨 Lucy Almey Bird
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just pulled a 16 hour shift. Feeling v old & v tired. But the shift ended here & it was glorious.
St George’s Chapel Windsor tonight
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’ve lost some excellent people this year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not adding up
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No ifs and no buts, no caveats or provisos. Things are happening here which we haven't ever really seen before. Burnham is saying the things that are considered unsayable and doing the things which are considered undoable.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dementia and Alzheimer's are absolutely devastating not only to the sufferer but for their friends and loves ones as well. Currently if it happens to your parent or partner you're effectively on your own navigating this terrible and often very expensive landscape of care.
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s hell in Kyiv right now 💔
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blimey www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/s...
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British schoolgirl becomes chess’ youngest ever woman grandmaster | CNN
An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ed Miliband, 'Every experience I've had in the two months that I've been Foreign Secretary tells me: our future lies in a deeper, stronger partnership with the EU." So much more refreshing and honest than Keir Starmer's disastrous make Brexit work nonsense.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On my travels… Every time I hear ‘Newport’ I can’t help but have in mind this absolute banger. It’s just brilliant! 🎧 youtu.be/Eijc2tGe-zM?...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'd cut him some slack on this: it's more important to do this right than to do it quickly. (It took 3 years to establish the NHS). A half-ready policy, which falls apart under scrutiny and can't command consent, will do much more harm than good. And Labour needs to be released from its tax pledges.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
God knows if it'll work. God knows how they'll find the money for it. But it's very satisfying to see a PM taking big swings after 14 years of self-harm followed by two years of petrified stasis.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Girls in the Windows’ - New York (1960) 📷 by Ormond Gigli (The building was demolished the next day)
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not bad for a hotel view in London. Glad we opted for the Cormorant Upgrade.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How utterly lovely www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
U2 celebrate 50th anniversary at the school where they formed
The rock band go back to their roots, playing a gig in the Dublin playground where they first met.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Went to hear the daughter in Guildhall Symphony Orchestra tonight. Mahler, Bernstein, Copland, Jiménez. Could physically feel my internal stress uncoupling & slipping away. I need much more live music in my life. Nourishing.
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padresalsa.bsky.social @padresalsa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Time to call this out. There is a tendency to talk utter gibberish about recent events. To compare two different events and draw unsubstantiated conclusions. To suggest people are doing “nothing”. A short thread.
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Suffolk Detectorist @sdetectorist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With a few very rare exceptions the only coin minted from around the 760's to 1279 was the silver penny. Fractions would be achieved by cutting the coin, in half for a halfpenny, and quarters for a farthing (aka fourthing) From 1279 under Edward I round fractions were produced.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Karen Pleass, contemporary Irish textile artist #womensart #Autumn
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a landscape with a central small white house among hills in purples and blues
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why does the UK press continue to treat Trump like a normal politician when he is demonstrably wicked and insane inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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nohostages.bsky.social @nohostages.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Migration alone isn’t enough to build an identity around for most people.” Psychology suggests almost the opposite. The minimal-group experiments showed how little it can take to create an “us” and a “them”. Migration doesn’t need to be the identity. It can simply provide the boundary. 1/2
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Love this STARSKY & HUTCH tribute by a bunch of guys in Bradford.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So what did Dolly Parton name the entity she established to oversee her estate, publishing interests, and legacy after her death? “She’s Alive LLC.” Absolutely perfect.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
😂🤣😂
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Peatcutters returning home in a rainstorm, Connemara, Ireland, 1970, photo by Richard Fitzgerald.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sharing this in the spirit of open-mindedness & plenty here to agree with. However, my work consulting with a broad spectrum of the sector would counter pointing to NEET crisis, MH spikes & young people reporting low levels of happiness and belonging at schools. samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
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Why England’s schools are doing so well
And what we need to focus on next
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Martha's Rule rolled out at every A&E department in England www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Martha's Rule rolled out across all A&E departments in England
The rule is named after 13-year-old Martha Mills, whose family's concerns about her care were not listened to before her death.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A surprise reading this article. Until January of this year I was a governor of the school cited in this article. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Union calls for halt to graded Ofsted inspections over health concerns
The National Association of Head Teachers says inspections in England may pose a "risk to life" for school leaders.
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 We have this same issue up here on the West Pennine Moors www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Illegal off-roading: Police to seize 4x4s and bikes 'on the spot'
With damage to protected habitats reportedly rising, police have powers to seize illegal off-roading vehicles on the spot.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thanks but no thanks. Don’t need lessons on statehood from another absent bigoted billionaire. Perhaps the rich paying their taxes might help the economy, Jim? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism.” Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose; died 2016; bequeathed library @unibo.it Photos Leonardo Cendamo
Umberto Eco’s Library of over 33,000 books bequeathed to Università di Bologna. The Biblioteca Eco opened in July 2026.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/09/2026
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu and @timmiller.bsky.social on Trump appearing to leave Saudi Arabia hanging against the Houthis despite the billions poured into the Trump family, and how that could reshape the Middle East: “That will change the way people think about the U.S. in the region forever.”
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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Denmark is allowing Trump to take credit for a re-signing of what is essentially the same deal the U.S. has had with Greenland and Denmark for decades. Yes, it’s like giving a pacifier to a toddler, but the important thing is the #Greenland crisis is over. #r4today
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US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump’s threats to take over Greenland
The agreement would allow the US to expand its military presence, while Denmark and Greenland say it preserves their sovereignty and right to self-determination
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Report Reveals Jesus Christ May Have Benefited From Father’s Influential Position To Gain High-Powered Role As Lord And Savior theonion.com/report-reveals-jesus-c…
Report Reveals Jesus Christ May Have Benefited From Father’s Influential Position To Gain High-Powered Role As Lord And Savior
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Jo Malone @not-candles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Watched Vigil on BBC. What a very silly storyline. By ep 4 I was in sunk fallacy mindset.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Remembering the late great Oscar winning Actor, Director & Producer — ROBERT REDFORD — who left us a year ago today, aged 89.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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