sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 1hMinoan v Mycenaean. Discuss using only the Octopus.... 000
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Much appreciated. Means I can start my day! 010
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Worked with a left leaning research group in the 90s. Hated Clarke. Then he did something similar at an event we organised. So impressive. So annoying. 090
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There's an entire body of architectural critique about Frank Lloyd Wright's design of the Guggenheim and it's resemblance to municipal architecture. It's a thing. :) 011
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There is a very good documentary about Elizabeth Holmes called The Inventor, by Alex Gibney. Should get you up to speed. 001
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026They are awful though. See also fur babies, forever homes and Hun..... As you can see I have a list .. 010
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Tall and strong. Could have belonged to another old lady. Nuance in this discussion!!!! 110
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Excellent! Really interesting. Thank you! 020
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Ted ends up with Robin!!!!!!!!!!!?????? 150
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Been to see Cyrano de Bergerac today. So so so good but sitting down essential! Do it. On for another couple of weeks. 110
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. Or something by Kristen Hannah - the Women is good 020
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Been like this for years. Paid all the rent for both kids and they lived on their loans - and had jobs to top up. Makes it very hard for those whose parents cannot afford to top up. 151
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Very depressing as a teacher to be accused of middle class hysteria. Many staff in my school were sick in Feb 20, some very ill including support and cleaning staff. It was terrifying. We were glad to close. Should have happened earlier. 060
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026As a teacher and fan usually of Lewis this is hugely disappointing. We forget so easily. 22362
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Would LOVE to read this, but can't bring myself to pay for the Times ..... 040
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026 Not new. Graduated in art history in 1985. Learned to type and got a much better paying job in admin in the art world. Paid more than a museum job that would have required a PhD which this one may well also want 040
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026That makes me sad. Those big abstracts are so fabulous. Which bits do you like? I'm not a massive fan of the Dulux paint installations....unless in the form of a stained glass window. 001
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Andy Warhol started out drawing shoe ads. They're so nice! 110
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Am the annoying teacher who argued with you about Gove recently. For future reference I'm in Reading should you need a pit stop. Loads of late trains :) 010
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Education is more than stats. We make people not crisps or widgets. I am sure your analysis is correct in terms of outcomes which is clearly important but overall Give was and remains a malign influence on education. 000
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I'll never get over having to teach Goves history and literature curriculum and bloody British values.... 2220
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Sorry. Not how I remember it as a teacher who also had children at school in that period those reforms were hideous and massively underfunded. So much damage in other areas. Man was a monster. 2170
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Fine. But why are you sacrificing History and Performing arts at the other end....white working class children might want to participate in critical thinking and creativity down the line? They'll make great rounded productive citizens if they do. Not holistic. At all. 000
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Didn't we build the railways in India? Where it is hot? I know it's a while ago but surely we learned something! 000
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026He really has to stand down but honestly Susan Collins has been dreadful. For all her apparent moderate ideas she has done nothing useful. Largely followed Trump on anything substantial. Dems need to get their shit together on this. Quickly. 030
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Sorry. Not doing Amazon right now because I can no longer use my trusty Kindle Paperwhite. 010
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026So I keep thinking I would love to take advantage of this offer. Then I remember Bezos has decided I can't use my lovely Kindle Paperwhite any more and I won't be buying the stupid expensive replacement. So sadly will probably never read them....unless they are in my local library? 000
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Before the big council house sell off I guess. Through which my granny bought her house.....in her 70s 030
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Having been a tutor for many years of adult part time courses, this looks good value. Trust me not much goes to your tutor .... 110
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Tour de France there this weekend. In lovely Sitges on Sunday. Enjoy 020
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Love this chat but there's a match on!!!!!!!! 000
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Spectacular meltdown about Picasso and modernism.....interesting guy 000
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026HPV vaccine that has eradicated cervical cancer. Invented in the US and made there. My husband worked on it for Merck. Great achievement. Great product. Huge sales. They are insane. 021
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026God, since coming off X I had forgotten she existed. Shame. Ridiculous woman. 020
sansmithuk.bsky.social @sansmithuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Work in an independent girls' school. Lots go to Exeter and don't generally go to do the sciences.... 050
