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Simon Horbury

@simonhorbury.bsky.social
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CSciTeach. Cricket umpiring. Britpop. Dystopian literature and films. “His approach to learning for A Level is so laid back as to be horizontal.” PhD Molecular biology and MSc Psychology with distinction…! #edusky #UKTeaching #cricket

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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Citizens of the USA, WAKE UP! Your Tango Mussolini and his Republican buffoons are completely tearing up economies and democracies. Not just in your nation, but throughout the world.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@nhm-london.bsky.social Broomwood Prep had a fantastic visit to the NHM today. Jurassic Oceans fitted into our Y6 Mary Anning project so well - a shame that it ends so soon! The girls were inspired by Fixing Our Broken Planet, too.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Love a school trip. 15000 steps! And a group of kids enthralled by fossils too. #teaching
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why don’t UK pupils rise up? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Over 560 schools disrupted in France on Friday as protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ – Europe live
Dozens of schools have been damaged and nearly 3,000 teenagers have been detained since the start of the tensions
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
She lives! Moira is back! #SlowHorses
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jackson Lamb’s Slow Horses have fucked up big time, haven’t they?!
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Re-reading Trainspotting. Had forgotten that Renton had dropped out of Aberdeen Uni, my Alma mater. Far more pride in that than Fart Face being a member of my old school. #Farage #Frogface
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bit of a bummer that she’s been assassinated for being a Slow Horse then?
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was only thinking about the Horses who were appearing in the current series. But good point about Marcus and Min.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminds me of Homelander.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nige didn’t realise that when he was taught about fellow Dulwich alumni PG Wodehouse, that Spode was a pisstake.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was out for lunch with a couple of GLP-1 users. It’s not just food that’s banned, it’s booze too. Felt like I was in 1990 California.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Have a read of ‘Complicit’ by Peter Oborne. You’ll get the picture why.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Where do you stand on historians studying STEM though?
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m looking forward to finding out the truth about Frog Face’s true allegiances to Russia (allegedly).
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two icons of children’s tv. Jonny Ball’s ‘Think of a Number’ should be compulsory viewing for anyone teaching maths and science. And as for Floella, an absolutely fantastic human being.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’d add Struan Loy, but as Jackson said, “50% of people said he was useless, the other half said he was worse than that.”
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You’ve left out poor Moira Tregorian.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lampl’s not a Benthamite then.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Get out a book, magazine or newspaper and start reading it aloud. Does the trick, honest.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So the ECB took Dan Lawrence out of Surrey’s team to go into the England squad…but didn’t play him!? They have zero respect for the County Championship. #cricket
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
League Two awaits. Simple. #MCFC
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Give it a break. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
Israeli PM attacks critics and calls New York mayor Zohran Mamdani ‘antisemitic’ in inflammatory address
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CPS going for charge that they can definitely nail…never take any risks would they?
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is when Plod have the chance to prove that they aren’t a bunch see you next Tuesday’s…trouble is they may well be a bunch of see you next Tuesdays.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Surely I was watching you play at Aberdeen Ritzy just the other day…Christ what happened????
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Max Greenfield (Schmidt) Dry Heaving
ALT: Max Greenfield (Schmidt) Dry Heaving
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
P G Wodehouse got it right! Life imitating art.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@privateeyenews.bsky.social How’s the ironyometer going? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Proper squirrel! Not one of those bin-dipping grey ones.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is there a US satirist producing A Week In Trump à la Russ Jones’ Week In Tory? Would be unbelievable yet hilarious.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How much of that food is going to end up in the bin?
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not sure who created this but 😂
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You’d think they’d more worried about their first ever fixture in the Europa League tonight. #cpfc
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s almost as if JGB had a Time Machine!
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Struan Loy. Poor bastard. #SlowHorses
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JD Vance not knowing that it was Frankenstein who built the Monster, surprises me not one bit.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#r4today Remind me, what education sector did Anthony Seldon work in? Wellington College receives vastly more income than any state school.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
10-year old loved his trip to The Oval to see his first ever Test Match. We won’t be going next year - hugely over inflated ticket prices will be well beyond my budget. Hugely disappointed 10-year old results (though he does understand why). ☹️
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Absolutely. Philanthropy = funding libraries, schools, museums, parks, art galleries. Philanthropy =/= funding right-wing thuggery and money laundering.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Starting to get set for the Autumn so out in the garden this weekend. #ukponds #cornwall
Southern Hawker dragonfly.Common frog.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When did someone decide that plasters shouldn’t actually stick to your skin?
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Stop the Bats? Stupid is as stupid does. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers
A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou...
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
How is it Palacios isn’t playing for Palace? #cpfc
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Well Starmer, that’s you diminished even further. Another u-turn after saying he’d see out his term as a backbencher.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
First of two INSET days tomorrow. Ho hum.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I should say that mum certainly didn’t have Dickie Davies Eyes.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I wouldn’t have touched it - no idea where it might have been.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fun fact: I taught the son of the “Romany Bint”.
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Simon Horbury @simonhorbury.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Is he from Norfolk?
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