Waitrose. Red trousered posho has face mask only over his mouth. Builder behind him “there’s no point in having it like that, it’s like only having a condom on your bollocks”. (Posh guy placed mask over nose)
My wonderful father Jack died at lunchtime today. It was a privilege to care for him at his home over his last days. He loved and was loved, right until the end.
My gorgeous son has got a first at Cambridge. Top of his college and high in the whole university.
Beyond proud of him doing this, rugby blue, a social life and the ..rest. What a DAY. ❤️
#stateandproud
Face scrubs aren’t the same since they went all environmentally friendly.
Who can remember that aapri apricot one from the 80s that took your face off?
Every year there are a couple of primary boys described as 'really sweet but a bit geeky and not so popular with the others' and I secretly engineer a class setting and friendship between the two and this makes my whole career valid.
Saw a mate who’s an experienced primary teacher the other day.
The two things she’d say to parents of young kids?
1. Get off your phones
2. Stop making excuses for your kids and do something about it.
3. Get off your phones.
What was your university dissertation on, and was it good? I found mine recently and it was quite terrible. (Anglo-American relations during the Falkland War)
Some of you will have enjoyed this before: but an annual showing of my late 70s bridesmaid dress is never wasted. Brown cord, sandals with socks. Northern Scotland.
He’s only gone and done it! To add to his nerd-tastic 10 grade 9 at GCSE, he’s got 4 x A* and he’s off to Cambridge. He’s done it *all by himself*.
#boastingdontcare
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My son 2 is 19 today! Last year he was *so* low we weren’t allowed to even mention it. No presents, no meal, nothing. I spent a lot of that week sobbbing silently, but what a difference a year makes! IT. GETS. BETTER. 🙂
Getting my car back from my son today with a nerve wracking key exchange at Warminster station.
His plan is that I alight the train as he gets on, passing me the key, and he then continues home on the same train.
What could go wrong?
“It's a huge problem the government hasn’t addressed.”
@EmmaHardyMP
says vulnerable children in lockdown haven’t got the equipment to do their work online.
She fears by the time classes resume they'll be “at even greater disadvantage.”
#COVID19
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Omg omg! He pleaded guilty. Sent off for reports covering all options including custody. 🎉. I can tell you now that he had previously served 10 years inside for grievous wounding. DELIGHTED
The fact that everyone still going on about
#nationalservice
shows that their plan has totally worked, because no one actually talking about the things that matter
Some of you might remember that my beloved stepped in to prevent a homophobic assault in a pub on a quiet Monday evening, almost 2 years ago
It went to trial, but the bloke changed his plea when he saw that people were willing to give evidence against him
Seems my self diagnosis of terminal breast cancer was somewhat misguided. I’m fine, but a reminder to everyone: if it feels weird go check it out, they couldn’t have been nicer.
Private school bias annoys me almost as much as when somebody says that they should send the “brightest of the state system” to private schools - no fuck that. Send the really tough kids with dysfunctional home lives. See how they cope with that
The Ladybird book exhibition
@LBFlyawayhome
at the
@VictoriaArtBath
is incredible. Not only is it fascinating to see the beaituful images, but it was rather moving. We had lots of convsersations with other guests discussing how evocative and powerful the pictures were
So it’s Fabio‘s 15th birthday. Not bad for a cat who was run over before he was one, spent most of his first five years visiting primary schools pubs, the Olympic torch ceremony and local marathons.