Pru Madeley
@prum.bsky.social
Retired teacher, lover of the natural world, the arts & science. Determined to outlive these autocratic leaders intent on screwing over the planet and ordinary people in the process.
Still clinging on to the last shreds of my optimistic nature 🇪🇺🕊️
Still clinging on to the last shreds of my optimistic nature 🇪🇺🕊️
Got out into the garden this morning to finally plant my tulip bulbs. Baptised my new Christmas gardening gloves. Love them and they wash well too. 👍
December 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Got out into the garden this morning to finally plant my tulip bulbs. Baptised my new Christmas gardening gloves. Love them and they wash well too. 👍
Led by Donkeys 👏👏
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Led by Donkeys 👏👏
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... If, like me you are a fan of Winnie The - Pooh, this is gem of a series Radio 4 does so well.
Who Are You in Winnie-the-Pooh? - Tigger - BBC Sounds
Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks with Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen about Tigger.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... If, like me you are a fan of Winnie The - Pooh, this is gem of a series Radio 4 does so well.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... The Republicans will hopefully get everything they deserve. They have enabled this grotesque Administration. They hold as much responsibility for everything that's happening.
Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing
As Americans tire of Donald Trump, a Democratic midterm ‘tsunami’ could sweep the GOP out of power
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... The Republicans will hopefully get everything they deserve. They have enabled this grotesque Administration. They hold as much responsibility for everything that's happening.
A very Happy Christmas Bluesky pals. Sending tidings of peace, joy and comfort, wherever you are. With love from us both, Pru and Cez xx
December 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A very Happy Christmas Bluesky pals. Sending tidings of peace, joy and comfort, wherever you are. With love from us both, Pru and Cez xx
Morning, hope everyone is ok and not too frantic! I find inevitably, that I left a couple of vital ingredients off my food shop, so off early to sort that. But otherwise, enjoy your day and watch out for Hefflelumps!
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Morning, hope everyone is ok and not too frantic! I find inevitably, that I left a couple of vital ingredients off my food shop, so off early to sort that. But otherwise, enjoy your day and watch out for Hefflelumps!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... Good news. And please keep telling Trump to stuff his chlorinated chicken.
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... Good news. And please keep telling Trump to stuff his chlorinated chicken.
Went to a lovely Christmas concert that my daughter was singing in at her local church. Absolutely beautiful singing and playing from all involved. Christmas really felt that it was underway.
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Went to a lovely Christmas concert that my daughter was singing in at her local church. Absolutely beautiful singing and playing from all involved. Christmas really felt that it was underway.
I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing my first born's carol concert tonight. Also happy birthday to my baby sister, 67 today!
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing my first born's carol concert tonight. Also happy birthday to my baby sister, 67 today!
Who made the decision about broadcasting the Commonwealth Games? We are hosting it in Glasgow because Melbourne pulled out in 2023. Now it's going to to be broadcast by TNT. Sport needs an audience and it should be for all. I hate this modern world where it's all about money.
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Who made the decision about broadcasting the Commonwealth Games? We are hosting it in Glasgow because Melbourne pulled out in 2023. Now it's going to to be broadcast by TNT. Sport needs an audience and it should be for all. I hate this modern world where it's all about money.
This is the first year since I was about 10, that I haven't watched BBC SPOTY.
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is the first year since I was about 10, that I haven't watched BBC SPOTY.
Thank the lord for Radio 3. It's just about keeping me sane in this Trumpian nightmare we are all living through.
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Thank the lord for Radio 3. It's just about keeping me sane in this Trumpian nightmare we are all living through.
Lovely sky this morning. Have a good day Bluesky pals. My youngest is 36 today, have a cake to ice!
December 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Lovely sky this morning. Have a good day Bluesky pals. My youngest is 36 today, have a cake to ice!
Morning Bluesky, hope we're all hunky dory today. Up early to start lunch for very old friends who are coming for their annual Christmas visit. Much yakkety yakking will be done! Have a good one. It's soggy here but luckily no flooding.
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Morning Bluesky, hope we're all hunky dory today. Up early to start lunch for very old friends who are coming for their annual Christmas visit. Much yakkety yakking will be done! Have a good one. It's soggy here but luckily no flooding.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... No Words.
Venezuela decries ‘act of piracy’ after US forces seize oil tanker off country’s coast
Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... No Words.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Going to be very interesting to see how this goes.
Australia’s world-first social media ban begins as millions of children and teens lose access to accounts
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Going to be very interesting to see how this goes.
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I've had lots of requests to rerun my adaptive teaching webinar, so I'm hosting another one on 20th January. See the link below for details. Lots of practical advice on strategies for an inclusive classroom. Pay what you can to attend. Please share. Thank you!
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The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching - Webinar with Sue Cowley
Sue Cowley shares ideas about adaptive teaching and gives a range of practical strategies for creating an inclusive classroom
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December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... Anna Maxwell Martin is not only a very fine actor, she's also got her feet firmly planted on the ground. I think she's rather wonderful.
Anna Maxwell Martin looks back: ‘I was bullied a little bit, but it didn’t affect me because I was a happy weirdo’
The actor on being an introverted extrovert, performing as a pearly queen, and becoming a single mother when her husband died
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... Anna Maxwell Martin is not only a very fine actor, she's also got her feet firmly planted on the ground. I think she's rather wonderful.
I have just finished reading this and I think I enjoyed it even more than Small Pleasures. Clare Chambers is brilliant at evoking a period in recent history, in this case the early 60s. It was a treat to read.
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I have just finished reading this and I think I enjoyed it even more than Small Pleasures. Clare Chambers is brilliant at evoking a period in recent history, in this case the early 60s. It was a treat to read.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d... I think this is a great choice! All the very best Misha Glenny.
Misha Glenny to present BBC Radio 4 ‘institution’ In Our Time
Journalist, broadcaster and author, 67, will take over from Melvyn Bragg when series resumes next month
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d... I think this is a great choice! All the very best Misha Glenny.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n... Beautiful tribute to Tom Stoppard.
Tom Stoppard: a brilliant dramatist who always raised the temperature of the room
The self-described ‘bounced Czech’ created cerebral works centred by a core of genuine emotion – and always understood the ways of our world
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n... Beautiful tribute to Tom Stoppard.
Woke up, superb frosty bright morning and playing on Radio 3, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree. Perfect.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Woke up, superb frosty bright morning and playing on Radio 3, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree. Perfect.
Nearly at 100,00, come on we can do this!
And double check that you have signed this one.
I was 💯 sure I had, but I hadn't, and had been resharing it for yonks. 🤷♂️🙃
I was 💯 sure I had, but I hadn't, and had been resharing it for yonks. 🤷♂️🙃
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Nearly at 100,00, come on we can do this!
We went to see the play, Dear England last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It's the first time I've ever managed to sit through an England penalty shoot out without asking the question, "Right, who else needs a cup of tea?"
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We went to see the play, Dear England last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It's the first time I've ever managed to sit through an England penalty shoot out without asking the question, "Right, who else needs a cup of tea?"