Ian Goldsworthy
@iangoldsworthy.bsky.social
Primary teacher. Dad to a young man with learning disabilities. Occasional writer.
Even though I’ve not been completely sold on the Book of Dust trilogy I’m very excited to be starting this
🤞Please stick the landing🤞
🤞Please stick the landing🤞
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Even though I’ve not been completely sold on the Book of Dust trilogy I’m very excited to be starting this
🤞Please stick the landing🤞
🤞Please stick the landing🤞
18 years!
How it started How it’s going
How it started How it’s going
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
18 years!
How it started How it’s going
How it started How it’s going
My curriculum for quintessential Britishness
October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My curriculum for quintessential Britishness
The last 4 I had whilst working my way through the 1001 albums to listen to before you die
Only 2 of these I ever intend to listen to all the way through again…
Only 2 of these I ever intend to listen to all the way through again…
October 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The last 4 I had whilst working my way through the 1001 albums to listen to before you die
Only 2 of these I ever intend to listen to all the way through again…
Only 2 of these I ever intend to listen to all the way through again…
September 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I mean, there’s also this
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I mean, there’s also this
Album 1000 of the 1001 albums reached today
Only another 100 or so to go
I either really like Tom Waits or really hate him
Let’s see which camp this falls into
Only another 100 or so to go
I either really like Tom Waits or really hate him
Let’s see which camp this falls into
September 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Album 1000 of the 1001 albums reached today
Only another 100 or so to go
I either really like Tom Waits or really hate him
Let’s see which camp this falls into
Only another 100 or so to go
I either really like Tom Waits or really hate him
Let’s see which camp this falls into
The Thursday Murder Club
God this was poor
Not the biggest fan of the book but it was ok
This had the perfect cast (a miscast Pierce Brosnan excepted) and yet was just the most tedious watch
A script that asked nothing of its cast and less of it’s audience
God this was poor
Not the biggest fan of the book but it was ok
This had the perfect cast (a miscast Pierce Brosnan excepted) and yet was just the most tedious watch
A script that asked nothing of its cast and less of it’s audience
September 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Thursday Murder Club
God this was poor
Not the biggest fan of the book but it was ok
This had the perfect cast (a miscast Pierce Brosnan excepted) and yet was just the most tedious watch
A script that asked nothing of its cast and less of it’s audience
God this was poor
Not the biggest fan of the book but it was ok
This had the perfect cast (a miscast Pierce Brosnan excepted) and yet was just the most tedious watch
A script that asked nothing of its cast and less of it’s audience
It may have been a cliche but this was the poster on my wall at university
A forever freeze frame now both Newman and Redford are gone
#ripsundance
A forever freeze frame now both Newman and Redford are gone
#ripsundance
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It may have been a cliche but this was the poster on my wall at university
A forever freeze frame now both Newman and Redford are gone
#ripsundance
A forever freeze frame now both Newman and Redford are gone
#ripsundance
Same but hardcore punk/metal
September 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Same but hardcore punk/metal
Epilepsy is the cruelest of bastards and strikes without warning
My boy’s day began with smiles in the park
It ends with a ride to A&E in the back of an ambulance
My boy’s day began with smiles in the park
It ends with a ride to A&E in the back of an ambulance
August 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Epilepsy is the cruelest of bastards and strikes without warning
My boy’s day began with smiles in the park
It ends with a ride to A&E in the back of an ambulance
My boy’s day began with smiles in the park
It ends with a ride to A&E in the back of an ambulance
I quite like early 90’s French hip-hop
Who knew?
Who knew?
August 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I quite like early 90’s French hip-hop
Who knew?
Who knew?
The Parallax View
Peak 70’s thriller that feels like it demands an immediate rewatch to unpick it all
Also feels like a film that would work as well if remade for 2025
Astonishing cinematography, shot composition and sound design
Peak 70’s thriller that feels like it demands an immediate rewatch to unpick it all
Also feels like a film that would work as well if remade for 2025
Astonishing cinematography, shot composition and sound design
August 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Parallax View
Peak 70’s thriller that feels like it demands an immediate rewatch to unpick it all
Also feels like a film that would work as well if remade for 2025
Astonishing cinematography, shot composition and sound design
Peak 70’s thriller that feels like it demands an immediate rewatch to unpick it all
Also feels like a film that would work as well if remade for 2025
Astonishing cinematography, shot composition and sound design
Strong contender for the most overrated album ever for me to listen to today
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Strong contender for the most overrated album ever for me to listen to today
Just because he can’t talk it doesn’t mean my son can’t communicate
I think E is enjoying his holiday at the seaside
I think E is enjoying his holiday at the seaside
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Just because he can’t talk it doesn’t mean my son can’t communicate
I think E is enjoying his holiday at the seaside
I think E is enjoying his holiday at the seaside
A Stroke of the Pen
This collection of Pratchett’s early stories is remarkable for two reasons
1 - just how much of his writing style was in place from an early age*
2 - most of these aren’t actually that good and give little clue as to the writer he would become.
*footnotes!
#repratchetting
This collection of Pratchett’s early stories is remarkable for two reasons
1 - just how much of his writing style was in place from an early age*
2 - most of these aren’t actually that good and give little clue as to the writer he would become.
*footnotes!
#repratchetting
August 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A Stroke of the Pen
This collection of Pratchett’s early stories is remarkable for two reasons
1 - just how much of his writing style was in place from an early age*
2 - most of these aren’t actually that good and give little clue as to the writer he would become.
*footnotes!
#repratchetting
This collection of Pratchett’s early stories is remarkable for two reasons
1 - just how much of his writing style was in place from an early age*
2 - most of these aren’t actually that good and give little clue as to the writer he would become.
*footnotes!
#repratchetting
Reversal of Fortune
What a very, very oddly structured film
Characters and subplots came and went. Climactic scenes took place off screen. Jeremy Irons with perhaps the frostiest Oscar winning performance in history.
Not uninteresting but - crucially - also not that good
What a very, very oddly structured film
Characters and subplots came and went. Climactic scenes took place off screen. Jeremy Irons with perhaps the frostiest Oscar winning performance in history.
Not uninteresting but - crucially - also not that good
August 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reversal of Fortune
What a very, very oddly structured film
Characters and subplots came and went. Climactic scenes took place off screen. Jeremy Irons with perhaps the frostiest Oscar winning performance in history.
Not uninteresting but - crucially - also not that good
What a very, very oddly structured film
Characters and subplots came and went. Climactic scenes took place off screen. Jeremy Irons with perhaps the frostiest Oscar winning performance in history.
Not uninteresting but - crucially - also not that good
It’s the house from Grandpa In My Pocket!
August 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s the house from Grandpa In My Pocket!
Quick, there’s a problem trackside and only Mike Krack can solve it!
August 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Quick, there’s a problem trackside and only Mike Krack can solve it!
Wyrd Sisters
I decided to begin with the one that really established my love of the Discworld some 30 years ago
Still as funny and brilliantly observed as ever
Plus I got a lot more of jokes now I’ve actually done Macbeth (thank you son’s GCSE English)
#rePratchetting
I decided to begin with the one that really established my love of the Discworld some 30 years ago
Still as funny and brilliantly observed as ever
Plus I got a lot more of jokes now I’ve actually done Macbeth (thank you son’s GCSE English)
#rePratchetting
July 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Wyrd Sisters
I decided to begin with the one that really established my love of the Discworld some 30 years ago
Still as funny and brilliantly observed as ever
Plus I got a lot more of jokes now I’ve actually done Macbeth (thank you son’s GCSE English)
#rePratchetting
I decided to begin with the one that really established my love of the Discworld some 30 years ago
Still as funny and brilliantly observed as ever
Plus I got a lot more of jokes now I’ve actually done Macbeth (thank you son’s GCSE English)
#rePratchetting
I’ve not read any Terry Pratchett since he died
From being in the fan club and writing short stories set on Discworld (I was a cool teenager…) to nothing at all because I just found it too upsetting
But I managed the biography last year and since then I’ve had an urge to start a #rePratchetting
From being in the fan club and writing short stories set on Discworld (I was a cool teenager…) to nothing at all because I just found it too upsetting
But I managed the biography last year and since then I’ve had an urge to start a #rePratchetting
July 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I’ve not read any Terry Pratchett since he died
From being in the fan club and writing short stories set on Discworld (I was a cool teenager…) to nothing at all because I just found it too upsetting
But I managed the biography last year and since then I’ve had an urge to start a #rePratchetting
From being in the fan club and writing short stories set on Discworld (I was a cool teenager…) to nothing at all because I just found it too upsetting
But I managed the biography last year and since then I’ve had an urge to start a #rePratchetting
For the record me and my daughter did the D-x entrance
Luckily I can’t see any way that HHH or HBK could end up with a complicated legacy that tarnishes this memory…
Luckily I can’t see any way that HHH or HBK could end up with a complicated legacy that tarnishes this memory…
July 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For the record me and my daughter did the D-x entrance
Luckily I can’t see any way that HHH or HBK could end up with a complicated legacy that tarnishes this memory…
Luckily I can’t see any way that HHH or HBK could end up with a complicated legacy that tarnishes this memory…
One of the great joys of being a parent is watching your kids achieve things that are so far beyond your capabilities and imagination it leaves you speechless
This one won a bronze medal at the English National Trampolining Championships
That one smashed it as Princess Fiona in her Year 6 play
This one won a bronze medal at the English National Trampolining Championships
That one smashed it as Princess Fiona in her Year 6 play
July 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
One of the great joys of being a parent is watching your kids achieve things that are so far beyond your capabilities and imagination it leaves you speechless
This one won a bronze medal at the English National Trampolining Championships
That one smashed it as Princess Fiona in her Year 6 play
This one won a bronze medal at the English National Trampolining Championships
That one smashed it as Princess Fiona in her Year 6 play
Get to claim a small sliver of Tour de France glory as just realised these little ads that are being shown whenever ITV go to a break are filmed on the corner of our road!
July 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Get to claim a small sliver of Tour de France glory as just realised these little ads that are being shown whenever ITV go to a break are filmed on the corner of our road!