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 🇪🇺🕊️
What a bloody grim day. Labour, I think today you finally lost me.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What a bloody grim day. Labour, I think today you finally lost me.
My sisters and I have a method for buying the family Christmas presents which I won't bore you with but it has worked very happily for years. Except this year, where we have all got very confused indeed!!
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My sisters and I have a method for buying the family Christmas presents which I won't bore you with but it has worked very happily for years. Except this year, where we have all got very confused indeed!!
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🚨 BREAKING Great news for the weekend - hero rail worker Samir Zitouni seriously injured saving passengers from a British Knifeman has been released from hospital
He’s a Muslim Algerian Migrant..
Reforms Alexander Jones posted on FB "reports suggest that the individuals involved are not English"😬
He’s a Muslim Algerian Migrant..
Reforms Alexander Jones posted on FB "reports suggest that the individuals involved are not English"😬
Rail worker who protected passengers during mass stabbing on Huntingdon train discharged from hospital
Samir Zitouni was described as "incredibly brave" by the managing director of LNER after he was seriously injured trying to protect passengers during the attack.
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨 BREAKING Great news for the weekend - hero rail worker Samir Zitouni seriously injured saving passengers from a British Knifeman has been released from hospital
He’s a Muslim Algerian Migrant..
Reforms Alexander Jones posted on FB "reports suggest that the individuals involved are not English"😬
He’s a Muslim Algerian Migrant..
Reforms Alexander Jones posted on FB "reports suggest that the individuals involved are not English"😬
This needs a lot more coverage!!
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This needs a lot more coverage!!
Let's pause from all the crap and raise a glass to the wonder woman that is Sara Cox. What a gritty, amazing effort and £7 million for Children in Need. 🥂🍾Wowzers Sara!! Blooming wowzers.👏👏👏
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Let's pause from all the crap and raise a glass to the wonder woman that is Sara Cox. What a gritty, amazing effort and £7 million for Children in Need. 🥂🍾Wowzers Sara!! Blooming wowzers.👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/education/20... Brigit Philipson andthe DfE are simply out of control. More targets. Not help in how to reach them, just more of them. Head Teachers must be screaming into the void.
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
www.theguardian.com/education/20... Brigit Philipson andthe DfE are simply out of control. More targets. Not help in how to reach them, just more of them. Head Teachers must be screaming into the void.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n... I have been critical of Davie, but this absolutely smacks of the work of those who for a long time now have been undermining the BBC from within. Emily Matliss sent out a warning when she left.
BBC resignations are result of internal ‘coup’, says former Sun editor
David Yelland says Tim Davie and Deborah Turness were undermined by people close to BBC board
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n... I have been critical of Davie, but this absolutely smacks of the work of those who for a long time now have been undermining the BBC from within. Emily Matliss sent out a warning when she left.
A very wet day here, so Delia's Christmas pud it is. I have had and been using, this recipe book for the last 35 Christmases, but you can probably guess that from the state of this page!
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A very wet day here, so Delia's Christmas pud it is. I have had and been using, this recipe book for the last 35 Christmases, but you can probably guess that from the state of this page!
Redirecting...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This is just horrendous. An environmental disaster.
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
Southern Water is being investigated amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... This is just horrendous. An environmental disaster.
@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social Just read an old, but very interesting interview with you discussing human rights and literature. Really excellent and thought provoking,thank you. Hannah Arendt is definitely going to be on my reading for 2026.
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social Just read an old, but very interesting interview with you discussing human rights and literature. Really excellent and thought provoking,thank you. Hannah Arendt is definitely going to be on my reading for 2026.
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MAMDANI’S Transition Team in NYC will be led by 5 women :-)}
Women are 51% of the population, 70% of the poor, 83% of single parents, do 66% of the work, produce 50% of the food, earn just 11% of the pay, and own only 1% of the land.
➡️ Love, nurture, and protect our children and their future :-)}
Women are 51% of the population, 70% of the poor, 83% of single parents, do 66% of the work, produce 50% of the food, earn just 11% of the pay, and own only 1% of the land.
➡️ Love, nurture, and protect our children and their future :-)}
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
MAMDANI’S Transition Team in NYC will be led by 5 women :-)}
Women are 51% of the population, 70% of the poor, 83% of single parents, do 66% of the work, produce 50% of the food, earn just 11% of the pay, and own only 1% of the land.
➡️ Love, nurture, and protect our children and their future :-)}
Women are 51% of the population, 70% of the poor, 83% of single parents, do 66% of the work, produce 50% of the food, earn just 11% of the pay, and own only 1% of the land.
➡️ Love, nurture, and protect our children and their future :-)}
With the world the way it is, Celebrity Traitors was the lovely bit of escapist froth we all needed. Well played Alan Carr.
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
With the world the way it is, Celebrity Traitors was the lovely bit of escapist froth we all needed. Well played Alan Carr.
This is a brilliant podcast. I really recommend giving it a listen.
The History Podcast - The House at Number 48 - 10. The Last Eisner - BBC Sounds
Antony's family's prized art work was stolen under the Nazis. Can he get it back?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is a brilliant podcast. I really recommend giving it a listen.
@chadbourn.bsky.social That blue wave!!! So glad Mamdani won. It's politicians like him and AOC who the Democrats need to break the mould.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
@chadbourn.bsky.social That blue wave!!! So glad Mamdani won. It's politicians like him and AOC who the Democrats need to break the mould.
Christmas cake baked. Now cooled, fed and wrapped up in its tin. I hope it tastes as good as it smelt. Pud next!
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Christmas cake baked. Now cooled, fed and wrapped up in its tin. I hope it tastes as good as it smelt. Pud next!
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... A very moving and thought provoking piece about Don McCullin. He says newspaper editors don't want his type of pictures anymore.
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... A very moving and thought provoking piece about Don McCullin. He says newspaper editors don't want his type of pictures anymore.
Private Eye, blooming marvellous!
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Private Eye, blooming marvellous!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Incase you're in any doubt that Reform is straight out of the Trump playbook, here is Kruger making it quite clear it is.
Reform UK would seize control of civil servants just like Trump in US, says Kruger – UK politics live
Former Conservative MP, who defected last month, sets out Reform’s plan to change how government and civil service operate Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Incase you're in any doubt that Reform is straight out of the Trump playbook, here is Kruger making it quite clear it is.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Farewell, to the truly wonderful Prunella Scales. What an amazing career this fabulously versatile actor enjoyed. From Sybil Fawlty to the Queen and a wealth of stage and television roles in between. Pure class.
Prunella Scales – a life in pictures
Best known for her comic roles, including the fearsome Sybil in Fawlty Towers, the actor has died aged 93. Here we look back at her life and career
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Farewell, to the truly wonderful Prunella Scales. What an amazing career this fabulously versatile actor enjoyed. From Sybil Fawlty to the Queen and a wealth of stage and television roles in between. Pure class.
Wow, this version of Tosca from Covent Garden is magnificent on Radio 3 tonight.
October 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Wow, this version of Tosca from Covent Garden is magnificent on Radio 3 tonight.
We are bloody obsessed with testing kids in this country. Phonics tests, timetable tests, SATs tests and now apparently a mandatory reading test in yr 8.
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We are bloody obsessed with testing kids in this country. Phonics tests, timetable tests, SATs tests and now apparently a mandatory reading test in yr 8.
Winter duvet time I think! Still no central heating on as it's been very mild here. Morning starts are a bit chilly though,especially the 5.50 am one on Wednesdays!
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Winter duvet time I think! Still no central heating on as it's been very mild here. Morning starts are a bit chilly though,especially the 5.50 am one on Wednesdays!
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Very grateful for any shares on this to get the word out. Thanks! 🙏🏻⬇️
I'm running a webinar on adaptive teaching on 5th November. Loads of practical advice about inclusive approaches to teaching. Pay what you can to attend. Please share. Thank you! #EduSky
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ultima...
The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching - Webinar with Sue Cowley
Sue Cowley shares ideas about adaptive teaching and offers a range of practical strategies for creating an inclusive classroom
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Very grateful for any shares on this to get the word out. Thanks! 🙏🏻⬇️
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... I hadn't realised we'd given permission to the Met to use our children's names for this year's autumn storms. Two down, one more to go!
Storm Benjamin to batter UK with heavy rain and strong winds
Three yellow weather warnings issued as wet and blustery conditions expected on Thursday
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... I hadn't realised we'd given permission to the Met to use our children's names for this year's autumn storms. Two down, one more to go!