The Telegraph: “cash in hand businesses are run by foreign criminals“ Also the Telegraph: “it is an inalienable British right to be allowed to pay for things in shops with cash“

A new Jenrick-like racist euphemism from the Telegraph “We have 16 barbershops in our area now, and I don’t know how they’ve managed to pay the high rent for the high street premises,” said a white Englishman.

Sarah is watching the BBC series "King And Conqueror" about Harold Godwinson and the Battle of Hastings. I love the way that every episode, James Norton has a comic plotline where he is in danger of hurting his eye in some way, as a foreshadowing of his final ocular assault. It's like Chekhov's Eye.

Firework petition bores are the worst bores

How many economists do I have blocked on Twitter. 1 Noah Smith

i can't express how fast and hard i clicked on this and how little i was surprised to see @adamserwer.bsky.social's byline atop this banger www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Do you want to spend £10 for a hardback book with 100 barely filled pages, covered with this sort of nonsense? That's Richard Ayoade's "Afterthoughts".

Amazingly, British idiots have given £1.35 MILLION to a political party that a) isn't yet an actual party b) has 2 leaders that won't talk to each other c) has 2 membership lists that have been referred to the ICO www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

📚 New Education Policy Insights is live! This month: ✏️ Blogs from @Mr_Stammers @petejackson.bsky.social @katejonesteach.bsky.social 🎙️ Podcast highlight: @talkteachingpod.bsky.social ingPod.bsky.social 👉 Read here: bit.ly/Edaptinsights

If any maths teachers feel like feeling annoyed by people being confidently wrong on the internet this evening, go and check out this Reddit thread: www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/Cz...

“WE REMEM WILL BEP THEM”

Oh bless you, Google Gemini, don't ever change Just a reminder: don't use AI in secondary education

Looking for a long read to go with your coffee this morning? The Line is a project of incredible hubris - we got the story of how it unravelled.

‘Surely the Spring, when God shall please, Will come again like a divine surprise To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.’ From ‘May, 1915’ by Charlotte Mew.

Rage against group think, writes Matthew Syed in the Sunday Times, by reading out a paragraph of what *I* think at the beginning of every BBC editorial meeting.

Updated again, thank you @hannahkettlemaths.bsky.social for the 'best guess' practice paper 3.

100 flats (so more than 100 people, and more than 100 cars) and only 6 "guest spots" Sounds like a first-world-privilege recipe for disaster At my mother's gated development, the 2-bed flat owners get spots nearer the building than the 1-bed owners. And no guest spots!

Yeah thanks BT

for @mathsnot.bsky.social

looking for a cheap and rewarding read? The latest issue of Tesco’s free food magazine has a £2 off voucher for new scientist valid until 3rd December.

Pro-Israel group target Mamdani for being Muslim www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/n...

“Best Guess” Predicted Paper for Edexcel Foundation Paper 3 is up. Video going through it on my YouTube too via the QR code. static1.squarespace.com/static/67560...

Only for teachers in the US

Let’s just say this new book of Harper Lee pieces stands out for two important reasons: The typeface is the largest I have ever seen in a book, a sure sign of padding. And many of the pieces are two pages long, but then granted a full title page and two more blank pages just to do more padding.

"We tried to cancel a £22k SAGA cruise but we only had £5k of insurance because we are skinflints. Are we cooked?" Yes.

as Pet Shop Boys sang, "Some Speculation"

Rosalind Franklin rightly being spoken of in recent days, but one nugget that has been overlooked is that her music teacher, one Gustav Holst, was so frustrated at her lack of progress that he called on her mother to ask if she was deaf.

This is an amazing visual read - hope the gift link works: ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

Tesco life hacks: faced with a queue of 20 people at the basket self service? Go to the trolley self service where there is no queue and loads of empty tills.

#NovemberWithTheInLaws apparently as well as going to the pub, we are also visiting the butchers in Warnham. This is their website. I do indeed have many questions.

well that’s christmas ruined

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Three signs it's Christmas before you know it: 1) I'm getting hassled about the 4 carol services I'm playing the organ for 2) Costa has already launched the Black Forest Hot Chocolate and not told anyone about it 3) the FT How To Spend It* Gift Guide www.ft.com/content/0031... *"it" being £10k+

Pop down to Waitrose, it’s free Knots week! Save £2.25 on a box of traditional cinnamon knots.

AI peas peas with AI www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A Financial Times article about Alan Partridge's new-build Oast house. Yes, really. on.ft.com/43Sengz

FFS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pearson suffer another TMUA-show

Best Guess paper and Video Tutorial - November Paper 2 Edexcel Foundation @1stclassmaths.bsky.social @mathsjem.bsky.social @themathsbazaar.bsky.social static1.squarespace.com/static/67560...

"You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you all! God damn you all to hell!"

Thanks @ukmathstrust.bsky.social it’s always worth filling in surveys!

I picked the right time to subscribe to The New Yorker

I wrote a “best guess” paper this evening for GCSE Maths Paper 2 on Friday 7th Nov and filmed a video to go through it. Edexcel Foundation! Hope it’s helpful! static1.squarespace.com/static/67560...

Wow, this proves how I'm even more of an influencer than I thought: www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

Masterclass Project Coordinator Salary: c£32,000 per annum FTE @rigb.org based in London Closing date: Monday 17th November Full details are here: www.rigb.org/about-us/wor...

A reminder that to get the latest education advice you don't have to belong to a union! Edapt have a monthly bulletin, with blogposts about all the issues that matter. Here's the Teacher Pay Deal for 2026: www.edapt.org.uk/blog/2025/10...

The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together. archive.is/8VqQJ [this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]