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G SMASHED her reading target again in 2019!! She read 148 books (plus lots of re-reads)! Her faves??? She can’t possibly decide!! But she did find a love for Little Women, Anne of Green Gables & A Little Princess... Here’s her #library and the current state of her #tbr ...

@DeputyGrocott 8-10!!

Now this is really interesting! What’s your banana of choice? Think I’m a 6 or 8.

Flipping through original ink & watercolour book illustrations that are still available to purchase in the Adventuremice online shop! Perfect gifts for Adventuremice fans and collectors of children’s book illustration artwork 🐭💛 From ‘Adventuremice: Of Mice and Mummies’

Peri/menopause isn’t a “new trend.” It’s what happens when an ENTIRE generation of women hits a life transition we were never properly studied for, educated about, or prepared for. GenX and Xennials weren’t “caught off guard” because we’re dramatic…we were kept in the dark. I see you. XO, Dr. Jen

At school, I learnt that maternal mortality rates were a reliable indicator of a country’s level of socioeconomic development & the effectiveness of their health system. It is truly shocking that the UK’s maternity deaths have increased by 50% over the past decade. 😥

Happy Easter! 💛

With illustrators talking about AI, no one’s bringing up this ever-present @NielsenBook sales data problem. The UK government can have no idea what illustrators bring to the economy because there *still are no numbers*. Of course they will assume illustrators are worthless. 😐

🚨 IMPORTANT REMINDER 🎗️ 🟨 If you see a referee wearing a yellow armband, this indicates they are an Under-18 match official. 🫡 They are therefore covered by safeguarding children legislation and just like the youth players on the pitch they are still learning and developing within the game and deserve our full support, encouragement and respect! 🙌 Help us to create a safe and positive environment on the football pitches across Sussex so these young referees stay passionate and dedicated to the game for years to come… #SussexFootball⚽

Let me explain something to the MAGA crowd, because clearly someone needs to. They seem to think NATO is cosmic room service. You pick up the phone, say “hello, we’re having a bit of a war here,” and thirty-one countries march to your rescue. A continental Uber for military adventures. That is not how it works. Article 5 is a mutual defense clause. The clue is in the word mutual. And it has been triggered exactly once in NATO’s entire history. After September 11. When America was attacked. Not Europe. America. Every NATO member showed up. They went to Afghanistan. They fought. They bled. They died. In America’s war. On America’s behalf. Now imagine they hadn’t. Over 1,100 allied soldiers died in Afghanistan. British, Canadian, German, Danish, Polish. And yes, even Ukrainian soldiers, who had no NATO obligation whatsoever. Gone. Without them, those are American names on those graves. Sons from Ohio. Fathers from Georgia. Kids from Nebraska who never came home. Then there is the money. NATO allies spent over 100 billion dollars on a war that started on American soil. Without that, Washington pays every cent. On top of the 2 to 3 trillion the war already cost. And without allied bases across Europe and Central Asia, American supply lines collapse entirely. Without British forces in Helmand and Canadians in Kandahar, the Taliban reconstitutes in three years instead of ten. The gaps get filled one way. More American deployments. More American coffins arriving at Dover. Afghanistan was bloody. But NATO took the hit. Without them, every single one of those casualties would have had an American name. Trump called allies like these losers. Suckers. If you are a certain kind of broken person, that probably makes sense to you. But for the rest of us, what those soldiers did has a different name. Honor. The bond between men who have been in the same dirt, under the same fire. Between Brits and Americans, Frenchmen and Norwegians, Canadians and Danes. Not a diplomatic relationship. A blood bond. Brotherhood forged in places most people will never see and cannot imagine. In that culture, you do not mock a fallen ally. You do not sneer at the dead. It is the lowest thing a human being can do. Trump did it to a standing ovation. If you are a MAGA supporter travelling to NATO countries, understand this. There are no friendly pats on the back waiting for you. No one will buy you a beer. The governments who share your worldview sit in Minsk, Moscow and Pyongyang. Brutal dictatorships where journalists disappear, elections are theatre and dissent is a medical condition treated in basements. Not London. Not Paris. Not Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin or Ottawa. You have abandoned the open societies, the free press, the rule of law, the places where people actually want to live. You traded the best of civilization for a very small, very dark room. Frankly, it serves you right.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

@DeputyGrocott they look fab!! but will they make it to sunday??

Chutney sausage rolls for Easter Sunday. Nice.

Gay kids read thousands of books about straight characters, yet they still grow up gay. But y'all are worried if your son, Billy, reads just one book where a penguin has two dads, he is going to wake up the next day and ask Brad to prom.

Introducing our Children's Book of The Month for April, Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner, Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob by the brilliant Huw Aaron! Proving that even disgusting & monstrous creatures need to snuggle down to sleep, shop here: waterstones.com/book/sleep-tig…

Out in paperback April 9 @WalkerBooksUK

@DeputyGrocott @slhattersley @primaryteachew my ‘twisty twisty’ would NEVER look as good as yours!! 🫣😏 Enjoy! They look fab!!

@primaryteachew So easy: 1 pack puff pastry Chocolate spread Egg Mini eggs Open up pastry Spread chocolate spread on half Fold the other half over on it Fork around ope edges to close Pizza cut strips Twisty twisty Wrap into circle on baking tray 200c until done More spread and mini eggs

Very proud of her Easter baking today.

HECK are recalling Minted Lamb Burgers from sale because some packs may contain milk which is not mentioned on the label. For more information visit ow.ly/6eP950YAvyx

Posted this the other day but this version is much more pleasing to the eye. Always worth a post (especially if you have a load of children like us!)

Our Kaori era comes to an end. 😭 #FigureSkating #WorldFigure

Help your under-5s get into rhyme and verse? It's one way that they learn the shape and pattern of language. My most recent 2 vids here are for under-5s. 8 more to come over the next few weeks. youtube.com/c/MichaelRosen…

Friday 27 March 2026 - HECK recalls Minted Lamb Burgers because of undeclared milk: food.gov.uk/news-alerts/al… #FoodAllergy

Benedict Blythe, a reception pupil, suffered fatal anaphylaxis after he was accidentally exposed to cow's milk protein. Sky's @MattBarbet speaks to Helen Blythe, mother of Benedict Blythe on how allergy safety is being strengthened in schools

@sciencegirl zones of regulation!?