Jo Bartley

@JohndickensSW You made me head to my inbox first thing on a Friday for so many years! All the best for the future, and enjoy your family time.

Some personal news …

WE WON AT WEMBLEY

@JohndickensSW @FCDWhittaker Congratulations! And what a beautiful picture. Enjoy your family time. ☺️

Some personal news: it’s back to the trenches I go with baby number two 👶 @FCDWhittaker will be steering the Schools Week ship for the next two editions, so all your tips and suggestions his way 💪

I don't post on here much any more, but I'm so proud of my group @WritersOfWhit for working to finish Harry's book. I loved working with our small writing team. Harry's novel draws on a 50 year career in social work and is well worth a read. ❤️writersofwhitstable.co.uk/posthumous-nov…

@stevenburkeman @LNER I had a booked seat, but someone showed me the same seat was booked for him. I met a family with the same situation. Maybe some booking glitch? So frustrating. No one wants to leave because the same thing might happen on the next train.

@JohndickensSW It was so good, read it on the train home! Thanks for the invite, and for the excellent section on the zombies. 🧟Well done and congrats for 10 years of important reporting. SW is the best!

It nearly half killed me - but pretty special to see our 48-page supplement digging into the past ten years of school reforms, and the lessons learned, in print Awaiting our guests at our 10th birthday bash 🎉🥳🍾

@PaulOnPolitics Best wishes for the future, thanks for all your excellent reporting! You'll be missed.

My brief spell (1995-2024) as KM political editor has come to an end. If you've ever taken even just a passing interest in anything I've written over the last three decades, thank you.

@RobertPeal The Whitstable School was designed that way and later added walls. Seems to be a thing in a few Kent schools.

Thanks for all your replies about classrooms without walls. Lots of leads to follow.

Our webinar is a week today! @DanielKebedeNEU in conversation with @Melissa_Benn. As a General Election approaches: What next for Comprehensive Education? Register now >> eventbrite.com/e/melissa-benn…?

@michael_merrick I see many people take it on and leave after a term or even less, but it's a position that really benefits from experience. Sadly it's a whole lot of work and responsibility. I'm in a grammar area and pretty sure deprived schools struggle more to recruit well qualified governors.

@scribophile Check out my collection of planning templates, character worksheets and other writing geekery at @StoryPlannerHQ 🤓

Hello #Friday! Let's do a #writerslift today! Drop links to your books, blogs, publications ... etc. Don't forget to like and RT other writers. Let's go! #writers #writingcommunity #writersoftwitter #writing

@DelilahSDawson Such good advice and those are my 2 favourite writing books. Though I find Save the Cat an easy read, and Story Genius hurt my head for ages before I got it! 😀

@llggeorgia @lehain Kent is like a fully functioning trial of a modern day selective system. 30% grammar places and next to no out of county pupils except on the fringes of West Kent. Peter Hitchens's book is all ideology, the fact is selection in 2023 doesn't work. This is from Kent County Council.

@lehain Thanks Mark. I agree with you that rigid selection at 11 is not the answer. The trouble is that we have already thrown the baby out with the bath water.

@CharloCornell Congratulations Charlotte, what a way to win it too!! You'll do great. 😊

I’m thrilled to represent the people of Seasalter. Thank you to the voters for their trust. I’ve never ever backed a lucky horse or won a single lottery ticket. I’ve been on the losing end of recounts. To win an election with a name out of a ‘hat’ is something to remember.

@WaveGod1001 @NathanLands @_Borriss_ Maybe that's because since the dawn of time artists were invariably men? It's only relatively recently that it's been different. Maybe AI artists are usually blokes? 🤔

@TootingJo @NathanLands @_Borriss_ Since the dawn of time humans have always associated women with beauty. This is why many of the famous artists painted women in their portraits… definitely not a new thing

Only 18 hours since Midjourney 5.1 is out... and people are already generating insane images. My 10 favorite examples so far... (P.S. I stole this from @_Borriss_. Whatever you do, don't follow him!!!)

@GameIan @NathanLands @_Borriss_ They are amazing images though! Thanks for sharing.

@TootingJo @NathanLands @_Borriss_ I was thinking that as well. You know where this trend will end of course. I try to put myself in a female's shoes seeing pictures of muscular blokes..not great!

@SaraEmmerton @BookwormVaught That's brilliant, congrats!

Beyond thrilled to be shortlisted for this prize! With huge thanks to @BookwormVaught and her team! #curae #amwriting #carers

@Ollie_Bayliss The old one looks a mess, the new one is stylish. Would love to see supporters of the previous badge defend the rest of the branding that goes along with it. 🤣 People don't like change but you can't keep using decades old design.

Tonbridge Angels will change their club crest from next season. What do you think?

@stubberfieldkev @tonbridgeangels It's tricky where personal taste is involved. I think it looks great and the old badge looks old fashioned. The club branding badly needed an update, don't get me started on the font with the stripy letters on the website... 🤣But sorry you don't like it.😞

@TootingJo @tonbridgeangels @TootingJo so you will be buying the new shirts, because I won’t, I will carry on wearing the shirt from this season

Club Statement: New Badge Club moves into a new era for 2023/24. Read full news article here: tonbridgeangels.co.uk/first-team-new…