Years before I had my babies, a pregnant friend described her ingenious maternity swimsuit. Fine vertical pleats that expanded with her. 'Like a whale's throat!' Said I, pleased with my imagery. Talk about pregnant pause 🫣
@bbcrosatkins.bsky.social Thank you for The Art of Explanation. Unhappy 13yo wrote a long-hand request to change teaching groups, with beautifully reasoned arguments. He's gone off with bullet points on a post-it. Hoping it goes his way 🤞
Worse pensions and less likely to be home owners than today's pensioners
Unfortunately, the demonising of benefits for decades means many who may qualify won't do so. I hope, as well as 'being up in arms' MPs are targeting every WI, RBL, place of worship - all groups with fingers in communities, to sit with people to check www.gov.uk/pension-cred...
Get an estimate of how much Pension Credit you may be entitled to
Been in North Dorset 15 years. Had my boys here. Very quiet - most people go south to the coast or west to Devon and Cornwall. Good if you like farming, or military flying as we get a lot of air traffic overhead. My 2 now at an age where being 2 hours by train from London is a bonus!
Read, just this morning, Ha-Joon Chang explain that the Economics Nobel prize isn't, in fact, a Nobel prize. Wondering if my latest educational swerve is all it's cracked up to be 👀😆
Not the Amazon, but found this little survivor hiding from the prevailing weather on Bodmin Moor. Initially thought it was one tree.
