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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · 1d

SEND day of action in Stafford today, nearly 130 pairs of shoes representing just a fraction of the children who have been failed by the current SEND system. Some heartbreaking stories and many of our children still not getting the education they deserve and are entitled to.

MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Oct 2

I am not unaware of the irony.

MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Aug 13

Gliding into a perfect sunset. Whoever that was up there, I hope it felt as wonderful as it looked.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Feb 26

I’m lucky enough to have a very talented baker for a daughter. I thought her lemon cheesecake could not be bettered, then she only went and put blooming Marti hue on top of it. Dogs are not invited to sample it, no matter how interested they are.

Picture of a deep lemon cheesecake with torched meringue topping.

Picture of a deep lemon cheesecake with torched meringue topping and a Bernese mountain dog sniffing it with great interest.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Feb 22

Gavin Esler’s A Scandalous Man - written in 2005, picked it up second hand and enjoying the political intrigue from the 80s!

MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Jan 27

This has brightened my morning considerably!

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Jan 17

I'm going stir crazy not being able to drive!! Hoping my doc says I can go ahead after next Friday!

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Dec 31

Chris Whitaker’s novel All the Colours of the Dark. Had this for Christmas, read in two days! Easily one of my favourite reads of 2024. Wonderful writing and great characters. Loved it as much as his last one, We Begin at the End. The guy can really tell a story and find great titles for them.

Picture shows the UK Hardback version of Chris Whitaker’s novel ‘All the Colours of the Dark’, white background with the title words a spectrum of colour.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Dec 23

Perfect storm of LA underfunding, better diagnosing of neurodivergence, and schools becoming high demand environments pressured about attendance and league tables. LAs unlawfully creating barriers to EHCPs, parents desperate to get the right education and at the heart of it all, children in crisis.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Dec 23

Send provision in ‘vicious downward spiral’, says former children’s commissioner

Anne Longfield urges government to act on early intervention and support for children with complex needs * ‘The worst it’s ever been’: teachers decry Send crisis in England’s schools Children with special education needs and disabilities (Send) have…

www.theguardian.com

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Dec 3

We were fortunate to visit there this summer, an unforgettable experience. Your picture captures the beauty of the lake and the peace I felt whilst there.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 28

Do not leave books where the puppy can find them. Do not leave books where the puppy can find them. Do not….luckily (!) I had read past page 13 of M W Craven’s The Botanist! Gus clearly likes Tilly and Poe as much as I do!

Image shows the remains of an MR Craven novel ‘The Botanist’ in chewed pieces on a green and yellow checkered carpet.

Image shows page 13 of the chewed book which is where the puppy’s appetite ran out.

Image shows a Bernese mountain dog with tongue out, view from above so nose, tongue and guilty eyes are most prominent.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 26

Belly rubs R us!

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 25

When a dog feels safe they have no shame. #Dogsofbluesky

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 24

My first Dr Who episode was Spearhead from Space. Those shop dummies coming to life with guns as hands was bloody terrifying and I was hooked. #drwhoday

a wooden door with a sign that says doctors only

ALT: a wooden door with a sign that says doctors only

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 21

a man in a purple suit is holding a spray bottle in his hand while sitting in a car .

ALT: a man in a purple suit is holding a spray bottle in his hand while sitting in a car .

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 21

Congratulations! This was an astonishing book and one of my favourites last year. It introduced me to an amazing woman and her art.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 20

Next from TheMadLibrary is Wedlock by Wendy Moore. A very satisfying look at how one man got more than he bargained for at a time when he could have safely assumed that he could behave just as he liked…hmmm.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 19

Book 5 from TheMadLibrary: Elektra by Jennifer Saint. Excellent modern retelling of Elektra’s story - have Saint’s Hera on my Christmas list.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 18

Mini snow.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 18

My very first single! Still have it, great cover.

MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 18

Book four from The MadLibrary. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. An enthralling and intelligent vampire story which I have read a few times.

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 18

Families have been dealing with this for years - I know of several families placed on child protection plans, accused of emotional abuse for trying to get the help their children so desperately needed. They were taken of the CPP very swiftly but the damage done...
www.wm-adass.org.uk/improvement/...

Autism and parental blame research | WMADASS

www.wm-adass.org.uk

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 17

Gus the Bernese Mountain Dog (with 13 months of growing left to do 😱) and Milo the Goldie. Bloody gorgeous the pair of them, in spite of the hole-digging and skirting-board-chewing. #dogsofbluesky

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 17

Love this - and I have a friendly frog chorus war with an old school friend who pretends to despise it. Yet he keeps on bringing it up so….

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MadBookLady @madbooklady.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thank you - I’ve had some really interesting people follow me and it’s making my Bluesky experience so much richer!

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