Sally
@sallyapiacere.bsky.social
Musician, piano teacher, reader, big sister.
Old Labour; absolutely horrified.
Old Labour; absolutely horrified.
I'm sure BBC staff will be reassured that there is a 'metric' in place to assess their plummeting morale: an annual staff survey. And what's more, the Chair wil also "speak" to some of them. #bbc
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm sure BBC staff will be reassured that there is a 'metric' in place to assess their plummeting morale: an annual staff survey. And what's more, the Chair wil also "speak" to some of them. #bbc
Don't know which is more fanciful: Clive Lewis stepping down for Andy Burnham; Burnham winning the seat; or Burnham proving to be a saviour given that he can't hold a consistent line in a 2-minute i/view. Not that I am not longing to vote for for a new Labour leader, but Burnham is not the answer.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Don't know which is more fanciful: Clive Lewis stepping down for Andy Burnham; Burnham winning the seat; or Burnham proving to be a saviour given that he can't hold a consistent line in a 2-minute i/view. Not that I am not longing to vote for for a new Labour leader, but Burnham is not the answer.
Teenage pianist S's deeply-felt lyrics to help get the rhythm of a jazz piece. Other lyrics will involve Donald Trump, climate change, having to fill the dishwasher and fold her clothes. (I can't reveal her 1st name as that's apparently 'so cringe'.)
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Teenage pianist S's deeply-felt lyrics to help get the rhythm of a jazz piece. Other lyrics will involve Donald Trump, climate change, having to fill the dishwasher and fold her clothes. (I can't reveal her 1st name as that's apparently 'so cringe'.)
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A second BBC has hit the BBC
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A second BBC has hit the BBC
Well that was peculiar - an entire #newsnight based around a leadership challenge that hasn’t happened, with 3 panellists who couldn’t be more peripheral - and 1 enormous elephant sitting in the room.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well that was peculiar - an entire #newsnight based around a leadership challenge that hasn’t happened, with 3 panellists who couldn’t be more peripheral - and 1 enormous elephant sitting in the room.
Not now, Universe.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, study suggests
Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could end in ‘big crunch’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Not now, Universe.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
*How* does testing 8yos improve their literacy? How does *telling* teachers to provide enrichment activity *enable* them to fund it? This sounds like McSweeney playing to the union-bashing gallery + checking Starmer's Music 'to do' item. @lucympowell.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
*How* does testing 8yos improve their literacy? How does *telling* teachers to provide enrichment activity *enable* them to fund it? This sounds like McSweeney playing to the union-bashing gallery + checking Starmer's Music 'to do' item. @lucympowell.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Now that's what i call a treat-ise.
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Now that's what i call a treat-ise.
In Peterborough Cathedral today, unexpectedly, I found heart-wrenching poetry by children from Gaza. Part of a project by (I think) @handsupproject.bsky.social. One is about (our) silence being worse than war so i thought I'd share, even tho' people may know about this @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In Peterborough Cathedral today, unexpectedly, I found heart-wrenching poetry by children from Gaza. Part of a project by (I think) @handsupproject.bsky.social. One is about (our) silence being worse than war so i thought I'd share, even tho' people may know about this @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Amazing light! Looks like a demented giant woodpecker is rapping its beak on the railway bridge.
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Amazing light! Looks like a demented giant woodpecker is rapping its beak on the railway bridge.
Oh please. Make it stop.
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh please. Make it stop.
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I'm driven mad by the over-representation of Reform MPs and spokespeople in the media.
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I'm driven mad by the over-representation of Reform MPs and spokespeople in the media.
Just did an income-tax-rise calculator thing that shows I'd be £16.06 worse off a month if Rachel Reeves puts up income tax by a penny. So we'd all be £16.06 better off. Do it! Do it!
#ProgressiveTaxation
#ProgressiveTaxation
October 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Just did an income-tax-rise calculator thing that shows I'd be £16.06 worse off a month if Rachel Reeves puts up income tax by a penny. So we'd all be £16.06 better off. Do it! Do it!
#ProgressiveTaxation
#ProgressiveTaxation
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I sense Jess Phillips is becoming the new Angela Rayner, a strong recognisable Labour voice – a strong recognisable FEMALE Labour voice – who is the focus of an orchestrated campaign by others to neuter the government.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I sense Jess Phillips is becoming the new Angela Rayner, a strong recognisable Labour voice – a strong recognisable FEMALE Labour voice – who is the focus of an orchestrated campaign by others to neuter the government.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
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Margaret Atwood writing The Handmaid’s Tale, West Berlin, 1984
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Margaret Atwood writing The Handmaid’s Tale, West Berlin, 1984
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
"“Our solidarity with Palestinians is not a betrayal of Judaism, but a fulfillment of it... We shall not rest until this ceasefire carries forward into an end of occupation and apartheid.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel
Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"“Our solidarity with Palestinians is not a betrayal of Judaism, but a fulfillment of it... We shall not rest until this ceasefire carries forward into an end of occupation and apartheid.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Still triggering to hear Boris Johnson spluttering in unbearably smug Etonianese.
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Still triggering to hear Boris Johnson spluttering in unbearably smug Etonianese.
Two tots fighting in the pub today reminded me of me and my brother - except that I would allow a temporary ceasefire if an airplane flew overhead, for my brother to enjoy. Then ours eyes would lock and we'd resume. Geneva Convention for kids.
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Two tots fighting in the pub today reminded me of me and my brother - except that I would allow a temporary ceasefire if an airplane flew overhead, for my brother to enjoy. Then ours eyes would lock and we'd resume. Geneva Convention for kids.
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Show a cartoon you will always love
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Show a cartoon you will always love
Dumb ABRSM aural test: ‘Did the music get louder suddenly or gradually?’
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.
October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Dumb ABRSM aural test: ‘Did the music get louder suddenly or gradually?’
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.