'You can tweet this if you like: there is absolutely no expectation for marked books in music. Recordings, yes, but not books.' Mark Phillips Ofsted

It's an honour to be working in school again. I didn't need to think twice about answering The Call. It does mean I miss Ken Bruce's Radio 2 show. He's been my morning company for many years now. (I might be old but I'm actually third in the Uppingham #Popmaster league.)

"On the wall and caught my year 10s, phone out, snapping the code already. Positive points for a phone out for a change..." Love that students are already engaging with the WHM Calendar! Download your FREE copy: bit.ly/3IVjccf

Reports of forced labour in Dyson’s supply chain - 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, 30 days a month - are awful. Big companies have a massive responsibility to prevent modern slavery in their supply chains. Dyson have serious questions to answer.

Give me a shout if this doesn’t work. @NZPolice bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

I don't know about anybody else, but my coffee won't be from Costa and I think I can go without anything else Coca-Cola owns

Drinks giant Coca-Cola says it’ll keep trading with Russia. Fine. I won’t keep trading with it. Goodbye Costa Coffee and Schweppes tonic water. yourcoca-cola.co.uk/brands.list

Did you know NHS staff are facing a £50 a month lateral flow testing bill from next week? This is absolutely scandalous and cannot be allowed to happen. Please RT if you agree and help send a message to Sajid Javid nursingnotes.co.uk/news/workforce…

Downtown Kyiv, Saturday afternoon #Ukraine

We agree with this 100% and can’t believe the Government want to start charging NHS staff again. Please RT if you agree too.

In early 1888, Tchaikovsky and Brahms met in Leipzig, where they attended rehearsals of each other’s works. It didn't go well. At a reading of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, Brahms fell asleep. Meanwhile, Tchaikovsky referred to Brahms' music as the work of "a giftless bastard."

Watching the tennis….. If de Minaur wins, might he burst into F major?

This is the seamstress of the bird world… Nature is incredible. Protect it. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #rewilding #birds

Can anyone tell me the names of any song books that were in use in English primary schools in the late 1960’s please? Not BBC pamphlets that went with broadcasts. Am looking to identify one that also had poetry in it

THREAD: Energy Bill Support Grant. I have just been notified that I will get £67 a month off my energy bills under the govt scheme. For enormous numbers of people this support will be absolutely vital. But it won't be vital for everyone, and that includes me. (PLS RT) 1/

I'll be thinking of colleagues in local radio and TV this week who face multiple Zoom calls to hear about what the 'efficiencies' and changes in their office will mean both for their future careers the the services they brilliantly deliver. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

Can we all jump up and down a bit in support of the people who work at #bbclocalradio ? Is there a petition yet ? A great service, and worth saving. Real radio professionals, not recycled celebs, thinking of you all 🧡

BBC: Save the local radio - Sign the Petition! chng.it/QL2c7r56 via Change.org UK

☀🎶 Feeling a bit jazzy today? We've got you not 1, not 2, but the 12 cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker to perform the "Pink Panther" theme! ☀🎶 cutt.ly/2MUDUkn