Alastair Gittner
@agittner.bsky.social
Now retired science teacher and school leader, after 31 years I decided to hang up my chisel point. Grandad, father, husband, cyclist, birdwatcher, foodie and baker. Still interested in all things education especially research informed practice
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*Kemi reading the bible*
"suffer little children"
well that's enough for today, think I got the gist of it
"suffer little children"
well that's enough for today, think I got the gist of it
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
*Kemi reading the bible*
"suffer little children"
well that's enough for today, think I got the gist of it
"suffer little children"
well that's enough for today, think I got the gist of it
Reposted by Alastair Gittner
Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Catching a few minutes in the winter sun this little stunner came to say hello. He or she posed so nicely it was a shame not to take their photo.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Catching a few minutes in the winter sun this little stunner came to say hello. He or she posed so nicely it was a shame not to take their photo.
After listening to the wonderful "Add to playlist" podcast I am having an ELP afternoon listening to their version of Hoedown by Aaron Copland & Pictures at an exhibition.Copland apparently enjoyed their version of Hoedown but thought their "fanfare for the common man"(also by Copland) was better.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
After listening to the wonderful "Add to playlist" podcast I am having an ELP afternoon listening to their version of Hoedown by Aaron Copland & Pictures at an exhibition.Copland apparently enjoyed their version of Hoedown but thought their "fanfare for the common man"(also by Copland) was better.
The packaging is fun too
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The packaging is fun too
Delivery! Let Christmas baking begin!! Proper candied peel, and bright green Angelica with multicoloured glacé cherries. 🍒 🍊
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Delivery! Let Christmas baking begin!! Proper candied peel, and bright green Angelica with multicoloured glacé cherries. 🍒 🍊
I am losing productive time getting drawn into this series. I love this episode for the "hinterland" stories it tells about music and the links between music of all genres. It possibly helps if you have a smattering of musical understanding but maybe not. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Add to Playlist, Carol Jarvis and Keelan Carew head for a hoedown
Carol Jarvis and Keelan Carew join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I am losing productive time getting drawn into this series. I love this episode for the "hinterland" stories it tells about music and the links between music of all genres. It possibly helps if you have a smattering of musical understanding but maybe not. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
For any teachers among my followers.This is fascinating. Aimed at science communicators it discusses how to allow for the cognitive biases your audience might bring to a lesson/lecture/talk so that you get your message over. Written by the niece of my wife. livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Storytelling for Science Communication Toolkit: Cognitive Biases, Memory & Objectives
Humans have used stories to understand the world around us for millennia, from folktales to news stories, and from movies to the gossip we collect in the local pub. Science communicators have long bee...
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For any teachers among my followers.This is fascinating. Aimed at science communicators it discusses how to allow for the cognitive biases your audience might bring to a lesson/lecture/talk so that you get your message over. Written by the niece of my wife. livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
I am not really sure why there is this sudden interest in Farage. These accusations of anti-semitism came out years ago (2023) in a video by "Led by Donkeys" Maybe he was never asked about them at the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfyi...
Who is Nigel Farage?
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I am not really sure why there is this sudden interest in Farage. These accusations of anti-semitism came out years ago (2023) in a video by "Led by Donkeys" Maybe he was never asked about them at the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfyi...
That feeling when you’ve got up early to go swimming got to the pool and it’s closed for maintenance! That feeling 😂🙄
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
That feeling when you’ve got up early to go swimming got to the pool and it’s closed for maintenance! That feeling 😂🙄
I am a traditionalist. An advent candle will definitely be lit on Sunday. The advent arch will go up in the next few days but the tree and decorations not until the 16th-18th...... except it feels really dark in the evenings this year................
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I am a traditionalist. An advent candle will definitely be lit on Sunday. The advent arch will go up in the next few days but the tree and decorations not until the 16th-18th...... except it feels really dark in the evenings this year................
Until we got to Chris de Burgh Lady in Red.
Some crackin toons on this "Big Hits of 1986 #TOTP " At a recent 70th Birthday party the dance floor was quiet until the DJ found the Communards, Cameo, Human League, New Order, we didn't stop dancin until management pulled the plug at the ungodly hour of 11.30pm.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Until we got to Chris de Burgh Lady in Red.
Some crackin toons on this "Big Hits of 1986 #TOTP " At a recent 70th Birthday party the dance floor was quiet until the DJ found the Communards, Cameo, Human League, New Order, we didn't stop dancin until management pulled the plug at the ungodly hour of 11.30pm.
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Some crackin toons on this "Big Hits of 1986 #TOTP " At a recent 70th Birthday party the dance floor was quiet until the DJ found the Communards, Cameo, Human League, New Order, we didn't stop dancin until management pulled the plug at the ungodly hour of 11.30pm.
#Fridayfive Ah....Beaten to it. 3 out of this 5 were on my list too.
#FridayFive maudlin/autumnal/pre-Christmas vibes
1. Hazy Shade Of Winter, Simon and Garfunkel/The Bangles
2. Homesick, The Kings Of Convenience
3. California Dreamin', The Mamas and the Papas
4. The Loneliness Of The Middle Distance Runner, Belle and Sebastian
5. Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks
1. Hazy Shade Of Winter, Simon and Garfunkel/The Bangles
2. Homesick, The Kings Of Convenience
3. California Dreamin', The Mamas and the Papas
4. The Loneliness Of The Middle Distance Runner, Belle and Sebastian
5. Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#Fridayfive Ah....Beaten to it. 3 out of this 5 were on my list too.
I was today years old when I discovered the Farley "Jackmaster" Funk (of Love can't turn around fame and House music pioneer in the UK) lived for a while in Barnsley!!! Tarn the home of house music...who knew? Finger on the pulse me.
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I was today years old when I discovered the Farley "Jackmaster" Funk (of Love can't turn around fame and House music pioneer in the UK) lived for a while in Barnsley!!! Tarn the home of house music...who knew? Finger on the pulse me.
I used this to make one of the best Indian(Rajastani) meals I've done.It was one of those where after 2 or 3 forkfuls,I was immensely smug! Far too hungry to take a photo, but it looked pretty similar to the one in the recipe. Can recommend. & I got my spice drawer tidy www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes...
Chicken and rosewater biryani recipe
The rice in a biryani should be so dry and fluffy that when you throw a handful on the floor, all the grains should separate. The secret is to parboil the rice so that the surface is soft and cooked b...
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I used this to make one of the best Indian(Rajastani) meals I've done.It was one of those where after 2 or 3 forkfuls,I was immensely smug! Far too hungry to take a photo, but it looked pretty similar to the one in the recipe. Can recommend. & I got my spice drawer tidy www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes...
I enjoyed this episode of the "Add to playlist" podcast. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... One of the tracks was Mussgorsky's "Hall of the mountain king." They mentioned covers incl. ELO and The Who.Of course they missed the best cover;In the hall of the mountain womble. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBq...
Hall of the Mountain Womble
YouTube video by Raj Pallin
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November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I enjoyed this episode of the "Add to playlist" podcast. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... One of the tracks was Mussgorsky's "Hall of the mountain king." They mentioned covers incl. ELO and The Who.Of course they missed the best cover;In the hall of the mountain womble. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBq...
Went off with @gargarin.bsky.social to a local river where we have seen Dippers in the past, but not been for a couple of years. Overjoyed that they are still there. We almost certainly saw a pair in the small stretch of river.
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Went off with @gargarin.bsky.social to a local river where we have seen Dippers in the past, but not been for a couple of years. Overjoyed that they are still there. We almost certainly saw a pair in the small stretch of river.
I became engrossed in this and nearly forgot my courgette, banana cinnamon loaf was in the oven. Which feels appropriate (or should it be zucchini?)
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I became engrossed in this and nearly forgot my courgette, banana cinnamon loaf was in the oven. Which feels appropriate (or should it be zucchini?)
I saw the film "The March" in the 90s. This has been on my mind since then. In one way I would be vaguely impressed if someone in Government was even thinking slightly long term on this issue.
I have felt for quite a while that at least a part of anti-migrant, anti-refugee behaviour from successive governments is pulling the drawbridge up ahead of an increase in climate-caused refugee movement.
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
And you know what? It's not gonna save us, lads
On one of the dirty hippy US politics podcasts in 2017, after the torchlit Nazi rally where one of the marchers killed a woman.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I saw the film "The March" in the 90s. This has been on my mind since then. In one way I would be vaguely impressed if someone in Government was even thinking slightly long term on this issue.
Friends in the south is “lard increasingly difficult to find” as @nigelslater.bsky.social suggests? Is this an example (along with oatmeal for Parkin) where Yorkshire shops may win out?
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Friends in the south is “lard increasingly difficult to find” as @nigelslater.bsky.social suggests? Is this an example (along with oatmeal for Parkin) where Yorkshire shops may win out?
Well done Scotland. Some cracking goals.
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Well done Scotland. Some cracking goals.
Just to say I sat with tears streaming down my face for the last 20 mins of ep6 of @riotwomen roll on the next series.
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Just to say I sat with tears streaming down my face for the last 20 mins of ep6 of @riotwomen roll on the next series.
Surely if your policies get the approval of Tommy Robinson you are part of those forces?
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Surely if your policies get the approval of Tommy Robinson you are part of those forces?
Asking for a friend; their Uber account it going to be deleted for lack of use, is it OK now to use Uber or are they still expoiting their workers?
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Asking for a friend; their Uber account it going to be deleted for lack of use, is it OK now to use Uber or are they still expoiting their workers?