File on 4 Investigates - Are white working class girls falling behind? - BBC Sounds When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind?

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All girls’ attainment is falling, but white working class girls’ attainment is falling faster. This is alarming.

I think that there’s a lot to be said about the culture and politics of the 90s music scene.

Ooh, I want to read August Der Maur and Gilbert.

Ooh! I haven’t read that. I love Pat’s work.

The cover of The Spick and The Span by Pil Van Martin. The cover shows two characters in overalls in the foreground. One has long wavy dark hair and is wielding a mop. The other is short let with blue skin and pointy ears, holding a spray bottle. Behind them is a frog riding a flying broomstick.

For podcast reasons I’m re-reading this delightful book. It is really good fun, and it pokes the Terry Pratchett parts of my brain.

telling a bunch of Americans about how all the schools you went to had corporal punishment and noting the increasing looks of horror on their faces with satisfaction before realising you have been calling it capital punishment from the start

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When the people you already respect continue to earn it hard 🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

It’s 2 hours door to door, so I get a lot of reading in! @cherylmorgan.bsky.social was a witness to my excellent at seeing your book at EasterCon.

As always an always a valid answer but let’s hope the thread helps you find something to read and if not there is always www.runalongtheshelves.net

Children's books by Holly Race Holly Race is a featured author on the School Reading List and appears in the following recommended reading lists for children.

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Good morning! I’m really enjoying a re-read of Mossflower by Brian Jacques for podcast reasons. I picked up @thecallya.bsky.social’s new novel at EasterCon, and am going to be reading it on my commute. It’s called The Sword Garden.

You wouldn't trust JD Vance with a tenner to go to Pret and get your lunch, would you. You wouldn't ask him to watch your kids for a couple of hours either. Just a ghastly, hollow marionette fashioned out of elbow skin and broken toilet seats.

Yes- but polls can be inaccurate

Keeping my fingers crossed for Hungary today, and hoping that this election starts turning the tide against ultranationalist politics in Europe.

She does appear on Love Island: Brighton at the end of the book.

I don’t always know where my edges are.

She’s like Alexis Carrington crossed with Caroline Bingley from Pride and Prejudice and I am 100% here for it.

I bruised my big toe putting my socks on last week.

Patreon is currenlty a large income source as I try to get this whole "writing regularly" thing off the ground
(had mental health crisis in family, now slowly digging myself out. With my fingernails hahhaha sob)

Podpals, I have updated the Fantasy Book Swap reading list, for your interest. alisonrbaker.wordpress.com/fantasy-book...

Miss Bingley is so unutterably horrible.

AIndulgences.

New Fantasy Book Swap episode with @emilytesh.net! I have realised that I left Emily’s social media and Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones from the show notes. Will correct as soon as possible. alibaker68.podbean.com/e/ep-51-a-sn...

Hey, hello, hi!! Are you an SFF book reviewer who doesn't randomly hate urban fantasy? Would you like more queer books in your TBR? Then please feel free to HMU, I'm always happy to provide review copies for press people 😘

"Will he 'in'? Will he 'cel'? No one knows and no one can tell.
Look out - here comes the mantasy..."

a man wearing sunglasses and a varsity jacket with the letter b on it . ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a varsity jacket with the letter b on it .

His hair was perfect

Reepicheep?

Fair enough!