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English and Politics teacher. Assistant Headteacher. Head of Sixth Form. Man Utd and Chicago Bears fan

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I agree, but no one seems to know about it!

06.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great category - I could do this all day! πŸ˜‚

06.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those REM and Delgados albums are wonderful 🀩

06.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
2. Black Box Recorder - Facts of Life
3. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
4. Crybaby - Crybaby
5. Travis - Ode to J.Smith

#FridayFive

06.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Manics - Postcards From a Young Man
2. Arctic Monkeys - Riot Van
3. Lathums - The Great Escape
4. Belle & Sebastian - Stars of Track and Field
5. I Am Kloot - Mouth on Me

#FridayFive

30.01.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. JJ72 - Snow
2. Tori Amos - Winter
3. I Am Kloot - Sunlight Hits the Snow
4. Richard Hawley - Time Will Bring You Winter
5. Clearlake - Don’t Let the Cold In

#FridayFive

09.01.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously Kirsty and the Pogues, but to shake it up…

1. Low - Just Like Christmas
2. Smith & Burrows - This Ain’t New Jersey
3. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler - (Don’t Call Me) Mrs Christmas
4. Pretenders - 2000 Miles
5. Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

#FridayFive

05.12.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Tori Amos - Winter
2. Elbow - Snowball
3. Clearlake - Don’t Let the Cold In
4. Belle and Sebastian - Fox in the Snow
5. JJ72 - Snow

#FridayFive

21.11.2025 18:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. I Am Kloot - Storm Warning
2. Amelia Coburn - Perfect Storm
3. Richard Hawley - Just Like the Rain
4. The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
5. Manics - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

#FridayFive

14.11.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Elbow - Some Riot (especially the BBC Orchestra at Abbey Road version)
2. I Am Kloot - To You
3. Arlo Parks - Black Dog
4. John Grant - Where Dreams Go to Die
5. The Smiths - I Know It’s Over

#FridayFive

24.10.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Morrissey - Lost
2. Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
3. The K’s - Hoping Maybe
4. Avril Lavigne - Losing Grip
5. The Coral - Who’s Gonna Find Me

#FridayFive

18.10.2025 05:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. She Comes in the Fall - Inspiral Carpets
2. Dead Trees and Traffic Islands - Manics
3. Autumn in New York - Billie Holliday
4. To You - I Am Kloot
5. Hoping Maybe - The K’s

#FridayFive

19.09.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Arctic Monkeys - Leave Before the Lights Come on
2. Morrissey - One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
3. The Anchoress - All Farewells Should Be Sudden
4. REM - Leave
5. Beabadoobee - See You Soon

11.07.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Elbow - Grounds for Divorce (with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road)
2. Lathums - All My Life (live at Robin Park)
3. REM - Losing My Religion (Glastonbury 99)
4. Arlo Parks - Black Dog (empty lockdown Glastonbury, 2020)
5. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Unplugged in NY)

04.07.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Radiohead - Just
2.Travis - Coming Around
3. Blur - Coffee and TV
4. Weezer - Buddy Holly
5. Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.

#FridayFive

27.06.2025 16:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Sundays - Summertime
2. Muse - Sunburn
3. Charlotte Hatherley - Summer
4. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
5. Catatonia - Don’t Need the Sunshine

#FridayFive

20.06.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Aargh, I’ve just remembered β€˜Let England Shake’ by PJ Harvey! About 4 contenders on that alb alone…

28.02.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great category!!!

1. The Clash - White Man (in Hammersmith Palais)
2. The Coral - Dreaming of You
3. Echobelly - Great Things
4. Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott - A Good Day is Hard to Find (watch the video!)
5. Pulp - Common People

28.02.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Every day is an *announcing* day at TTR towers, today's new confirmed speakers for TTR Connect on 1st March.... Craig Batty, Chris Eyre, Joanne Crofts and Helen Konstantine - free tickets here: lnkd.in/eb-aYPw2

12.01.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

1. Elbow - Puncture Repair
2. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - All My Friends
3. Killers - Jenny was a Friend of Mine
4. Morrissey - Hold On To Your Friends
5. Manics - Still Snowing in Sapporo

#FridayFive

13.12.2024 18:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Low - Just Like Christmas
2. Smith & Burrows - This Ain’t New Jersey
3. Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler - (Don’t Call Me) Mrs Christmas
4. Manics - Ghosts of Christmas
5. Kirsty MacColl and the Pogues - Fairytale of New York

#FridayFive

06.12.2024 18:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So glad to have this back now I’ve moved to Blue Sky!!!

1. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Stone Roses - I am the Resurrection
3. The Lathums - Undeserving
4. Morrissey - Life is a Pigsty (or The Teachers are Afraid of the Pupils - both are brilliant πŸ˜‚)
5. Elbow - Newborn

#FridayFive

15.11.2024 18:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just arrived on here - definitely!!!

12.11.2024 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AHT here πŸ‘

12.11.2024 19:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you a headteacher, serving or retired, a deputy or and assistant Head?
Of so, could you comment on this thread and I will put together a head teacher starter pack.
Please Repost for maximum reach.

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