Simon Horbury
CSciTeach. Cricket umpiring. Britpop. Dystopian literature and films. “His approach to learning for A Level is so laid back as to be horizontal.” PhD Molecular biology and MSc Psychology with distinction…! #edusky #UKTeaching #cricket
- Trump suggesting that Ilhan Omar arranged an attack on herself…is he projecting? #Trump
- At what stage will Reform just become the Conservative Party? #ukpolitics #ReformUK
- Reposted by Simon Horbury
- This morning “Man from C&A” by The Specials popped up on my playlist. Couldn’t be much more accurate about the world today. Is Apple Music becoming radical? #WW3 #Trump #Greenland
- Who is this fuckwit on R4 PM? Why won’t Evan Davies skewer him?
- Dear Scotland, time to evict Trump from his golf courses.
- Self-defence. What a joke. He could have stepped out of the way. USA what has become of you? #Minnesota #ICE #Trump
- Quisling www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- What can England conjure up for the final test then? #Ashes
- My wife tells me I own 50 t-shirts. Apparently this is “ridiculous”…(See also too many bow ties).
- Ooooh heck. Term starts on Monday. What was I doing at the end of last term? How many pupil names will I have forgotten? #panic
- Is there a 21st Century equivalent of the John Peel Festive 50?
- What a stunning goal! Take a bow Christantus Uche! #crystalpalace
- Jamie Smith isn’t even the second best keeper at Surrey. Why he’s keeping for England is beyond me. #Ashes
- Australia winning inside two days sounds good for them…but think of the lost revenue from not having three days more play. See, England win really🤣🤣🤣🤣.
- It’s no big deal that Australia are probably going to get 205 in the 4th Innings of this test. It’s a Day 2 pitch. England have absolutely thrown this away. I don’t think the perpetual aggression of Bazball does work, if all it does is prevent you the opportunity to bowl on a wearing pitch. #Ashes
- Bloody weather. First innings finished and then rain arrives after 5 overs into second innings. Match abandoned.
- Going to be one of those days umpiring. Beautiful start to the day…but you just know it’ll be raining by tea. #cricket
- My favourite part of this meme is the correct use of the apostrophe.
- More nerdery…here’s my MkIX Spitfire model. Next up is to build the Rolls Royce Merlin engine.
- Self-heal #wildflower #Cornwall
- Bird’s foot trefoil #wildflower #Cornwall
- Red campion #wildflower #Cornwall
- And…relax.
- My wildlife pond is less than a year old, but it has had its first dragonfly emergence! Not being an expert I’d love some help in identifying its species. #insect #dragonfly #pondlife #nature
- Reading Derek Birley’s ‘Social History of Cricket’ and this paragraph about cricket in 1875 struck me:
