Cathryn Ramsden

Cathryn Ramsden

@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

Lover of cats, cakes and bikes. Marlborough, Wiltshire.

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Sportricolore
@sportricolore.bsky.social

🇫🇷 Le très beau témoignage de Pauline Ferrand-Prévot sur la raison de sa participation à Paris-Roubaix 2026 ❤️ Immense championne au grand coeur, présente pour épauler son amie Marianne Vos 👏 Fierté tricolore.

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Eric Harvey
@ekharvey.bsky.social

“Upset” winners are what cycling needs. Today’s Paris-Roubaix elites are beautiful examples of this. Congrats to Franzi Koch and Wout Van Aert!

Cathryn Ramsden
@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

Let’s all ask them why there’s so little coverage of the women’s race!!!

jonowee@jonowee.bsky.social

How long will ASO's Q&A Race Center widget last on #ParisRoubaix website for the women's race? racecenter.paris-roubaix-femmes.fr/en The bad old days of hoping #RoadsideRandoms will live-tweet the race? #CouchPeloton

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The Hon Danny Kruger MBE REFORM MP East Wiltshire. Parody.
@krugerparody.bsky.social

I’d appreciate it if you would refrain from signing this irritating, attention-seeking nonsense. A large mob of my idiotic, bucolic constituents seemed to find it annoying when I bravely left the dying Conservative Party and joined Reform. Don’t be like them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

petition.parliament.ukPetition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another partyWhen an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
Cathryn Ramsden
@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

This is wonderful news! My year abroad was the best year of my life!

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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme

theguardian.comUK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programmeExclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – is expected to be announced on Wednesday as part of the UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels. The final details of the announcement were agreed by the two sides on Tuesday, with a plan to allow UK students to participate in the EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources said. Continue reading...
Cathryn Ramsden
@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

I don’t expect the government to have handled it perfectly but they were not following the science or controlling the virus. And they were breaking their own rules.

Steve Wood@steve-wood.bsky.social

I believe anyone could have done better than Johnson. Here's a quiz I made to prove it.

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Gpwriter
@gpwriter.bsky.social

searching for a respite any kind of quiet joy staving off aching dread haunting thinking of the future a corrupt twinkling in a madman's eye yet defiance awaits freedom is a dream not so easily relinquished... to clowns entranced with megalomania #booksky #poetry

Cathryn Ramsden
@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

This is literally: ‘Feel a bit fed up? Buy stuff!!’ We can do better! Ride a bike! Go for a walk! Call a friend!!

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Got that new term feeling? Here are 29 back-to-the-grind buys to refresh your wardrobe, desk and routine

theguardian.comGot that new term feeling? Here are 29 back-to-the-grind buys to refresh your wardrobe, desk and routineBallet flats, fancy notebooks, sweater stones … our edit for men, women and kids has everything you need for a September reset – plus clever ways to update what you already own
Cathryn Ramsden
@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

These are my top two for today’s stage! Totally agree!

Matthias@nairoingreen.bsky.social

Cedrine Kerbaol and Kasia Niewiadoma receive the nairoingreen stamp of approval for today. Sarah Gigante receives the inaugural lord help HER stamp of approval.

Cathryn Ramsden
@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

The children in my class already have excellent working skills! 🤨

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Keir Starmer urged to honour pledge to embed speaking skills in England’s schools

theguardian.comKeir Starmer urged to honour pledge to embed speaking skills in England’s schoolsAlastair Campbell and children’s author Michael Rosen among advocates calling for oracy to be in curriculum The children’s writer Michael Rosen, one-time political strategist Alastair Campbell and former education secretaries Charles Clarke and Estelle Morris have urged the prime minister to honour his pre-election pledge to embed speaking skills in England’s schools. They are among 60 signatories to an open letter to Keir Starmer, calling on him to establish oracy as a core part of Labour’s revised national curriculum and make it the fourth ‘R’ in education, alongside reading, writing and arithmetic. Continue reading...
Cathryn Ramsden
@cathrynramsden.bsky.social

This reminds me a lot of the lessons I brought back from California and have forgotten!

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Go outside, ditch the phone, get humble: my top 10 Scandi life lessons after a decade in Denmark

theguardian.comGo outside, ditch the phone, get humble: my top 10 Scandi life lessons after a decade in DenmarkAfter 12 years, we’ve said goodbye to one of the happiest countries on Earth. From friluftsliv (the joy of the open air) to janteloven (realising you’re no better than others) here’s what I’ve learned

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Scott Bryan
@scottygb.bsky.social

TNT Sports have announced a grassroots initiative to encourage cycling use, as the broadcaster becomes the home of 2500 hours of elite racing. I don't know. Perhaps the way to support grassroots is to put more cycling (such as the Tour) on free-to-air, rather than a big paywall?

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