Recovering English teacher, head, and union baron. Chiefly: books, food, Shakespeare, oracy … and endless pics of Suffolk skies with border terrier Molly B.
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V interesting piece about boredom.
You might find this piece of mine of interest:
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Loved today’s #educationfest (Spain), alongside @chessmartinez and @teacherhead, plus meeting students old (former @KingEdVISchool head boy, Connor) & new - inc this group who’ve created an AI debating app (pocketdebate.com/).
Was proud to attend and to discuss #oracy.
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Jun 10
Another illuminating survey of young people's reading habits and attitudes from @Literacy_Trust: literacytrust.org.uk/researc…
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Joyful:
I still think the most impressive award show performance ever is Neil Patrick Harris's opening number at the 2013 Tonys. like, the ONLY time they were able to successfully complete it was during the live taping. and every celeb in the audience was STUNNED by the end.
here's the video in honor of tonight's Tony Awards lol
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Utterly joyful …
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Hugh Grant in PADDINGTON 2 (2017) feels like an actor discovering a whole new kind of fun. Grant throws himself into every ridiculous moment with the enthusiasm of someone who knows exactly how funny the role is.
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"A few very limited talk strategies have appeared and been endlessly discussed on social media. They risk sucking all the oxygen out of the room": a superb synthesis of genuine, gimmick-free #oracy education by @BarbaraBleiman @NATEfeed: nate.org.uk/2026/06/05/think…
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Love this: 'An analysis of 200,000 similes from popular fiction ...': tinyurl.com/mryyf86d
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Good to see my former colleagues at @ASCL_UK still campaigning for more ambitious qualification reform on behalf of ‘the forgotten third’ … shorturl.at/I8WcQ
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'Learning to talk; learning through talk; learning about talk': I love the way this framework from Prof @SnellJulia puts social justice, quite rightly, at the heart of #oracy education: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/e…
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Geoff Barton retweeted
May 31
A wonderful half-time performance by the one and only @robbiewilliams to celebrate 20 years of Soccer Aid for @UNICEF ❤️
💙 Donate now at unicef.uk/SAFU26Donate.
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May 31
Farewell (for now) the @TheRSC’s extraordinary and chilling production of ‘Arturo Ui’.
These final couplets are a warning to us all:
instagram.com/reel/DY-REproq…
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May 30
Talking of Aldeburgh… thanks to Sam and the team @AldeLighthouse for today’s superb lunch #bartonbites
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May 30
The view from here: am in Aldeburgh for the brilliant #MadAboutShakespeare weekend. The Q&A with @profbate just now was superb - illuminating and entertaining. Thanks to the organisers, including @AldeBooks
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May 30
“It’s so important for me to know that society sees the value of me, that there’s a need for me in society”: interesting insights into the Dutch emphasis on high quality vocational education … and its lowest NEET rates in the EU: theguardian.com/society/2026…
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May 28
Today, @alanmilburn1958 published his devastating interim report on young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). Here's a reminder of what the @OracyCommission said about the foundational nature of oracy for employability: buff.ly/fmrimd2
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May 27
The view from Stratford: a great pleasure to take my former English PGCE tutor, Bryan Palin, as my guest to see @TheRSC’s superb ‘The Tempest’ last night. This was the first Shakespeare play Bryan encountered - a mere 82 years ago. Thanks RSC for a magical night.
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May 25
A gem …
Rita Moreno performing "Fever" on the Muppet Show with Animal on drums which originally aired almost 50 years ago in the UK on September 12, 1976 and in New York on September 20, 1976 which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award.
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May 24
As Mary says …
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1/ Spend time in almost any secondary school and you will hear the familiar language of urgency:
Year 11.
Results.
Intervention.
Progress 8.
And of course, these things matter.
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May 24
Perfect weekend listening … especially if you’re Stuck in the 80s, from audio guru @DuncanNewmarch: on.soundcloud.com/N4TyKV9OFv…
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