#Oliverscampaign I cried reading this: I have been given permission to share this autistic childs thoughts on school & why it is inaccessible for her #SEND #autismacceptance #AutismAwareness #edutwitter

Instead of "canaries in the coalmine" we should speak of "seabirds on the skerries": today sees 5 seabirds added to the UK Red List of "Most Concern", inc. Arctic Tern, Great Skua, Great Black-Backed Gull. Miraculous creatures all, sounding their warnings. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'There were lots of empty seats....I was really quite shocked' Robert Peston says he was surprised by how many MPs left the Commons before the prime minister's statement on the Grenfell Inquiry report.

The word ‘resilience’ has become a bit of a buzz word in the last few years. Our ability to bounce back from challenge and withstand adversity. But sometimes that word resilience is used to excuse other people dumping too much on you,

Sound familiar, after all those bots posting after the UK riots?

Will Ferrell and his close friend, former head writer at SNL, Harper Steele embark on a cross-country road trip together after Harper comes out as a trans woman in the documentary film, WILL & HARPER. In select theaters this September and on Netflix September 27.

As many head #BackToSchool this week, consider that that the number of arts teachers (inc. media, art & design, music, D&T, drama) in English state secondaries has decreased from 55,000 to 40,000. Arts education matters. #TheStateoftheArts CCMPS Warwick Uni University of Warwick

**I CANNOT REMEMBER** the last time I was so excited by a trip to the newsagent's - Top work, The Wire Magazine Fortean Times + Ben Edge James Hadfield; and, to all - keep supporting your favourite magazines so that they can SMASH IT OUT OF THE PARK like this

NEW: The Georgia father who bought his 14 year old son an assault rifle for Christmas AFTER he’d been investigated for making school shooting threats has been arrested. Yesterday his son used that gun to kill four people yesterday at Apalachee High School.

Three Stones 1968 Marion Elizabeth Adnams

A bit of news 📰 - after 23 glorious years together, Alice et moi finally tied the knot 🪢💍 at a tiny civil ceremony in Lancaster, the splendid city where we first met 🏰. We aim to have a proper friends & family wedding party hopefully next year, so watch this space 🎊🔎

'I Fell in Love With a Lovely Kitten'

20 days to go until we close our #CallForPapers! #Disability #FairyTales #Folklore #CFP #WritingCommunity #AcademicTwitter #Storytelling #Storytellers #Poetry