‘Banning hunting, encouraging wilding, investigating slave trade links, giving volunteers LGBT lanyards, disco balls. Whatever they do, even changing the recipe of the scones, the National Trust comes under attack.’ Ain’t that the truth. But I love it so. thetimes.co.uk/article/mary-b…

'It’s ridiculous to complain about the National Trust being a shrine of postcolonial wokery'. My interview with mary beard, one national treasure on the future of another.

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Prioritise our teachers over private tutors says ⁦Alice Thomson⁩ - obvious you might think for the future of a knowledge economy? PISA improvements in England are very welcome but more needs to be done especially with respect to design and tech

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Teaching is becoming more demanding and less fulfilling. Status has collapsed. Since 2010 there have been real-terms salary cuts of 13%, while the education budget has only increased 3%. Health spending has risen 42%.
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VG by Alice Thomson

As Bob&Roberta Smith reported, only twenty seven children in Tower Hamlets are taking Art A level this year.

Tower Hamlets has 37,800 pupils in their primary & secondary schools. I don't know how many of those pupils will be doing A levels this year but I do know 27 is pitiful.

My thoughts on the new menopause guidance. I’m certainly not dancing around my kitchen about it! Let me know what you think today ⁦Times Radio⁩

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My interview with Alice Thomson…….

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‘I hated the night most. We would lie in the darkness, my husband and I, my beautiful young daughter and son warm between us, so if the bombs came, we could all die together‘. My interview with Amal Helles who reported from Gaza for The Times.

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‘I kept thinking the next minister can’t get any worse. How wrong I was.’ minette batters reflects on her time as President of the NFU.

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Numbers in need increase, councils run out of money, private companies make greater profits while children are failed, sent miles from roots, put up in unsuitable accommodation, not getting a proper education nor receiving any real care
By Alice Thomson
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Councils are going bankrupt paying spiralling costs for failing children’s care. My column on what needs to change.

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The Times article on the failing care system and how it is exploited by private companies

Glad this is starting to get wider attention. One of the biggest scandals around.

Review of the week on Times Radio with Hugo Rifkind, Alice Thomson and me (where I’m prematurely pessimistic about Italian rugby.) 😬 …ea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Why our toothless government needs to invest more in Britain's dental health. My column.

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Want to know what Gen Z really think? See my interview with leo reich.

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Keir Starmer's support for the National Trust is both smart and strategic. My column.

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Why we need Nanny Starmer to tackle the obesity crisis. My column.

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