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One week to go to get in expressions of interest in developing history resources for schools on behalf of Learn About Britain

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Our call for expressions of interest in developing new history resources for us closes on 31 March - one week today. See below for more details

Some professional news - after 17 amazing years at The Times, I’m excited to be joining The Observer as political editor. Really looking forward to getting back to Westminster and beyond

I’m really proud of the progress Learn About Britain is making - watch our film to find more more - and we have big plans for the future too

Congratulations Joe Hayman sounds like interesting and important work 👏👏

British history through the ages: photos from our visit to the National Portrait Gallery yesterday

I wrote about the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex, an unhappy end to a happy marriage, and Cambridge (link to follow)

It was a memorable week for Dulwich College Rugby! Congratulations to our 1st VII reaching the Plate Semi Final at the Howden Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s and the U18s with their outstanding victory at the Sedbergh Super 10s Tournament #PlateSemiFinal #SedberghSuper10s

Everyone at Surrey County Cricket Club were greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Surrey Academy graduate Josh Lawrence. Josh played in the Surrey age group pathway as well representing the Second XI. Club Captain Rory Burns said “On behalf of the Club I’d like to extend my

Loved the Learn About Britain VE Day tour to central London - it’s always so good to see how people who are new to the UK value days like to today

We’re off. The day of celebration British Library - PGW: The Man, The Musicals, The Manuscripts opens with the chair for the day, #JamesNaughtie

We’re stunned at ⁦⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ at the death of our friend and former colleague, Andrew Norfolk. The finest journalist I ever worked with, whose investigations changed the law. Starmer leads tributes to Andrew Norfolk, who exposed grooming gangs thetimes.com/article/c589b0…

Surrey Cricket Rothesay County Championship I was at Lord’s for the first day of the match against Kent recently and the crowd was really big. It was also large for the opening day of the season against Lancashire. And a fair smattering for the Leicestershire game. It’s great to see county cricket thriving.

My latest blog about the government’s neglect of standards in public life for The Constitution Unit at UCL constitution-unit.com/2025/05/30/the…

Photos from our educational tour of Kings Cross this weekend exploring deindustrialisation, gentrification and social change in the UK

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