Thanks so much Michelle Harrison for a fabulous talk to our two local schools yesterday. You were a massive hit, and the children are still buzzing today. Loads of fun, engaging- and also inspirational! Woohoo! Authors Aloud UK Heather Boisseau

We’re big fans of Fiona Barker. Thanks so much for speaking to our two local schools yesterday. You were fabulous, had an incredible hat, did amazing things with sweet potatoes, and had 150 children singing hilarious songs. Heather Boisseau

Great evening yesterday hearing from Theresa May, interviewed by Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑 at #WargraveFestival As always, she is a great speaker (whatever your political views). Thanks so much for coming! Heather Boisseau Words by Alex Liz Whittaker Wyld

So grateful to Julie Crisp for being so generous with her time and running sessions with aspiring authors yesterday evening. Thanks loads for coming!

It says a lot when the education secretary visits a boarding school of 350 students, and doesn’t bother with any of the 10 Wokingham borough state secondaries- that’s 10,000+ students. All those schools have just as high aspirations.

Never forget. Vote them out.

I am honoured to have been asked to serve as Secretary of State for Education. We pledged change and we will deliver the most crucial changes of all: High and rising standards More opportunity The best life chances for all children That work starts now.

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It’s the kids that keep you in the job. They are brilliantly bonkers. Here are two portraits of me different students have done (I mean, just why?). One on a spoon.

We welcome the announcement today that teachers will be awarded a fully funded 5.5% pay award. This is a necessary first step in reversing the real terms cuts inflicted upon the profession over the last 14 years. #ValueEducators 1/3🧵

Teachers are getting a well-deserved pay rise. The Conservatives left the profession overstretched and undervalued. We said we’d change that, and we meant it.

do you ever stop to think about how much of history was just people being wet. like maybe not so much in Sumer or whatever but it's just wet outside, and you are wet, and tracking it inside where it's also kind of wet

Possibly my greatest ever purchase. Bayeux Tapestry bedsheet! Yes I bought it after a couple of glasses of wine. No I don’t regret it. Eye-rolling teenage boys holding it for scale.

This is a very exciting day for anyone who loves forming possessives and plurals of proper nouns ending in sibilants.

The next exhibition at British Library will be Medieval Women: In Their Own Words (October 25th) & YES we will have a beautiful book to accompany it.

🚨 NEW: We’re scrapping single headline Ofsted judgements with immediate effect. Ofsted judgements have been high stakes for schools, low information for parents. We’ll: ✅ Give parents more transparency ✅ Drive high & rising standards ✅ Pave the way for school report cards

English teachers! Browse 100 of our best loved Discovering Literature articles, including expert insights on Macbeth. padlet.com/discovering_li… Explore themes from manhood and 'the milk of human kindness' to the witches and Lady Macbeth.

And my secondary school, of almost 2000 students, doesn’t have a library at all. 😞 So, yeah…..