Our deepest condolences for the bereaved in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad. Our common geography and humanity bound us despite all our differences.

After he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, Albert Camus wrote a letter of thanks to his favorite childhood teacher, whom he'd never forgotten. It's beautiful.

Here is my interview with UNICEF UK global spokesperson James Elder - a firsthand account of his recent visit to Gaza; children being shot whilst collecting food for their starving families, amputations without anaesthetic, the worst humanitarian situation for children he

Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train on a xylophone is proof why every school needs a fully funded music program

If you'd like to read some thoughts on Tolkien, Le Guin, Pullman, Blackman, Blake & more - I very much enjoyed talking about them all in this interview about Tyger with The Daily Bulldog! dailybulldog.com/arts/an-interv…

What an exceptional talent! Peepo, Burglar Bill, The Jolly Postman and Each Peach Pear Plum were favourites of my children and now are favourites of my grandchildren. What a legacy Allan & Janet Albert have left. RIP.

From Grade 9 onwards, girls should be taught the fundamentals of family and inheritence laws. This will help girls understand their civil and legal rights, and will protet them against abusive marriages and exploitative parents and siblings. Monsters walk among us.

Mubarak, mubarak! Living the dream! 🖖🏽✨🎉

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-e… 😂

I repeat : #Karachi saw almost 2/3 of its annual average rainfall in half a day. 190mm to 200 mm. Annual average 330 mm. See PMD chart below. From KP to Karachi 1/3 of Pakistan is now under water. Mountain terrain has to fight back differently than urban ecosystems. But the

Someone said about the lack of sharing of resources recently - there are so many people who have been generous through sharing their work - I thank you - Douglas Wise Stuart Pryke Jennifer Webb Matt Lynch Team English to name a few I’m always trying to pay it forward:

A list of scene-by-scene timings for the BBC Spotlight On version of Macbeth with David Tennant douglaswise.co.uk/blog/david-ten… ⚔️ 👑

Primatologist, conservationist, animal advocate, educator, and National Geographic Explorer Jane Goodall has died at age 91. Goodall’s decades of research into the lives of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of these intelligent apes. on.natgeo.com/48JYSdP

Jane Goodall tells her remarkable life story, animated themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/jan…

Brilliant news! There is going to be a CHILDREN'S BOOKER PRIZE! At last, children's literature is being recognised as literature & covered as such - and children's reading is being given much-needed support. Thank you Frank Cottrell-Boyce & The Booker Prizes! theguardian.com/books/2025/oct…

This is an amazing site to share with GCSE English student thinking of A Levels in Lit, Lang or Lang/Lit & wondering where English can ultimately take you. Spoiler Alert: it's not just STEM that leads to great careers! Hover over the digital map to see! universityenglish.ac.uk/english-create…

All English teachers, and all SLT members, and Ofsted should watch this, to see what English teaching is, and can be, why it can offer so much more than only ‘academic’ knowledge & why one-size-fits-all delivery model doesn’t do it justice.

Karachi has lost one of its beloved local icons. Rebel, radical, free-thinker and eternal counter-culture spirit — zaheer alam kidvai زہیر عالم قدوائ was always larger than life. A keeper of histories and guardian of literary treasures who sparked magic in so many young minds. Zak we'll miss you 💔

Gratitude to National Association for the Teaching of English for the opportunity to think about some of the books and people who made me! 📚✨🖖🏽