A friend and I took the Free Manchester Walking Tours 3-hour walkabout today. Jack - our guide - was super knowledgeable about the deeper and surprising alternative histories of the city. Nothing he couldn’t answer or explain. Highly recommend. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

On the Blog: Borrow'd Robes: Honour & Reputation in #Macbeth. 6 minute read exploring masculinity, fertility and regicide for the 'right' reasons. #GCSEEnglish #GCSErevision Team English GCSE MACBETH gulpfiction.co.uk/post/borrow-d-…

Just marked 32 English Lang P1 Q5s correcting the misspelling ‘umberella’. So, I reckon Rihanna owes me a new red pen. ✔️

Thread of amazing sculptures you (probably) didn't know existed 🧵 1. Statue of King Arthur, England

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New Blogpost: The Role of Women in An Inspector Calls. How Priestley used a range of female characters to demonstrate injustice in every strata of society. gulpfiction.co.uk/post/second-cl… The Lit Mistress

Great new blogpost from Miss Sofo on An Inspector Calls and the role of women. Something to throw at those pushing for grade 9 Team English #teamenglish #aninspectorcalls

Have you ever read An Inspector Calls through the lens of the chaos theory? Miss Sofo discussss some new thoughts here! gulpfiction.co.uk/post/second-cl… Team English #gcseliterature #aninspectorcalls

These are two updated Language booklets for AQA P1 and P2 that we are using this year. I thought I would share these in case they will be of help to anyone. dropbox.com/scl/fo/t6zjy3y…

Giving the struggle a human face: Dickens on poverty, Malthus and the ‘undeserving’ poor in a Christmas Carol. #acc #dickens #gcseenglish #teamenglish substack.com/@thelitmistres…

Tweaked a booklet shared originally I think by the great Lyndsey Dyer Lyndsey Dyer with help from @funkypedagogy recent guidance and support on the AQA 2026 changes, and using a resource from Matt Lynch. I hope very much you don't mind. drive.google.com/file/d/1GSETPP…

Nothing flashy: a couple of reworked GCSE English Language papers (AQA) that include the 2026 changes douglaswise.co.uk/blog/reworked-… 🖋️

A poetry comparison about identity and the ways in which different people seek to uncover what has always been there. substack.com/@litmistress/n… #teamenglish #gcseenglish

If you're a primary school teacher, I'd *really* recommend downloading the (free!) Ark Sentence Mastery Sequence. It's very thorough and very useful - helped me sequence and think through my relative clauses lessons far better than I otherwise would have. arkcurriculumplus.org.uk/free-resource-…

Lesson feedback: don't send it, don't give it - co-construct it. Otherwise, it won't be worth it. teacherhead.com/2024/01/28/les…

Keeping up With The Birlings: Heroes and Hypocrites in An Inspector Calls. open.substack.com/pub/litmistres… #gcseenglish #teamenglish

A nice morning for mucking about on the beach. Aberffraw, #Anglesey 😊👍

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