Growing up is so boring. Spent Sunday fixing the washing line and this afternoon waiting in for a gas engineer. At some point need to do the lawn mower maintenance. 😩😩😩 it’s a scam!

From the garden ☺️

We are all Paul.

Today members of the RMT are on strike against attempts led by Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps to cut their pay and conditions rather than properly fund public transport. The National Education Union stands in solidarity with them✊ #SupportTheRailWorkers #SupportTheRailStrikes

Last year I was sent a Windrush deportation letter. I was born in England. (1/8) My identity is like a religion: I believe in its "essence" but I often question the citadels which host it. Here is a visual meditation/ poem of the heartless help letter. You may see your country.

Interesting. I like the sound of the past paper technique. Copy - is it not more likely that the boy 'Leicester' is actually called Lester?

An interesting point of comparison between An Inspector Calls and A Christmas Carol, two plays linked in many ways. It involves the word "business". 1/

Planning a mini SOW on LGBTQ+ writers/literature. Got plenty of poems, hoping someone has some extracts already? Wilde, Baldwin, Winterson, etc? Please 😊 🙏 Team English

A bold claim! Thoughts anyone?

Have never felt more confident that my transformation to English teacher is complete as when I read this and thought, “ooh, good non-fic link to Inspector Calls in there”.

STORM ON THE ISLAND WAS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BEFORE THE TIME PERIOD KNOWN AS 'THE TROUBLES' BEGAN. That is all.

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Enough is enough. It's time to turn anger into action. Join the campaign to fight the cost-of-living crisis. wesayenough.co.uk

Today I heard from a parent that their son was terribly upset when he got covid, because it would ruin his 100% attendance record. At the end of the year, those with 100% get book tokens & certificates in assembly. Here’s why policies like that should stop. 1/

It’s like reading something from the Victorian era.

(I suppose that’s me “announcing” on world’s smallest Twitter account that I’m on maternity leave with this one 🫣)

Important thread on UK vulnerable teens - link at the end.

Thanks BookTrust 😊🌟