Occasionally making feeble attempts to write something. JELLY (Chickenhouse UK and Amulet US), PRACTICAL DEMONOLOGY out March 2022 (Amulet) Rep. by @cmlwilson
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Here's the brilliant and terrifying front cover (by the amazing @colinverdi) for my new book, PRACTICAL DEMONOLOGY- out March 2022 in the US, and available for pre-order now: abramsbooks.com/product/prac…
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And my secondary school, of almost 2000 students, doesn’t have a library at all. 😞
So, yeah…..
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/n…
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English teachers! Browse 100 of our best loved Discovering Literature articles, including expert insights on Macbeth.
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Explore themes from manhood and 'the milk of human kindness' to the witches and Lady Macbeth.
ALT Print from the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery showing a scene from Macbeth, with a heath, Macbeth, Banquo and three witches
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🚨 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
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The next exhibition at @britishlibrary will be Medieval Women: In Their Own Words (October 25th) & YES we will have a beautiful book to accompany it.
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This is a very exciting day for anyone who loves forming possessives and plurals of proper nouns ending in sibilants.
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
ALT A photo of Bridget Phillipson MP, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Education
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.
Delighted to welcome Education Secretary @GillianKeegan to Wokingham for a visit to @LuckleyHouse. As Conservatives we’re fighting to stop left-wing plans to tax independent school families. Labour and Lib Dems are anti-aspiration and have no plan for expanding state schools.
So grateful to @julieacrisp for being so generous with her time and running sessions with aspiring authors yesterday evening. Thanks loads for coming!
Great evening yesterday hearing from Theresa May, interviewed by @jimmym at #WargraveFestival As always, she is a great speaker (whatever your political views). Thanks so much for coming!
@HeatherBoisseau @Words_by_Alex @lizWWyld
We’re big fans of @Fi_BGB. 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.
@HeatherBoisseau
Thanks so much @MHarrison13 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!
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Superb headline act yesterday at #WargraveFestival. You were both fabulous @CescaMajor and @KatePoels! Funny, interesting (and also gorgeous. Love these pictures!).
@HeatherBoisseau @lizWWyld @Words_by_Alex
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What we *should* have called #UnderParis, according to the people in our comments... 🦈🇫🇷
