This was the nicest bit of my week - and considering it is a late-start inset day today, I feel like that is saying something.
Starting the reading today for the masters. The essential list runs to two pages, which is a bit daunting. This one is core to my well-being: just sitting on my desk and purring loudly, after he's left muddy pawprints in my notebook for course, so I can carry him everywhere.
I've got a book hangover. I keep thinking of the characters and feeling sad the book is over and they're gone now. Does anybody else get this?
Very exciting day yesterday, finally attending induction at Oxford for an MSc in educational assessment. I've had my eye on this course for 7 years! Also deeply excited that this student card allows me access to all the libraries.
Yesterday I woke up and wondered why I had set the alarm on a Sunday. Today I planned my whole outfit around a pair of earrings and then forgot to put them on. Then had a tough-love UCAS grade conv with someone who turned out to be the wrong student. What will tomorrow bring 🫣
Find out about the hugely exciting roster of events for #historyteachers@1972shp.bsky.socialwww.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/directors-bl....
It’s hard to believe that it was only a year ago that I sat down to write my first Director’s blog. Last year was so exhilarating that it feels like we packed in a lifetime’s worth of fun in those 12 ...
It was a real pleasure to talk to Matthew Wright on the LBC Breakfast show this morning. Amidst continued attacks on the National Trust from right wing culture warriors in obscurely funded think-tanks & on GB TV, I emphasised the value of historical literacy. www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Public choosing ‘Shakespeare over invasion’ and becoming more discerning about Britain’s history, says Alan Lester
Very excited to discover that my second favourite read of last year has not only a sequel but is part of a trilogy. Cannot wait to get started on this one!
Happy publication day to @historysam.bsky.social for her new Pearson Edexcel Medicine in Britain book. I couldn't ask for a better author. Based around cognitive science principles this is the only textbook on the market that accounts for the new content and assessment changes introduced this year.
