Shabanah Fazal

Children’s reading enjoyment falls to lowest recorded level in UK Annual survey of young people’s reading habits which began two decades ago shows its lowest-ever result, most pronounced among boys aged 11 to 16

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

🧵 One of the biggest myths in education since I started teaching in 2010 is this:

The knowledge-rich curriculum

The myth is that knowing more will improve the quality of children's lives.

It's built on the lie that knowledge = grades = good job = happiness.

It's a lie.

Down and out in the manosphere - with James Bloodworth The Matts are joined by author James Bloodworth whose new book Lost Boys is a brilliantly insightful exploration of misogyny and conspiracy rife within groups of young men today. James does what many ...

Wow, what a brilliant discussion of the modern Manosphere, how it preys on male insecurity and how men prey on men while blaming women.

Is the male loneliness epidemic in fact self inflicted?

Thanks @thenewworldmag.bsky.social & ❤️
@jamesbloodworth.bsky.social

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The Online Movement Ensnaring Young Men Reporter James Bloodworth joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede to discuss how developments in technology have left young men vulnerable to online personalities from Andrew Tate to Jordan Peter...

Had a great conversation with New Lines magazine about the manosphere and how it ensnares young men newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...

A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

Happy publication day to…

The Unthinkable!!!
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My mum killed my dad, I helped free her from prison. This is the story I walked, and what it cost.

I never thought I’d write it and now, it’s out in the world!

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Amazing! From a C21st viewpoint, it’s tempting to assume that C19th sportswomen were all cowed victims of patriarchal fashion, with no choice but to exercise in long skirts & corsets. Nope! Sportswomen were ingenious at adapting & creating cutting-edge garments to balance their complex requirements

Kemi Badenoch calls for end to windfall tax on oil and gas companies The Conservative leader said the windfall tax on the oil and gas sector should end and new drilling licenses are needed.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch calls for end to windfall tax on oil/gas companies.

They have been making record profits, fuelling inflation & poverty.

Tory silence on tackling poverty, no remorse for two child benefit cap, austerity, privatisations, destroying the NHS and public services.

The foreign language that is now the most popular among GCSE students The overall number of entries for this summer’s exams for both GCSEs and A-levels has decreased

Spanish overtakes French as the most popular foreign language for GCSE students | The Independent buff.ly/6ruiQWg #langsky #xl8

So… does Iran have a right to defend itself?

The Settlers With Their Sights on Gaza A hard-line Israeli movement, featured in a new BBC documentary, expects to benefit from the current war—and meets no resistance from the U.S.

Wrote this before the Iran strikes but it still applies. "Netanyahu is taking advantage of the Trump presidency to prolong the Gaza conflict, keeping his extremist coalition partners in the fold and himself in power."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

British crash survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh describes escape from plane in India Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was able to escape from the crashed passenger plane in Ahmedabad - the only person to do so.

British crash survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh describes escape from plane in India

Air India plane crash: Families in Ahmedabad endure agonising wait for victims' bodies Families just want the bodies of their loved ones.

Air India plane crash: Families in Ahmedabad endure agonising wait for victims' bodies

Americans will feel impact of immigration enforcement on farms, union president warns Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields

Workers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields.

Mea culpa: my part in the rise of the trans cult The Gender Recognition Bill looked harmless enough. If only I'd known. . .

'I had no particularly strong feelings about the subject, mainly because I did not possess a time machine and was therefore unable to foresee the chaos and damage – particularly to women’s rights – that the genderists would inflict in the next 20 years or so.'
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Universities are starting to get their houses in order & uphold privacy & dignity rights for women as well as for those with trans identities. Courtesy of Prof Jo Phoenix over on X.

The moderation and block tools on here are so advanced , if you see someone you don’t want to see on here, just block them. Don’t attack them.

There used to be great give and take discussions on politics and news. Not so much any more.

Doesn’t have to be this way

The responses to this pretty much proving your point. Yikes.

Opinion | The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes The social media network was doomed to fail as progressives tried to re-create old Twitter.

The lack of diversity of thought here is really hurting usage.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Opinion | Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side - The Washington Post

The replies on here may not be as racist as Twitter, but they damn sure are hateful.
Talk AI: FU, AI sucks go away
Talk Business: Go away
Talk Healthcare: Crickets.

Engagement went from great convos on many topics, to agree with me or you are a nazi fascist

We are forcing posts to X

Leaked medical report states controversial Olympic boxer has 'male' chromosomes A medical report from 2023 allegedly shows that controversial Algerian women's Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif is biologically male.

'The test results reportedly were carried out at Dr Lal PathLabs in New Delhi, which is accredited by the American College of Pathologists and certified by the Swiss-based International Organization for Standardization.'
torontosun.com/sports/olymp...

'Imane Khelif’s sex-test results from the 2023 World Championships have been published for the first time, with the medical report appearing to indicate that the boxer is biologically male.'

'Italy’s Angela Carini, the first opponent beaten by Khelif, described how she had been punched so hard that she feared for her life.'

Leaked medical report ‘proves Imane Khelif is biological male’ Sex-test results published online which debunk IOC’s stance on controversial Olympic champion

Should not have played out on centre stage in global sport. Completely unethical for both female & DSD boxers. The IOC knew the test results. But permitted Khelif to punch women in the face on the world stage.
Early sex screen essential.
www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/...

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Unions and bosses are flouting trans ruling Implementing the Supreme Court’s judgment that ‘woman’ means female requires Keir Starmer to speak up for the law

As organisations like Unison flout the Supreme Court ruling on sex & gender, leaders can’t continue to hide behind judges and regulators. They need to explain to detractors why protecting women’s rights is so important. Including Keir Starmer

My column in the Times

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