Sam Evans

A charming mosaic showing a zebra on the right, being led to the left by his zebra-wrangler

Was International Zebra Day on Saturday.
We're a bit busy, so here's a mosaic of a zebra.
That's us done. 👍
#MosaicMonday

🏛️ The beautiful mosaic floor of the Roman baths at the sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia, Greece. The baths were built in 150 CE on the site of pre-existing ancient Greek baths. 📹 My own.

POV you're a Peacock butterfly soaking up every last scrap of winter sunshine

We'd hiss too if someone was blocking our sun!

📹: Jake Hearney

#FridayFive Literature.
1. Scentless Apprentice. Nirvana.
2. Wuthering Heights. Kate Bush.
3. Dignity. Deacon Blue.
4. Romeo and Juliet. Dire Straights (The Killers version is gorgeous too).
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Elton John.

Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025 and runners-up unveiled

ICYMI: "Peace" has been chosen as the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025, according to research carried out by Oxford University Press. More than a third (35%) of children chose the word 👇 #BookSky

🕊️ ‘Peace’ is Children’s Word of the Year 2025!
Kids aged 6–14 across the UK chose it to reflect empathy, togetherness & awareness of global events.
A great prompt for KS1 learning.
#ChildrensWordOfTheYear
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Each year, Oxford University Press names a Children’s Word of the Year. For 2025, children across the UK chose peace.

With 1 in 5 children worldwide now living through or affected by conflict, it’s no surprise.

They’re paying attention. They’re asking for change. It’s time the world listened.

Text saying: Oxford Children's Word of the Year 2025: Peace

"Over a third (35%) of surveyed children voted for peace as
their Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025." @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

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I had so much fun being part of the revealing of the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025! @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

What connects the meme slang “six-seven” and “peace”? 🤔💬

Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025🏆📚

I’ll be on BBC radio outlets from 11am–1pm🎙️ to explore what these choices tell us about how children use language and what adults can learn from it 👀✨

Read more here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Find out more ⬇️ #OxfordCWOTY
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Six-seven has also been named the Oxford Children's Slang Word of the Year 2025.

Almost half (47%) of children chose six-seven as their slang word of the year, followed by aura (24%) and delulu (7%).

#OxfordCWOTY

The research, which was carried out in 2025 and surveyed opinions from almost 5,000 children across the UK aged 6–14, highlighted children’s awareness of current affairs.

#OxfordCWOTY

Cream background with hand-drawn orange illustrations of doves, leaves, hearts and stars surrounding the word “Peace” in large orange lettering. Text above reads “Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025.”

Bright orange background with white hand-drawn illustrations of hands, lightning bolts and motion lines around the words “Six-seven” in large textured white lettering. Text above reads “Oxford Children’s Slang Word of the Year 2025.”

CONFIRMED: Oxford University Press has announced Peace as Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025, with six-seven crowned Children’s Slang Word of the Year.

35% of children chose peace, followed by a third (33%) choosing AI & 21% opting for resilience.

#OxfordCWOTY @oxfordeducation.bsky.social

Graphic with the cover of the Oxford Children's Word of the Year report 2025.

The Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2025 is 'peace', though it was narrowly followed by 'AI' and 'resilience.' Find out more, including how #schools can participate in the next Oxford Children’s Word of the Year survey
@oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

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Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025 and runners-up unveiled

"Peace" has been chosen as the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025, according to research carried out by Oxford University Press. More than a third (35%) of children chose the word 👇 #BookSky

Mentions of “peace” in children’s stories have increased by 60% since 2015. The runner-up word was “AI”, while perhaps inevitably, the Children’s Slang Word of the Year was “six seven” which OUP generously says “fosters inclusivity and social currency”.

Peace named Oxford Children's Word of the Year for 2025 - Oxford University Press Young people from across the UK have voted for 'peace' as the Oxford Children's Word of the Year 2025, with 'six-seven' voted as their slang word of the year.

In a blow to Donald Trump, children across the UK have voted for “peace” as the Oxford University Press Children’s Word of the Year. OUP says that many of the respondents, aged 6-14, mentioned specific conflicts such as Ukraine and Gaza when choosing the word. corp.oup.com/news/peace-n...

‘Six-seven’ voted children's slang word of the Year ‘Peace’ took away the top prize, but ‘six-seven’ was overwhelmingly voted the slang term of the year for 2025.

Few seem to know what it means, but the slang term “six-seven” has been voted as children’s slang word of the year.

Oxford University Press surveyed 5,000 children across the UK and some 47% picked “six-seven” as the slang word of the year.
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Oxford children's word of the year revealed Oxford children's word of the year has been revealed, according to research by Oxford University Press.

Oxford children's word of the year revealed

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Peace announced as Oxford Children’s Word of the Year Peace has been chosen as Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2025,...

Oxford children's word of the year for 2025 has been revealed:

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Oxford reveals Children’s Word of the Year for 2025: Oxford University Press has declared "peace" as the Children's Word of the Year for 2025, based on a survey of nearly 5,000 children aged six to 14. "Peace" was chosen by 35% of respondents, with 33% selecting "AI" … https://ranked.news/140445?u=b

Oxford reveals Children’s Word of the Year for 2025 Almost 5,000 children aged six to 14 were surveyed by Oxford University Press

Oxford reveals Children’s Word of the Year for 2025

Almost 5,000 children aged six to 14 were surveyed by Oxford University Press

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What’s your Word of the Year? 🧐📖

At my non-fiction Rebel Book Club we asked this question at Torva Books event.

🗓 Wed 21 Jan, the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year 2025 will be revealed.

🎙 I’m on BBC radio (11am–1pm) chatting about winning word and what it says about how children use language.

I was asking the very same question yesterday! He wears them well, no idea where he buys them!

The front of a nail salon called "Nail Shop Near Me"

Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation

My photo shows a short cylindrical translucent blue glass cup which flares outwards towards the rim. The glass is darker near the rim and lighter toward the base where the display light passes through. The rim is slightly irregular and worn at the back. The glass surface is textured with vertical ridges running down the upper half, while the lower half has a texture which resembles loosely shaped hexagon and pentagon shapes, some larger than others, clustered together like cells of an irregular honeycomb. The glass cup sits on a white surface against a light grey background. The display lighting creates circular shadows and glowing blue reflections around the base of the glass. This glass cup was excavated in 1973 from the richly-furnished Cheonmachong Tomb, also known as the Tomb of the Heavenly Horse. The tomb belonged to a royal male from the ancient Silla Kingdom of the Korean peninsula. I saw this cup on display at the British Museum’s ‘Silk Roads’ exhibition in 2024, on loan from the Gyeongju National Museum in South Korea. It is an example of ancient trading of Roman goods through the Steppe Route, the original Silk Road over the Eurasian plains stretching to Far East Asia. The British Museum label reads: “This glass cup was discovered in the tomb of a royal male, alongside an ornate gold crown and other precious objects. It is of a late Roman type found across the eastern Mediterranean region. Scientific analysis indicates it was probably made in Egypt, which had a major centre of glassmaking in Alexandria. The presence of Mediterranean glass objects in tombs as far as the Korean peninsula and Japanese archipelago reflects their valued status as luxury items in the ancient world. Probably made in Egypt; excavated from Cheonmachong Tomb, Gyeongju, Korea. Early AD 500s”.

WOW! This late Roman blue glass cup made an epic 12,000 km journey!

Made in the eastern Mediterranean, it was excavated from the Cheonmachong Tomb, a royal tomb of the ancient Silla Kingdom in Korea! 🤯

Early AD 500s. Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea. 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

#FridayFive. Live.
1. The Man Who Sold the World. Nirvana. Unplugged in NY.
2. Tilted. Christine and the Queens. Jules Holland.
3. Nothing Else Matters. Metallica S and M.
4. Common People. Glasto 1995.
5. Under the Pressure. War on Drugs. Live Drugs Again.

And THIS time I’ll remember to tag it: #ukkidlit #kidlituk #booksky

Launch of the National Year of Reading webinar: Inspiring life-long readers | National Literacy Trust 15 January 2026. Attend our all-phase launch webinar for the National Year of Reading 2026 featuring keynote speaker Professor Teresa Cremin who will set out her vision for inspiring life-long readers...

If you haven't yet signed up for the launch webinar for the National Year of Reading, delivered by the wonderful @teresacremin.bsky.social, then make sure you do! It's on Thursday 15th January, starting at 4:00pm. Not to be missed.

The link is here: literacytrust.org.uk/events/launc...