Used to follow you on Twitter for your amazing book recos and picked up Front Desk when I saw this. Another absolute banger. A joy to read. Hope your class love it.

BBC Sounds - The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell on BBC Sounds.

I loved this series, particularly the last episode www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

So enjoyed reading this. A much-needed uplifting article against a week of what’s felt like fairly depressing global news.

Insuring Disaster 2024 We work across borders and systems to transform the financial sector and harness its potential to be a force for good.

Really super episode. Have you come across shareaction.org/reports/insu...?

Radical with Amol Rajan - Books v Screens: Why Every School Needs a Library (Katherine Rundell) - BBC Sounds Children’s author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids.

Hello from the UK. We’ve noticed. This is a great listen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This FT article’s charts are pretty horrifying as well.

on.ft.com/4oRaHET

I totally love that book. They/their teacher has great taste.

Trade Wars Are Class Wars A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers  Winner of the Lio...

@garyseconomics.bsky.social . Have you come across? yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Thanks v much for the recommendation. Really enjoyed this one.

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Thanks for sharing. Going this week so even more enthused now.

This makes for disturbing reading not least as this is someone simply asking a legitimate question at AGM. No protesting, no disruption. And worse, the IR team at the very least would know who they are - and in some cases, have been in dialogue for years.

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social

I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team.

It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is.

To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟

Also really enjoy your “behind the curtain” articles. Another fab one although reminds me of my futile atttempts at returns for Oedipus!! It was just too good…

V much enjoyed Kyoto last week thanks to your earlier piece.

And even when it is offered, pressure to enlist students for the EBacc can squeeze out creative options 🥲. It should not be an either or.

So sorry. I love your work.

Props to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com for this article. As ever, great journalism. Ties in so neatly to The Anxious Generation which is a wake up call we all need. Really super, thoughtful book. Congrats Jonathan.

@jonnelledge.bsky.social

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
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Yet again, France ahead of the UK but what a worthwhile initiative for US researchers👇

This post spurred me to go yday. Omg, 100% wow. What a production, what a cast.

Tell me abt it!! Thank goodness for the return of Abbott Elementary…

Do you follow @greenschools.bsky.social ? Really love what they do.

State Street loses £28bn of assets to Amundi and Invesco over ESG goals US asset manager previously managed all of The People’s Pension’s £33bn in assets

www.ft.com/content/541c...

Climate has consequences….

Thank you for cheering up my week. Going next Fri 🎉

NEW: A moment in Munich.

Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.”

He ends hoping for peace.

A long, standing ovation.

What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.

Solar panels could cut fuel-poor UK families’ energy bills by 24%, says study Call for means-tested grants or loans to cover upfront costs that prevent poorer households from benefiting

Successful rollout of solar panels could lift 1.2 million people in UK out of fuel poverty, & help decarbonise the UK’s electricity system

In fuel-poor households savings from rooftop solar panels could reduce energy bills by 24% say @resfoundation.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For 90 mins away from the world, wld recommend #Titanique. Mad, bonkers fun, amazing singing. Deserved to be full. Loved it! 💙