Tom Gething

Q&A: Why are a child’s first 1,000 days so critical for brain building? Many parents think the school years matter most for neurological development, but a UVA expert says the biggest gains start much earlier.

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YouTube video by David Bruce Composer The Biggest "F*** You" Ending to a Symphony Ever

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Understanding and Habit Making sense of arguments about teaching

Understanding and Habit
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YouTube video by Sundance Institute Ed Harris Accepts the Robert Redford Luminary Award at the 2026 Sundance Institute Gala

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YouTube video by Sebastien Dupuis Leslie Howard Explains Liszt — From the Complete Recordings

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YouTube video by Ben Laude Brahms Intermezzi in Increasing Levels of Depth, with Angeline Ma

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Why Knowledge Matters More in the Age of AI Why AI does not make knowledge obsolete. On cognitive offloading, learning, and why internalised knowledge remains essential for thinking.

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Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes The reasons are not yet fully understood, but researchers consider societal influences that encourage greater compliance among girls as a potential cause.

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes
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This is for me his finest 7th. The way they play the adagio always put me in mind of Charon on the Styx

Agency Is What Societies Make of It – Nick Dennis

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I have never heard the basic pulse sound quite like this before. At first jarring, I can't help finding it rather beguiling. Sibelius conducted as if it were Johann Strauss? www.therestisnoise.com/2025/08/ren%...

The Grand Gallery of Consciousness I dreamed that I was at a school that was an amalgamation of all the schools I've ever experienced. There were aspects very ...

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YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas Why our psychology will always destroy utopia | Paul Bloom

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YouTube video by James Hoffmann I Bought David Lynch’s Weird Coffee Maker

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Galen Strawson · The Sense of the Self

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World Model Genie3 Brings Us Closer to AGI and Transformational Educational Opportunity Teaching Guides WIll 10x Students

World Model Genie3 Brings Us Closer to AGI and Transformational Educational Opportunity
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Karajan = Apollonian, and Bernstein/VPO = Dionysian. Both are incredible performances. It just goes to show that great music invites different perspectives so long as they are fully coherent.

Time Management & Study Skills For Students One of the biggest challenges with learning is to get organised and to stick with a healthy study routine. It is easy to feel overwhelmed. In Level 2 Psychology we introduced Time Management & Study S

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Why beliefs about free will matter in education The illusion of choice may feel comforting but it often punishes those who have little choice

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Generative AI IS The Marshmallow Test Unfortunately We Live in a Society of Sanctioned Marshmallow Pushers

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What does it mean to say goodbye to a creature that doesn’t know you’re leaving? | Aeon Videos How do you say goodbye to a beloved dog who will never understand what that means? A meditation on the limits of language

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YouTube video by Nerdwriter1 Two Ways To Film The Same Scene (#2)

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YouTube video by op106 Louis Kentner in recital plays Liszt's 2nd Années de Pèlerinage, ( Italy ) London 1960's

Franz Liszt died in Bayreuth on this day in 1886. So here's a film of Louis Kentner playing the second (Italian) book of Années de pèlerinage at a recital in London in the 1960s. This is just utterly wonderful.
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Segerstam's Helsinki symphony cycle is one of my absolute favourites. Cut from an entirely different cloth than anybody else.

What is a ‘rigorous’ curriculum? Hint: it's not just about content.

What is a ‘rigorous’ curriculum?
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Thank you. Fascinating list. Made me smile to see so much Balzac and Maupassant.

Where did you get WB list from?

It did take me some time to gather and read all the Maigret novels but it was worth it.