Ollie Barnes

These lionesses 😱🤯

Crying at work is probably the most relatable thing this government has done in a full year

It certainly seems that way…

School rules from the Qing dynasty c1800. Big fan of ‘love their books and keep them from harm’

Quite possibly my ancestor. Long line of Barnes’s from NE Cambs

This playoff final has been written for Netflix

Sneaky 👀

Have yet to properly get into the detail but there is some pretty worrying stuff in this report about pupils’ enjoyment of school and how it falls off in Y7. Huge questions to ask here. Wonder if it’s similar in middle school systems??

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They seemed quite happy with that one 🍻

a man is sticking his head out of a blue car while holding a remote control . ALT: a man is sticking his head out of a blue car while holding a remote control .

Hoping AQA have been kind to year 13s taking politics this afternoon. They’ve worked very hard for this

T he year is 1789. In London, pens scratch out early petitions for the abolition of slavery. In the Caribbean, whips crack out over plantations. But in Bath, a lone 11-year-old lifts his violin, letting his music speak louder than either words or force. It's hard to say exactly when George Bridgetower first arrived in England with his violin, or quite what his heritage was. His father claimed to be an African prince, but it's now thought he was from Barbados. But one thing for certain is that George's first concert at Bath Assembly Rooms in December 1789 would change his life for ever. Almost overnight, George became an instant celebrity, his musical genius making him the darling of Bath. Relishing the fame and success, George and his father promenaded daily through the city, greeting their fans while wearing costumes of turbans and foreign robes. After selling out a string of shows at the Assembly Rooms, George soon earned international fame, performing across Europe alongside such luminaries as Beethoven and Haydn.

Great piece in @nationaltrust.org.uk magazine. Would be great to get this story into our y8 unit on Georgian Britain

This would be absolutely WILD for politics teachers

Excited to dig into this properly when exam prep is all over

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Really enjoyed puzzling over how to help Harjeet. I’m now suffering from post-conference blues 😂

Always a pleasure to present with @lauralondo1017.bsky.social and very grateful for the interaction of the people who joined us this morning.

It's been great to meet up with colleagues & friends, & hear from #historyteacher s & #historians

Goodbye #HAConf25.

The Codex Fejérváry-Mayer: history Before the Spanish invasion, Mesoamerica was known as the land of codices or books. From Mexico to Nicaragua, this type of folded book on deerskin or paper with its characteristic way of writing and its own calendar, was well known. This codex is one of the most precious and remarkable artefacts to have survived from the time before Hernán Cortés destroyed the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, in 1521. It was named after a Hungarian collector (Fejérváry) and a Liverpudlian benefactor (Mayer).

A window onto another world Invading Europeans burned whole libraries of books in huge bonfires, fearing their intellectual power. Today, only two dozen or so screenfold books in the Native tradition are known to have survived. Of these, only half - among them Fejérváry-Mayer - are likely to be pre-Cortesian (before 1521). The Fejérváry-Mayer Codex offers us a chance to look through a rare and privileged window onto the world of Native America.

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World Museum Liverpool

Jardine Matheson’s silk factory in Nagasaki

The Codex Fejérváry-Mayer: history Before the Spanish invasion, Mesoamerica was known as the land of codices or books. From Mexico to Nicaragua, this type of folded book on deerskin or paper with its characteristic way of writing and its own calendar, was well known. This codex is one of the most precious and remarkable artefacts to have survived from the time before Hernán Cortés destroyed the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, in 1521. It was named after a Hungarian collector (Fejérváry) and a Liverpudlian benefactor (Mayer).

Every workshop I went to was brilliant, it was a career highlight for me to be a part of it and present our work on Hong Kong. A quick visit to the World Museum too which is packed with amazing objects from the Qing dynasty, as well as an Aztec Codex.

Wilkes and McFahn made me think about the number of times I’ve been asked ‘Are we having a fun lesson today?’. And my stock response ‘history is ALWAYS fun’

Hilton Liverpool

Conference workshop

Conference workshop

What an amazing and inspiring conference #haconf25! Particularly enjoyed @fredoxby.bsky.social session today and will be thinking more carefully about planning to teach sensitive histories.

Tripling my pride (actually bursting) after a quick run down the corridor to catch a few minutes of @obarnes.bsky.social @uonsoe.bsky.social #PGCE #alumni presenting on his SoW which includes the history of Hong Kong in his curriculum's work on Empire. 🤩 #HAConf25 @histassoc.bsky.social

So exciting! See you tomorrow

Has anyone tried to put anything on a usb drive lately? Absolute pain in the neck 😫🤣

The power of beautiful resources

I think it’s important to think about beauty when we are evaluating resources we use for teaching.

This isn’t about taste, it’s about value.

Our pupils deserve the best.

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Train read, making some late additions to my workshop at #haconf25

Help! Only 1 week until #haconf25

Screenshot of Empire Pod -latest episode

Hugely enjoying @empirepoduk.bsky.social at the moment. An amazing story of Great British Twitishness in the latest episode

Pope Francis dead at 88 He was unafraid to wade into politics, publicly feuding with U.S. President Donald Trump over immigration and rebuking U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

🚨 BREAKING: Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died aged 88, the Vatican announced on Monday.

Hitler trial for the Beer Hall putsch ended 101 years ago tomorrow. He was given a 5 year prison sentence. Within a decade he had become chancellor of Germany and removed almost all of his opposition.