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James Baldwin. It's been a long time. Best novel to re-start with?
Looking forward to reading the book!
From today’s Irish Times x
Teaching, L.M. Sacasas and Rory Sutherland's Doorman Fallacy:
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Thank you! The Cooper novel is moving.
Fortnightly 202: Donna Leon, Duff Cooper's 'Operation Heartbreak', @erinmaglaque.bsky.social on Caravaggio, researchED Cork, @karenswallowprior.bsky.social & @carlhendrick.substack.com on reading, @conorsmurf.bsky.social on AI in teacher training, & more.
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The support act is great, too.
I remember using these, and the beautiful bank notes too.
On teaching and 'The Great Pottery Throw Down'.
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(New). Thoughts on English teaching in Ireland and the US, prompted by a paper by @manshel.bsky.social.
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Do you like excellence about his ex-excellency? Then this piece of brilliant writing is for you. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
It's a stunner. Starting with that first sentence!
On the latest episode of the podcast, @erinmaglaque.bsky.social joins Thomas Jones (@moonjets.bsky.social) to discuss the ways that Caravaggio represented his models’ bodies on canvas and what makes his paintings so unnerving.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Very interesting to read these reflections on how US and Irish schools overlap and diverge when it comes to high school English!
Correct. But also thankfully high quality. And at its heart it’s not schematic or obvious in its presentation of character.
Thanks for the paper. Stimulating!
Beryl Bainbridge drew on her own life for her funny, dark novels. As two of the British writer’s best works, The Bottle Factory Outing and An Awfully Big Adventure, are republished this month, John Self reassesses her writing
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(New). Thoughts on English teaching in Ireland and the US, prompted by a paper by @manshel.bsky.social.
juliangirdham.substack.com/p/extra-engl...
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'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry
For International Women's Day at #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, join us for an uplifting, thought‑provoking celebration of women.
📅 Sat, 7 March at 2pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/her-breath-mine-women-seamus-heaneys-poetry
Dirty Linen is now available to buy in the US. Here is a review by Geoffrey Cobb in the New York-based Irish Echo.
www.irishecho.com/2025/9/gut-w...
We’re a month away from the book release date and 2 months away from some great CPD around ‘An Inspector Calls’.
@zarashah.bsky.social, @xris32.bsky.social and @funkypedagogy.bsky.social all speaking! 🤩
Sign up below! @hugheshaili.bsky.social @miriamhussain.bsky.social @teachals.bsky.social 👇🏻
Helena: you're MEAN, Demetrius: I'm OFF #MoonMad
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L, 2008 revival of @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream dir. Greg Doran, Demetrius (Edward Bennett) & Helena (Natalie Walter); R, more restrained: 1963 RSC, dir. Peter Hall, Helena (Diana Rigg) & Demetrius (Barry MacGregor)
NEW BLOG: We need to talk about oracy
A taste of my ResearchEd talk yesterday
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Great day at Research Ed Birmingham yesterday.
I spoke about AI & education: what needs to change.
You can download my slides here: bit.ly/DCBrum2026
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Next intro webinar in April - register here: www.nomoremarking.com/events
As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the history of high school English in the United States, and I’m excited to share a new article from that project—“High School English and the Making of American Readers”—out today in American Literary History! 🧵
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For @newyorker.com, I wrote about how "The Great Gatsby," which turns 100 this month, went from flop to high school classic, and whether the novel can survive another hundred years
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English teachers in the Dublin area. The fifth English Meet is on Thursday 7th May. Eager for presenting volunteers. Do get in touch! #edchatie
Free tickets:
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I used to love teaching "Their Eyes Were Watching God." I got to interview @marcusluther.bsky.social about teaching it today. Teachers: Keep this novel alive in classrooms, and check out Marcus's *amazing* teaching resources in this interview. open.substack.com/pub/spencerl...
Fortnightly 201: Filling buckets again
English Meet 2026, Barbara Oakley, Emma Smith, Jonathan Bate, Rosita Boland, Mackenzie Crook, Riz Ahmed & Hamlet, Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro and more.
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