So lovely to finally be joining Bluesky with the happy news that my debut poetry collection Nettles is out now! 🌿 To celebrate its launch, signed copies are available here nazaretranea.com/item/nettles/

Social media does not miss 🔥 To dodge suppression, folks are using “music festival” as code to tip off or report on ICE protests in Los Angeles.

New episode up now. A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, with guests Dave Haslam and Melanie Williams in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. @davehaslam.bsky.social @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/245...

The headline here should say: "Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded". (The increase is mentioned way down the article.) www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...

Flying through my holiday reading - all excellent. #unhelpfulbookreviewer

We need more human beings.

The sun rises over Gaios

it's Jimmy Cliff's birthday and he's 81 and many of his tunes are still sung by people for hope and comfort and the sheer passion he has put into his music for decades so put some respect on his name. give Jimmy Cliff his flowers by bumping his tremendous tunes today

Hello from Paxos :)

This.

Love after Love by Derek Walcott ❤️

Toughening migration rules doesn’t challenge Reform. It validates them.

This is essential reading and cricket needs to take notice

What a wonderful essay by @iammilliam.bsky.social on literature and its curious reluctance to hang around in the suburbs. #TeamPooter

Lowry on his way to the Picture House Gallery, Padiham, by Blackburn-born Carole Pugh, a former textile designer. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

This is beautiful and heartbreaking and I love it. Wendy Cope’s poem An Afternoon

Update: My anti-racism course goes live this month! If your school or organisation could benefit, check it out and join the waitlist. www.apex-educate.co.uk/anti-racism-... #apexeducate #learnchallengeapply

The double-sided ’mix tape’ my daughter,Iris, has made for her friend ❤️. Love that she is geeky enough in the age of the download to lovingly write this out (she spent hours agonising over her choices too) - good eclectic tastes too ;)

Beautiful Suffolk ❤️

So long and thank you Marrakech- I’ll be back #travel #EduSky

I speak of Africa and golden joys.

We’re thrilled to unveil the stunning new mural at Gloucestershire Cricket, celebrating the extraordinary achievements of four pace bowling icons: David ‘Syd’ Lawrence, Courtney Walsh, David Payne, and Mike Procter. 🌟 The talented Silent Hobo created this incredible artwork 🏟 #BecomeGlorious

Good morning. Still on teacher time, but what a place to wake up in! @teachersky #travel #booksky #teachers #Marrakesh

What a terrific book this is. Everett is the absolute master of balancing the weightiest and most important of issues with scintillating whit, lightness of touch and jaw-dropping cleverness.

New episode up now. The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, with guest Chris Chibnall @chrischibnall.bsky.social in conversation with @iammilliam.bsky.social and @johnmitchinson.bsky.social. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/237

Greetings from Marrakesh

Difficult to overstate how much I loved this book. Moving, eccentric, sad, hilarious and peculiarly British in the best sense. Thank you @backlisted.bsky.social for the tip and @willhodgkinson.bsky.social for this life affirming book and - though I know you don’t do social media, thank you Lawrence

#Adolescence just mesmerising. Compassionate, heartbreaking, tragic, challenging, pitch-perfect television.

This is devastating 🧵. The beautiful country of Georgia, sliding into dictatorship, and subservience to Moscow, while world is distracted elsewhere. Years of struggle to shake off legacy of the Soviet Union and fulfill dreams of democracy being shattered. Georgia’s fate is a warning for us all.

Reform UK candidate who praised Hitler and Assad put in charge of vetting

If you want to write to your Labour MP about disability benefit cuts but have limited spoons, here’s a template from @sensecharity.bsky.social you can use: t.co/E8QB6EDi9o Public backlash *does* work at times so let’s keep the pressure up. You too, non-disabled allies!

Here to escape the pernicious grasp of X. Would love to connect with teachers, education leaders, book lovers and friends old and new #teachers #education #leadership #booklovers

This is so good. Festen vibes.

I truly love my favourite 15 reads of 2024: deepest joy, heartbreak, wonder, beauty & fun. Thanks @backlisted.bsky.social & other happy online readers. [104 books, making the most of my first year without full-time work!🙂📚]

Started my first @backlisted.bsky.social read of the year, and it’s very good.

In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist".

Here to escape the pernicious grasp of X. Would love to connect with teachers, education leaders, book lovers and friends old and new #teachers #education #leadership #booklovers