Since 1980, under the Thatcherite policies, 2.8m social homes sold, 1.9m in England for £51bn. In 2024, England homes were worth £430bn. Councils didn't receive full sales proceeds, couldn't replenish housing stock. Vital depts closed. Social homes down from 6.8m to 5.4m. Huge housing crisis.

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

This is exactly what we have been warning about. But oh no, anyone who objects to the changes is a selfish, privileged nimby, a zealot, a blocker, an elitist. Let's trash the lives of England's poorest communities, and smear anyone who complains. Thanks Keir. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Next to our level 0 dyslexia-friendly display, we also have a collection of 'Books Beyond Words', created by RCPsych, a series of wordless picture books designed to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities navigate trauma, medical procedures, and mental health challenges.

Our library houses over 250,000 books across five floors. You might have enjoyed a few paperbacks from our adult fiction section, or perhaps you've spent hours leafing through our endless supply of picture books.

Tom Gray is amazing at this sort of thing. An impassioned speech to the Ivors Academy. Inspiring stuff.

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We've now added another testimony from a teacher who contacted us having seen the blog. His experiences (adapted with his consent to protect his anonymity) are equally troubling. They can be read by scrolling down to the bottom of the first comment. www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/how-a-m...

Insane dystopian shit here, totally unacceptable. I expect politicians and commentators to be outraged by it, regardless of their opinion of the crimes these people were convicted of.

I've written this piece for @natecommunity.bsky.social about accent prejudice based on some of the work done by @teachertapp.bsky.social last year and from discussions with ace linguists @dramandacole.bsky.social and @robdrummond.bsky.social

I published a collection of short horror stories, inspired by 20th century radio shows like The Witch's Tale, television series like The Twilight Zone, and classic horror films. I think it's great, and so do other clever people in the know. I'd love for you to read it, too. Links below 👇🏻

@thehiveworcs.bsky.social is everything a library should be and every town deserves one like it. Like most parents I know, we were broke when ours was little but she never went short of books and now she’s a librarian herself ❤️ #librarieschangelives

@thehiveworcs.bsky.social is the best library in the country and we need to hang on to it, along with every other library - please help out by doing this! Any chance of a reskeet to help out a new library account @stuhennigan.bsky.social?

I did this on Twitter years ago and got some amazing answers. Let's see if we can get #LibrariesChangeLives trending and show what amazing things can grow from properly funded public services and the value of providing free access to books, reading and educational resources for all.

meme via Richard Clarke (who I've warned to be careful, as critics of Reform Ltd Worcestershire may be liable to get legal threats ... "Reform council leader in legal threat over Facebook videos" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Definitely do this if you love creeping dread and gradually unraveling narrators. I’ve just finished my NetGalley copy and loved it from page 1.

Hey #worcestershire and #library people

I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy. All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n

Ofqual doesn’t tell us the proportion of GCSE and A-level grades that contain marking mistakes, says Dennis Sherwood, but deciphering the available data raises the possibility that it’s an alarmingly high figure

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Incredible story

Landmark television every bit as significant as The Ascent of Man

They flashbanged a car full of kids. A car full of fucking kids.

Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education." www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

BLOG POST: Another batch of spooky stories, mostly made for TV, that I think capture something of the vibe of the Lawrence Gordon Clark era of BBC ghost stories for Christmas. precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/12/11/a...

“There are rock bands that sing in Frisian, but we don’t have a Kneecap unfortunately. We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Can’t breathe

Some of the best advice this year

the new policies cross so many red lines that no-one who considers themselves to be an anti racist could in good conscience remain a labour member. at this point the morality of it is as clear cut as could be: remain supporting and working for a party enacting far-right racist policies, or leave

"Centrists" have commitment issues

It also includes this banger of a William S Burroughs quote: ‘What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity.’

Call them cunts and tell them they get nothing. Spit in their stupid faces. Put extra Asians in the Christmas adverts and explicitly say you're doing it to fuck them off. Tell them *no* for once Jesus actual Christ lads. Not "this is unworkable" or "this is expensive". Just no.

Weekend reading about keeping fallen leaves around your plants - and how this helps the plants too! www.wildway.info/p/importance...

Immigrants don't suppress your wages Bosses do

31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating. It was a White man attacking Non-White people. Where is the apology from this hateful racist?

Andreea and Christian will be presenting at EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD (30.9.25) Get signed up here and come and join us! Book by 8am on 26th Sept buff.ly/xQmMHMg

I mean, call me a Loony Lefty if you want, but it *is* starting to look a bit weird arresting disabled pensioners protesting peacefully one day and telling coked up bellends attacking you to “calm down” another day the same month. Obviously, just my opinion. I might have got it wrong.

Spot the difference.

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

Amnesty UK Chief Executive Sacha Deshmukh sat down with @politicsjoe.bsky.social about Amnesty's decision to issue an Urgent Action against the UK govt for their crackdown on freedom of expression & misuse of terror legislation to criminalise peaceful protest. Watch: amn.st/63320ADOJO

This is outrageous news. Amnesty International is deploying trial monitors to observe these hearings. These charges should never have been made. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

War on women’s voices

This is a really thoughtful reflection from Deborah Cameron on the ideas of Robin Lakoff (who died earlier this month) and her legacy. debuk.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/r...