Talk about catching lightning in a bottle, this is superb.

You can also sense their trickiness. They are calling you to pay attention to them, and the feet that wore them...

In Stanley Spencer's 'Cottage at St Ives,' (1937) the scene has an abundance of circumstantial and realistic detail. Its quality is drawn from his intense absorption, his unerring control of space, and his ability to depict every detail before him almost without discrimination.

Evelyn Dunbar’s admiration for Stanley Spencer’s vision emerges in her painting, depicting an army tailor and ATS Tailoresses from 1943. Dunbar was modest about her achievements; the lack of gallery representation led to some neglect of her work until recent years.

'Still life.' (1937) One of Giorgio Morandi's friends, the writer Dino Campana, wrote in one of his short stories: 'the surest way to amaze ourselves is to stare fixedly at a given object. At one point, it will seem to us, miraculously, that we are seeing it for the first time.'

Throughout the Edwardian period, Harold Knight overhauled his portrait painting. The formulaic face-painting of the Victorians gave way to expression of character; the sense that a subject has been seized from life’s continuum became the essential criteria of a good portrait.

I keep forgetting! Writing is never a linear process.

'Whitesand Bay, Cornwall.' (c1914) There is an obvious overlapping with Laura and Harold Knight's subject matter, but their approach was different. In Laura's work, we can feel an immediacy, Harold is more restrained, meticulous and his work rarely involves people.

NEET zero - how to tackle the emergency of our time. Nearly one million young people not in education, employment or training. Well below the OECD average. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

Which political party in the UK has best changed their story in 2025? My verdict and marks out of 10. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

Somebody’s looking after him-they’ve even taken the top off his egg..

William York Macgregor is remembered as one of the leading figures of the Glasgow Boys and co-founder of 'The Glasgow School' with his schoolfriend, the artist James Paterson. 'The Vegetable Stall,' (1884) is considered to be Macgregor's masterpiece.

As in several of James Fitzgerald's paintings (this is from 1930) a human presence is only suggested; the light from the boats interiors lets us know there are people present, there's a quiet partnership suggested here.

The depth of Terry Pratchett's research continues to amaze decades later

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

This is why we kids must learn how to value news and accuracy. The best way is to learn by doing. Every high school needs a news team to set a model for community news. My organization is doing that in NYC. presspassnyc.org

Augustus John's portrait (1899) is of Alice Knewstub who had a career as an actress under the stage name Alice Kingsley. She married Sir William Rothenstein, and they had two sons, Sir John Rothenstein a Director of the Tate Gallery and the artist Michael Rothenstein.

As someone once pointed out (@missmc.bsky.social possibly?) schools have the budget to do what they were doing in c2010. The problem is so many agencies have retreated/closed that schools pick up the slack without the full budget nor skills to do it properly. Then getting blame when it goes wrong…

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An important and useful report by Leading Educators on achieving change at scale by putting leadership of professional learning first. hs-39700426.f.hubspotemail.net/hubfs/397004... You can see research on the underpinning international evidence here www.curee.co.uk/files/public...

@peterhyman.bsky.social Great and encouraging post re young people's views on leadership here. Did they have anything to say re student leaders? peterhyman21.substack.com/p/the-six-ch...

Yes, it's almost a Somme salient comparison. He was very affected by WW1

Rather than an idea, it’s a compulsive requirement and more a stamina for looking that is acquired, like discipline needed to practice piano lessons. Looking hard instills curiosity, and a persistence to understand more, while developing endurance to look longer. A very positive feedback loop.

Developing a craft skill such as drawing gives confidence to communicating ideas, very useful later in life. Sometimes a sketch can convey much more than words, or in a foreign country bridge two languages, such as when briefing a French builder on a project.

Since the election almost all the vote movement has been within these blocs rather than between them. The centre/left bloc vote is rising because a lot of Lab24 voters who had been saying "don't know" are now saying "Green".

It’s not without problems for Norway. It wouldn’t be without big consequences here. But I find it wild that wealth taxes are straight-off treated as impossibilities whereas expelling immigrants and leaving the ECHR is seen as totally doable, when the evidence is the other way around.

That's why it's perfect. Painted until it was fully alive.

This is a really excellent post, even by the normal Freedman high standards. The timeline of September meetings and events is particularly interesting.

In an ideal world, I'd argue that all secondary teachers should spend at least one week per year in a primary setting. Are there any schools or Trusts out there who get close to this? Does anyone have a strong argument against it?

This must be a watershed moment. The government's continued use of X is no longer simply negligent. It is an act of conscious assistance to violent extremism.

Josh MacAlister, Liv Bailey and Georgia Gould going to DfE massively strengthens the department at a critical moment. A big positive from the reshuffle.

This, and in particular the "we know what these freaks are really like" aspect, is a big part of why I've become a keen consumer of The Bulwark

Our research (you can view it here: www.curee.co.uk/files/public...) into how schools secure great outcomes for all learners was really revealing about what schools can do - it's essentially "align absolutely everything around identifying & removing barriers to learning"

What is concerning about US is not ultimately about Trump. There are always Trumps. It is the legislature and judiciary that should check and balance, but shrug instead. It is his party and the media who should hold him to account, but shrug instead. Trump is doing what he can get away with.

The fundamental challenge of left-wing politics, basically always but especially in a mass-communication era, is balancing fervently-held beliefs with the reality that those beliefs aren't intuitive to a critical mass of voters

I honestly don't think there's an easy answer to this - you're basically navigating between the Scylla of "you visibly don't believe in what you're saying" and the Charybdis of "your worldview does not align with mine" with a substantial block of voters. Solving one problem exacerbates the other

Worth noting that First Past The Post accelerates this. It's still visibly an issue in proportional voting systems, but because they don't function as "winner takes all", they punish the left less aggressively for the problems of bouncing between these two outcomes

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

Funny they don't seem so bothered by Jenrick's three homes (including a grade 1 listed manor) plus his forth home in his constituency rented at taxpayer expense. Wonder why.

Abu Dhabi owned provider of special schools and children's homes sees profits rise by 28% to £44 million due to strong demand. That's all taxpayer money that could be spent on improving state provision. schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...

Rabble-rousing influencers are the price we pay for giving broadcasting powers to everyone, including the sort of people who, in the past, would simply have run a localised cult.

Good news alert In 2024, renewables supplied more than half of the UK's electricity for the first time over a year, reaching a record share of 50.4% Renewables and nuclear combined hit a new high of 64.7% assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889ec...

The other good thing about Labour we should all note is that, no matter the things they’re doing we don’t like, there’s no sense that they’re in it to rip off the country to enrich themselves and their mates.

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How very whole Ed to start with a song and a tribute to a gr8 education leader!

Looking forward to kicking off our Summer Conference… just 5 minutes to go! ⏰✨ Excited for a fantastic day ahead! 🙌🎉 #SummerConference #OIE

A full day kicks of with the wonderful @shonogh.bsky.social

A brilliant post from @edutopia.org on the (rational) pull to forget and 3 ways to build memory in class bsky.app/intent/compo...

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