Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

Tuesday's TGT wishes the awesome Michael J. Fox a happy 65th birthday. Discuss acting, working 15 hour days for the right project and of course, Parkinson's. Fox is an inspiration, raising $2.5 billion for his Parkinson's foundation. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Monday's TGT looks at Carl Orff's Carmina Burana on anniversary of its first performance in 1937. Ask your tutees how they feel listening to O Fortuna? Then ask whether they'd prefer to see it as a 'cantata' or 'scenic cantata' as Orff intended? bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

I shortened the rope on the bucket used to collect the village's water. Didn't go down well.

you’re a woble

Arse would be a great name for an Elbow tribute band.

Archaeologists are having a party to celebrate unearthing the largest ever dinosaur tibia. It's going to be quite the shindig.

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

See also this. The 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote last week is bringing on gloomy thoughts of this sort.

‘Your brain isn’t fully formed until you’re 25’: A neuroscientist demolishes the greatest mind myth www.sciencefocus.com... Dr Dean Burnett tackles a stubborn, and increasingly harmful, brain myth. For Science Focus Magazine. #Brains #Teens #Development #Autonomy

Edwin before he moved to Polesworth

weird how Edwin look nothing like Ringo #totp

#FridayFive is on the way to see Kraftwerk. Make of that what you will.

TGT ends the week with iconic phoojournalism from this day 1989. Discuss what might have happened to Tank Man with your tutor group. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Why do I have to go to the local news section to find this story? Where are the protests demanding an end to the epidemic of white Brits murdering minorities? Will there be a national debate on the ills of cocaine abuse amongst white men?

I didn't know about this. Astonishing and completely bonkers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnRo...

On Wednesday's TGT, the 9th anniversary of Alex Honnold's incredible/idiotic climb of 884m of granite slab without ropes or harnesses. Madness or the culmination of thirty years or practice and two years of meticulous preparation? Discuss and watch (if you can). bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

New post! ● Direct Instruction’s Limits: ⇒ A Nuanced Look at Engelmann’s Ideas #EduSky #UKEd christianmooreanderson.com/direct-instr...

Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way. That’s more than I’ve been paid by any publisher this year.

Tuesday's TGT is the anniversary of QEII's coronation in 1953. The live televised event was seen by an estimated 27 million people despite there being only 2.3 million TVs in the UK at the time. Discuss 'Event TV' and whether this is dead in an age of streaming. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

The first rule of Pop Music Club is you never talk about Pop Music, talk about, pop music, shoobie doobie do wop, pop pop shoo wop Club.

Annoyingly, I haven't quite managed to finish "The Idiot Brain" by @drdeanburnett.bsky.social this holiday, but I've really enjoyed it so far!

TGT returns tomorrow with the 80th birthday of actor Brian Cox. Discuss his early hardships; his dad died and he was raised by an older sister. Acting became his refuge. In 1965 he had a ticket for a flight which crashed and killed everyone on board. A sliding doors moment. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

#DinnerPartyChallenge Predictably Albert Einstein, @profbriancox.bsky.social & Jean-Luc Picard. Let's get that warp stuff sorted once and for all.

He's a councillor. He stood as the PPC in 2024. Being pig ignorant of everything doesn't excuse him. He wants to represent Makerfield and he should have answers to these questions not excuses.

Absolutely shocking. No clue. No idea. No respect for workers rights - doesn't affect him so he doesn't seem to care...

And relax ..

If you've got 30 mins to spare the Veritasium video on Nakamura's dedication to the GaN Blue LED project is absolutely fascinating www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF8d...

Lovely story to finish the term on TGT tomorrow. On Shuji Nakamura's 72nd birthday explain why his invention of Blue LEDs, 30+ years after LEDs were first invented was so important that he won a Nobel Prize, despite the fact you've probably never seen a Blue LED. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Thursday's TGT wishes a Happy Birthday to the kid that grew up in front of the Nation. Olympic diver Tom Daley turns 32. Discuss bullying at school, getting a supermodel to help with your GCSE Photography coursework, and of course, knitting! bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Hello from Japan, where I have just watched a bus turn into a train!!

TGT on Monday wishes a Happy 85th Birthday to Miriam Margolyes. Discuss voice acting, never being the leading lady or carefully discuss swearing and whether it's OK to be proud of being the first person to drop the F-bomb on TV in the UK. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Superb work from Birdbox www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHR...

Had a right proper laugh at this.

Those of you who know me will have noticed I haven’t plugged this for a while. Frankly it’s humiliating to have to do this sort of thing but I’m going to keep doing it because the book is bloody good (don’t take my word for it, read the reviews) and deserves it.

Yesterday, 56 of our fab colleagues at the Physics & Astronomy dept in Nottingham, received “at risk of redundancy” letters. The Uni is planning to reduce the size of the Physics dept by almost a third.🧪⚛️🔭 Sign this petition to show them your support ✍️: nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/

Every day's a school day ...

Thursday's TGT is the anniversary of the first Heritage Railway in the world starting in Wales in 1951. Discuss why old trains hold such a special place in people's hearts that they're willing to donate so much time and money to preserving them. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

TGT on Wednesday introduces your students to British-Musical Theatre 101 on the birthday of Arthur Sullivan. Play them all the modern references to HMS Pinafore that show Gilbert & Sullivan are still a major cultural influence 150 years later. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Important announcement: a staycation is where you have time off and stay at home. It is not a holiday away from home in the UK. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Tuesday's TGT looks at the life of German Chemist Justus Liebig. Influenced by living through the last famine in the West in 1816, he developed new fertilisers as well as his eponymous condenser. Whilst working on food preservation techniques he also invented the Oxo cube! bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

But certainly not an uncomplicated hero known for positive treatment of women... thebaffler.com/outbursts/su... Might be worth a mention for older students.

Monday's TGT celebrates Richard Feynman. One of the youngest scientists invited to Los Alamos to work on the Atomic Bomb project. He was a prankster, breaking locks and codes of other scientists. Combined with his leaving each weekend, Fuchs accused him of being a spy. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Paperback writer

You've probably predicted Friday's TGT subject. If you think we'd overlook a National Treasure's 100th birthday you're off your head. Ask your tutees how much they think the world will have change in 100 years and why Sir David Attenborough keeps working! bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

I'm 56. Racism was everywhere when I was a kid. People just did it, without comment. Normalised. In the 90s political correctness (later: Woke) appeared, and racism withdrew. I'm not saying it vanished. But by 2015, it was socially unacceptable, even in the rough areas I grew up in. Then Brexit.

Thursday's TGT features this striking picture of the river Irwell in Manchester by painter Sue Scott. It's fascinated me ever since I first saw it. Ask your students how it makes them feel?Click through to her gallery and check the contrast between rural and urban landscapes. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

President Obama & Mark Hamill just delivered the most iconic May the Fourth message ever — and the dad jokes were strong with this one.😂 May the Fourth be with YOU! The Obama Presidential Center opens June 19. 💙

OK, let's take this on a step ... if you were in a constituency that voted for "Brexit", you should pay extra taxes to compensate for the losses resulting in us leaving the EU?

If you vote Reform you are voting for concentration camps. But they won't be near you.