Not because it is easy but because it is hard

“The first one is undeniably a classic, number one with a bullet, truly the best,” the president said during a press conference

That's quite the sign:

It’s difficult to express how harmful the country’s current approach to sixth form education is, that at the moment of greatest impact we stop investing in the productivity of our young people and encourage them to see themselves as part-timers, only partially involved and included.

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

I don’t miss much about the Tories, but this is a field in which they were unmatched.

@helenpins.bsky.social - I’m in need of better Tudor gossip and anecdotal joy in my Y12 lessons. Can you tell me 5-10 fave books that might help?

Is it a giant wooden horse

Perhaps we shouldn't be tipping all our existing books on 1066 into the shredder just yet. www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/king...

Did King Harold Really Sail to the Battle of Hastings? I'm not convinced... www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/did-...

I just learned from Lawrence Rees that trench warfare wouldn’t have happened without tinned food… Is this an obvious thing I should have known?!

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

Delighted to see the excellent people responsible for History.

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

So the “Hitler has only got one ball” marching song. His medical records were clearly leaked/discussed by people with plenty of balls. How maddening must it be to hear your enemy is singing about that en masse? I hope someone told him. Makes you wonder if Himmler *was* ‘very simmler”

I just so happen to be teaching two different lessons about India tomorrow: Elizabethan exploration there with Y11 and East India Company rule with Y8. Looking forward to getting stuck into this:

A collection of interesting stories for History teachers from A Village in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd. A thread. #history

Imagine emails were sent like post use to be- once or twice a day. How would things change?

Within the first year of my daughter’s life, the Lionesses have won the Euros and the Red Roses have won the World Cup in front of sell-out crowds and huge tv audiences and it’s so wonderful to know she will grow up thinking that of course women play sport and of course everybody watches it

Today was Hampton Court, baby! First of three visits with Y11 for their History Around Us site study for OCR B. It didn't disappoint!

It's not though and to say so denies Ukraine any agency.

DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.

Important listen this - fascinating audio book!

Letter of the day (in the Times)

In ‘heat death of the planet’ news: my parents have a *fruiting* banana palm in their Cornish garden. Exciting but ominous… 🍌🍌🥵

13 years ago today, I snapped this while crossing London Bridge on my way into town. Such a moment of optimism and pride in London and these islands. So what this country needs right now.

until everyone got hooked on chat gpt and the like i don’t think i understood what my teachers meant when they said ‘when you cheat, you’re only cheating yourself’

OCR is flipping awesome, every history department should do it. #historyteacher @petejackson.bsky.social #SHP25

71. I was delighted to get my hands on this! A book I really wish I'd had access to as a young history teacher. Extremely thorough and in-depth but I also loved the scenarios and practical lesson/scheme exemplars. Excellent read.

Still time to sign up for this - free history teaching inspiration (we hope) to set you up before the summer break!

Sure Start is coming back. The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028. They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services. 1/2

Cold War in Europe teachers! Give me your book recommendations for great personal stories about CW for an ECT colleague about to teach it for the first time, please! #Historyteacher #ALevel (I have Stasiland, I have Beyond the Wall)

The use of a puzzling, intriguing, scholarship-driven enquiry question is so central to my teaching. This masterclass will be brilliant!

This will be excellent. @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and @egcarr.bsky.social together will be unmissable! Turn up the heat I say. 💥 ☀️ 💥

Looking for FREE CPD that can make a real difference to your KS3 history teaching? Look no further. The heat wave of our awesome Changing Histories webinar series continues. First @counsellc.bsky.social, then @paulalobo.bsky.social followed by @hughrichards.bsky.social and now Cat and Elizabeth 🌡️ ☀️

Genuinely been looking forward to this arriving - and just in time for planning next year. It looks just as fabulous as book 1! @counsellc.bsky.social #HomeEd #History

I'm concerned about how much children talk about improving their mental health these days. The intent is obviously good but I'm worried they've been conditioned into thinking the default is that something is wrong. I think this can then become a cause of more unhappiness.

Well this is an exciting day. First time out for these beauties

Why wouldn't you work with Hugh if you had the chance?

Great great opportunity here for someone!

Who do we think sweetcorn is a 5-a-day vegetable but cornflakes are a cereal/carb?

Paula is a genius. Her chapters in #ChangingHistoriesKS3 sing. And thanks to her, my 4 year old son, Roo, wants to know more about 'the queen type lady' (Nur Jahan) and how she liked to ride elephants and hunt tigers. Thank you Paula for your amazing dedication to this project.

Amazing opportunity here - If I weren’t happy where I am, (and with mortgage tying me a couple of hours away from York), I’d 100% apply! If you are looking (or even if you aren’t!) and in the area (or open to moving), get in touch with Hugh.

Great late to the table job opportunity for #ITT #ECT.

Great opportunity!

🚨Job alert! Due to an internal promotion we are hiring a part-time History teacher @HuntingtonYork Please share this with anyone you know looking for a job, as encourage them to contact me to talk it over! Any and all reposting very much appreciated... www.huntingtonschool.co.uk/page/?title=...

🚨Job alert! Due to an internal promotion we are hiring a part-time History teacher @HuntingtonYork Please share this with anyone you know looking for a job, as encourage them to contact me to talk it over! Any and all reposting very much appreciated... www.huntingtonschool.co.uk/page/?title=...

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

NEW: Shocking gap in government spending on a child versus an older person is revealed: Over 20 years, real per-person government spending on pensioners increased by 55%, compared to just 20% for children. #spendingreview #childpoverty #intergenerationalfairness www.if.org.uk/research-pos...