www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... ‘…when public health works, it’s invisible. We don’t see the outbreaks that haven’t happened. It’s also a reminder of the power of vaccines and why building up immunity in the population through routine vaccination programmes is so important.’

www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new... Love this. When something failed, rather than discarding, they looked at why there might be a problem and discovered something wonderful.

An emerging pattern: AI use improves immediate outcomes, a lot, but limits big picture thinking as there is no data for that; this in @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/0c63...

Who will win the race? picture shows a worm and a snail side by side on a pavement, possibly both heading in the same direction, but this is debatable

I still think about this a lot.

March is International Long Covid Awareness Month - and the theme this year aims to highlight how Covid can affect heart health. Experiencing symptoms and don't know where to start? Join our Facebook Support group to connect with others 🩵 🖤 💚 #LongCovidHeartbeats #LongCovidAwarenessMonth

This is an interesting look at the words children choose in the BBC 500 Words stories. Which topical words do you think were the most popular? fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com...

Here's the government's social media for kids consultation, for any that want to do it. It closes on 26th May 2026, so plenty of time, but it is often good to make early submissions. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Rough sleeping in England has hit a record high as Labour's homelessness minister writes to councils over children on the streets.

Coming to a screen near you tonight! More info and bookings can be found here... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...

Our article Ofsted Experiences: Harmful Performativity and Suicidal Ideation is now published in the Journal of Education Policy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ❗WARNING: our article discusses workplace suicide/suicidal ideation in some detail & reference to Ruth Perry's coroner's report

Love this quote. Sums up the point of learning for me. #EduSky

Just for the record, I'm working from home AND being very productive! (GIF of a very shocked cartoon penguin)

So happy to receive a print of Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (‘La Pittura’) by Artemisia Gentileschi from the Royal Collection Trust www.rct.uk/collection/s...

Its been out a while & the tour is long done... but as I finish the next book, here's a reminder of the antidote to rumours about secret passages, ship timbers & claims to be the oldest pub! Out now via all good (and bad) booksellers: triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/historic-bui...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Pneumonia cases have soared 25% in two years. People living in cold, damp, mouldy houses are particularly at risk.

wonkhe.com/blogs-sus/we... Jim Dickinson's excellent article on creativity, risk and new students having the time of their lives

Trump's Greenland plan is Putin's wet dream.

Let's talk about the Aylesbury tunnels.

We can’t win as disabled folk… We are either seen as lazy and not trying hard enough, or that we can’t really be disabled because we’ve done something…

open.spotify.com/album/2C6jpA... New release of Mendelssohn and Enescu octets by Quatuor Ébène and Belcea Quartet. Oh and it's brilliant.

Really good week working on a paper made even better for listening to this glorious new release of Brahms conducted by Edward Gardner with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. open.spotify.com/album/2Y0M0W...

All the best to everyone for whom it's the last day of term and a special shout out to those early years settings which are open year round! ☺️

As Labour unveils homelessness strategy, Shelter reveals a total of 382,618 people in England will spend Christmas without a home.

This is too funny for eight o'clock in the morning 😆👇

Emile Heskey: ‘Gone are the times when you just ignore abuse. No. Why should we?’

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

This is brilliant 🗡️

"We hope this cheers up your wintery week"

Excellent article @nandosigona.bsky.social

Tomorrow is a hugely important day. At 4pm, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry will publish its report into the UK’s pandemic decision-making & political governance. I dearly hope our political leaders & decision-makers will listen, learn &, above all, act on the findings. Because there will be a next time.

Last week, I stayed on a farm for a couple of nights and saw red kites flying, hares running and heard owls hooting in the nearby woods. It was gorgeous. I would have photographs but the kites fly very high, the hares run very fast and the owls hoot when it is very dark.

Out of office on, books, music and teapot ready, enjoy the summer everyone!

BBC News - Civil service interns must all be working class, government says - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today's #MomentOfBeauty picture shows a woodland path in morning light

Motherfucking wind farms…

Today's #MomentOfBeauty picture shows pink rose with raindrops

BBC News - Paralympian’s plea to roll out 999 initiative nationwide - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today's #MomentOfBeauty picture shows cut flowers stems in a cut glass vase

Orgreave papers destroyed by police thought to include report on notorious truncheon beating