It's a stunner. Starting with that first sentence!
10.03.2026 08:50
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On the latest episode of the podcast, @erinmaglaque.bsky.social joins Thomas Jones (@moonjets.bsky.social) to discuss the ways that Caravaggio represented his models’ bodies on canvas and what makes his paintings so unnerving.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
04.03.2026 17:13
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Very interesting to read these reflections on how US and Irish schools overlap and diverge when it comes to high school English!
07.03.2026 13:12
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Correct. But also thankfully high quality. And at its heart it’s not schematic or obvious in its presentation of character.
07.03.2026 14:06
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Thanks for the paper. Stimulating!
07.03.2026 14:04
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Beryl Bainbridge drew on her own life for her funny, dark novels
Two of the British writer’s best works, The Bottle Factory Outing and An Awfully Big Adventure, are republished this month
Beryl Bainbridge drew on her own life for her funny, dark novels. As two of the British writer’s best works, The Bottle Factory Outing and An Awfully Big Adventure, are republished this month, John Self reassesses her writing
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
07.03.2026 07:35
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Extra: English classrooms in Ireland and the US
Thoughts prompted by an academic paper by Alexander Manshel on US High School English.
(New). Thoughts on English teaching in Ireland and the US, prompted by a paper by @manshel.bsky.social.
juliangirdham.substack.com/p/extra-engl...
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07.03.2026 10:20
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'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry
In Celebration of International Women's Day
'Her Breath in Mine' | The Women of Seamus Heaney's Poetry
For International Women's Day at #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again, join us for an uplifting, thought‑provoking celebration of women.
📅 Sat, 7 March at 2pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/her-breath-mine-women-seamus-heaneys-poetry
05.03.2026 09:05
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We’re a month away from the book release date and 2 months away from some great CPD around ‘An Inspector Calls’.
@zarashah.bsky.social, @xris32.bsky.social and @funkypedagogy.bsky.social all speaking! 🤩
Sign up below! @hugheshaili.bsky.social @miriamhussain.bsky.social @teachals.bsky.social 👇🏻
01.03.2026 14:19
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A photograph of a play in performance: a young man wearing chinos and a blazer, holding a walking stick, is leaning menacingly towards a young woman who is wearing a short dress, cardigan, and unsuitable shoes. It's nighttime; there's a moon in the background.
A black and white photo of characters in a play. A young woman wearing a long dark dress and a little hat is standing behind a young man, who is looking grumpy; he's wearing an elizabethan-style doublet and breeches in dark wool, and a hat with a feather. She's looking up at him imploringly.
Helena: you're MEAN, Demetrius: I'm OFF #MoonMad
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
L, 2008 revival of @the-rsc.bsky.social Dream dir. Greg Doran, Demetrius (Edward Bennett) & Helena (Natalie Walter); R, more restrained: 1963 RSC, dir. Peter Hall, Helena (Diana Rigg) & Demetrius (Barry MacGregor)
03.03.2026 09:36
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Great day at Research Ed Birmingham yesterday.
I spoke about AI & education: what needs to change.
You can download my slides here: bit.ly/DCBrum2026
Subscribe to our Substack here: substack.nomoremarking.com
Next intro webinar in April - register here: www.nomoremarking.com/events
01.03.2026 19:30
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High School English and the Making of American Readers
Abstract. The high school English classroom is the most influential literary institution in the United States, and the most overlooked by literary scholars
As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the history of high school English in the United States, and I’m excited to share a new article from that project—“High School English and the Making of American Readers”—out today in American Literary History! 🧵
academic.oup.com/alh/article/...
13.02.2026 19:21
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How “The Great Gatsby” Took Over High School
The classroom staple turns a hundred.
For @newyorker.com, I wrote about how "The Great Gatsby," which turns 100 this month, went from flop to high school classic, and whether the novel can survive another hundred years
www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
29.04.2025 13:01
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I used to love teaching "Their Eyes Were Watching God." I got to interview @marcusluther.bsky.social about teaching it today. Teachers: Keep this novel alive in classrooms, and check out Marcus's *amazing* teaching resources in this interview. open.substack.com/pub/spencerl...
22.02.2026 20:20
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201: Filling buckets again
English Meet 2026, Barbara Oakley, Emma Smith, Jonathan Bate, Rosita Boland, Mackenzie Crook, Riz Ahmed & Hamlet, Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro and more.
Fortnightly 201: Filling buckets again
English Meet 2026, Barbara Oakley, Emma Smith, Jonathan Bate, Rosita Boland, Mackenzie Crook, Riz Ahmed & Hamlet, Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro and more.
open.substack.com/pub/juliangi...
28.02.2026 12:42
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English Meet 2026 — Julian Girdham
The fifth English Meet for teachers of English in the Dublin will be on the evening of Thursday 7th May 2026. We’re looking for speakers. And click through for tickets.
English Meet 2026: the fifth gathering of English teachers based in the Dublin area, to share practice.
Thursday 7th May, 7.00-9.00pm.
If you'd like to present, get in touch.
Free tickets:
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/english...
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24.02.2026 13:15
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How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language change
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
18.02.2026 18:40
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Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize shortlist revealed
Shortlist ‘highlights the depth of analysis brought to bear on various aspects of recent Irish history’, says Prof Roy Foster
Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize shortlist revealed. Shortlist ‘highlights the depth of analysis brought to bear on various aspects of recent Irish history’, says Prof Roy Foster
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
17.02.2026 08:53
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The Poetry of Grief
A Reflection on 'Mid-Term Break'
The Poetry of Grief: ‘Mid-Term Break’
📅 Sat 28 Feb, 2pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/poetry-grief
A talk on #SeamusHeaney’s Mid-Term Break—his moving elegy for his brother—and how grief evolves across his work, from childhood loss to reflective repose decades later.
19.02.2026 08:25
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Very good to have such an informed and determined voice here.
17.02.2026 17:37
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Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous
opinion: The subtractive bias we're ignoring
Professor Claudio Nastruzzi coins the term "semantic ablation" to explain why AI writing is both boring and dangerous. AI not only adds things that shouldn't be there, it subtracts things that should. www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/s...
16.02.2026 17:47
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