Michael
@mchap.bsky.social
English Teacher, AHT: CPD, curriculum, pedagogy. Likes: literature, music, film, art, Liverpool Football Club. Mainly posting pictures of books. Own views.
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Ok, my homepage is an absolute mess because I'm still figuring stuff out but here is my first Tidal Playlist.
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming
TIDAL is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hi-def video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content — making it a trusted source for music and ...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ok, my homepage is an absolute mess because I'm still figuring stuff out but here is my first Tidal Playlist.
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
Autumn Into Winter Hip Hop aka A.U.T.U.M.N. Alchemise underground tunes under melancholy nature.
tidal.com/playlist/ba2...
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‘Massive new suburban council estates, replacing inner-city slums, broke up communities and isolated women and children in nuclear family homes with indoor bathrooms but few shops or amenities.’
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on why Liverpool got left behind.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on why Liverpool got left behind.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite · Holed below the Waterline: Liverpool’s Losses
Liverpool’s explosive growth followed the construction of a deep-water port in 1715. Soon it was a centre of the...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
‘Massive new suburban council estates, replacing inner-city slums, broke up communities and isolated women and children in nuclear family homes with indoor bathrooms but few shops or amenities.’
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on why Liverpool got left behind.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on why Liverpool got left behind.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
youtu.be/0uDZZJo6Tyk?... Robert Hughes on Albert Speer and the 'evil of banality': 'he knew one way to make a building, one way to turn a corner, one way to make a window frame ... a squared-off pseudo-classicism.' The poverty of their thought; the deadening hollowness of their art, is writ large.
October 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
youtu.be/0uDZZJo6Tyk?... Robert Hughes on Albert Speer and the 'evil of banality': 'he knew one way to make a building, one way to turn a corner, one way to make a window frame ... a squared-off pseudo-classicism.' The poverty of their thought; the deadening hollowness of their art, is writ large.
Rest in power, Tony Harrison.
![The text of Them and [uz] by Tony Harrison.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cfqevpntlihpwnsh4ommwycy/bafkreibeoqwosa4cof4b7d6mkk6dbujxfa4rjkuivdk3egplinx3lso4y4@jpeg)
September 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rest in power, Tony Harrison.
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
September 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
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It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
September 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
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Let’s be honest. Carswell is not alone. You don’t tweet unless you know it’s a popular belief. There are many in public roles, in pubs and at dinner tables who believe this. This is a persecution of Muslims in the UK and anyone with any sense of humanity, who cares about Britain must call this out .
Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
September 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Let’s be honest. Carswell is not alone. You don’t tweet unless you know it’s a popular belief. There are many in public roles, in pubs and at dinner tables who believe this. This is a persecution of Muslims in the UK and anyone with any sense of humanity, who cares about Britain must call this out .
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A competent government comms strategy would make quite a big deal that this is actually the second Reform elected representative to be caught using the N-word this week.
Actually jaw dropping from James McMurdock MP, even by his standards. We cannot become numb to this.
The far right are in Parliament, and they're trying to normalise outright, vicious racism (same goes for the likes of Rupert Lowe too)
The far right are in Parliament, and they're trying to normalise outright, vicious racism (same goes for the likes of Rupert Lowe too)
August 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A competent government comms strategy would make quite a big deal that this is actually the second Reform elected representative to be caught using the N-word this week.
Slightly diminish a band:
Can't
Can't
Slightly diminish a band:
The Beatless
The Beatless
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
August 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Can't
Can't
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ICYMI: This one, by a high school student and a high school teacher, has sparked a lot of discussion over on The Important Work. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/ai-is-crea...
August 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
ICYMI: This one, by a high school student and a high school teacher, has sparked a lot of discussion over on The Important Work. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/ai-is-crea...
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June's book pile. Enjoyed them all. Of the two International Booker nominees, I preferred Perfection but both were excellent. Read and thought a lot about character and place (Grindrod and Baron interesting side by side). Found Markovits a bit unconvincing in the end. Salter great. Onwards. #booksky
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
June's book pile. Enjoyed them all. Of the two International Booker nominees, I preferred Perfection but both were excellent. Read and thought a lot about character and place (Grindrod and Baron interesting side by side). Found Markovits a bit unconvincing in the end. Salter great. Onwards. #booksky
June's book pile. Enjoyed them all. Of the two International Booker nominees, I preferred Perfection but both were excellent. Read and thought a lot about character and place (Grindrod and Baron interesting side by side). Found Markovits a bit unconvincing in the end. Salter great. Onwards. #booksky
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
June's book pile. Enjoyed them all. Of the two International Booker nominees, I preferred Perfection but both were excellent. Read and thought a lot about character and place (Grindrod and Baron interesting side by side). Found Markovits a bit unconvincing in the end. Salter great. Onwards. #booksky
We are currently doing a lot of work on how we assess and Matthew and Becky's substack has been invaluable in providing an evidence base for our work with leaders: lucid, concise and thought-provoking. A really brilliant piece of work.
June 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We are currently doing a lot of work on how we assess and Matthew and Becky's substack has been invaluable in providing an evidence base for our work with leaders: lucid, concise and thought-provoking. A really brilliant piece of work.
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"DCD is a really prevalent neurodevelopmental condition that relatively few people know about"
Excellent Q&A drilling down into what teachers need to know about a mislabelled area of SEND that has a big impact in primary and beyond.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Excellent Q&A drilling down into what teachers need to know about a mislabelled area of SEND that has a big impact in primary and beyond.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
DCD: the common SEND you’ve probably never heard of
Developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia) affects as many children as ADHD but is widely misunderstood. So, what do teachers need to know about this condition?
www.tes.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"DCD is a really prevalent neurodevelopmental condition that relatively few people know about"
Excellent Q&A drilling down into what teachers need to know about a mislabelled area of SEND that has a big impact in primary and beyond.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Excellent Q&A drilling down into what teachers need to know about a mislabelled area of SEND that has a big impact in primary and beyond.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Read this last week and really enjoyed it.
"Their idea of a revolutionary future didn’t go beyond gender balance on corporate boards, electric cars, vegetarianism. Not only had Anna and Tom not had the chance to fight for a radically different world, but they couldn’t even imagine it." #BookSky 💙📚
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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico (tr. Sophie Hughes)
Perfection, the fourth novel by the Italian writer, translator and art critic Vincenzo Latronico, caught my eye when it was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize earlier this year. It’s an…
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June 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Read this last week and really enjoyed it.
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June 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I try not to be hyperbolic but this is the single worst comic I have ever seen in my entire life.
June 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I try not to be hyperbolic but this is the single worst comic I have ever seen in my entire life.
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1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.
Waiting for the Boss (and, fingers crossed, Macca).
June 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Waiting for the Boss (and, fingers crossed, Macca).
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I wrote this guide to being a better reader: how to read, what to read and why
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
How I Read
I love reading and I love advice about how to read.
jmarriott.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I wrote this guide to being a better reader: how to read, what to read and why
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
jmarriott.substack.com/p/how-i-read
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PSG have won the Champions League, at long last, and all it took was eight managers, 14 years, £2bn in transfer fees, more in wages, one hyperinflationary spiral and the complete restricting of European football. Easy to love the team. Less so the project. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Paris St-Germain complete their long journey to supreme prize | The Observer
Inter Milan swept away as French champions run up record-breaking score in Munich
observer.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
PSG have won the Champions League, at long last, and all it took was eight managers, 14 years, £2bn in transfer fees, more in wages, one hyperinflationary spiral and the complete restricting of European football. Easy to love the team. Less so the project. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...