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Mike Murray
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Author Reframing Education John Catt 2019, teacher, Head, Research lead, historian married to Caroline, daughter Alice, son Tom
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Excellent piece this
lewisgoodall.com Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 26d
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.

New piece from me.

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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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One for those doing Remembrance assemblies, tutor time or the history folk @morsecat.bsky.social @mrmountstevens.bsky.social @jdurran.bsky.social @bennewmark.bsky.social

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Just 3 images: Remembrance don’t let the Far Right hijack the Poppy!
Remembrance Sunday and the Poppy appeal can be easily hijacked by the far right in our current febrile atmosphere for jingoistic, xenophobic and nationalist reasons. It makes it all the more vital …
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November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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A blog about ensuring the Far Right doesn’t exploit Remembrance

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Just 3 images: Remembrance don’t let the Far Right hijack the Poppy!
Remembrance Sunday and the Poppy appeal can be easily hijacked by the far right in our current febrile atmosphere for jingoistic, xenophobic and nationalist reasons. It makes it all the more vital …
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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This was always going to be the direction given how little illegal immigration there is. This is going to do us all damage for years to come.
mr-n-wood.bsky.social Niche @mr-n-wood.bsky.social · Oct 22
The points @msjasminemn.bsky.social makes in the body of the article are important.

Rhetoric around immigration has now moved against not only illegal immigration, but legal immigration.

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I’ve given teaching my all. Now I’m told I don't belong here
The thought that I won't be able to be treated as a citizen is disturbing
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October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I wrote a blog about countering radicalisation. For KS2 to 5, history folk, PSHE and senior leaders.
Please use and share widely

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Just 3 images: The Battle of Cable Street
Use of the images and text In the current moment, British values of tolerance and inclusion are under severe threat because of the rise of far right ideas seeking to divide and frighten our communi…
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October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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One for the history community @bennewmark.bsky.social

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Just 3 images: The Battle of Cable Street
Use of the images and text In the current moment, British values of tolerance and inclusion are under severe threat because of the rise of far right ideas seeking to divide and frighten our communi…
mikemurray965blog.wordpress.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
murraym965.bsky.social
I wrote a blog about countering radicalisation. For KS2 to 5, history folk, PSHE and senior leaders.
Please use and share widely

mikemurray965blog.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/j...
Just 3 images: The Battle of Cable Street
Use of the images and text In the current moment, British values of tolerance and inclusion are under severe threat because of the rise of far right ideas seeking to divide and frighten our communi…
mikemurray965blog.wordpress.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Farrige gives the impression he doesn’t trust scientists, but was willing to believe a taxi driver in Buckinghamshire, that Sharia Law is coming to Britain.

This guy wants to be PM?! You must be joking!

Nice one @billybragg.bsky.social 👏 #bbcqt
September 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The report featured in the Guardian today on the inclusion of women in hustory lessons is really important - lets make women’s voices heard and their actions remembered. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Report on Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum
www.history.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Lovely review of Tom’s play

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Review: American Candy at Northern Stage - Northern Arts Review
Our new theatre review website is up! Please show some love and come over to see. Sign up if you're in the north and want to be kept informed what's on near you. And if your favourite theatre or produ...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Essex school leaders will see their students in every word Vic says here. @vicgoddard.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Toms new play dates and link It’s a comedy

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August 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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"..in which they can be successful & feel fulfilled, is a significant driver for me." My latest blog post, on 'Women in school leadership': jillberry102.blog/2025/08/02/w... 2/2
Women in school leadership
I’ve recently read three articles in TES about women in educational leadership, which have made me thoughtful. On 20th May 2025, Manos Antoninis wrote a piece entitled ‘Female school leaders benefi…
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August 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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jdurran.bsky.social
Honoured to write this.
July 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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morsecat.bsky.social
Had a chat with Billy Bragg at Latitude while we were both eating lunch. He told me that teachers and school leaders make more of a difference to the world than musicians ever can and he shook my hand. He made a difference to me today for sure. He is such a nice, humble bloke.
July 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Toms next play on tour this Autumn

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AMERICAN CANDY to Tour UK This Autumn
The Mango Ensemble, finalists for the 2025 National Diversity Awards, will launch a UK tour of American Candy, a new comedy-crime play by Tom Murray and directed by Francesca Hsieh. The production wil...
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July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Just a day to go now….
July 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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"36 years on, I am so grateful I chose teaching & that this morphed into school leadership & then trust leadership." Huge congratulations, @morsecat.bsky.social, on all you've achieved - & very best wishes for the next stage of the adventure! It can be rich & full! www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
‘Thanks, teaching’: a love letter after a 36-year relationship
As she prepares to retire after almost four decades, MAT leader and former teacher Caroline Derbyshire pens a thank-you letter to a profession that has given her so much
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July 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"One of the things I am most proud of is the talented women who have been able to follow in my wake as headteachers." @morsecat.bsky.social writes in @tesmagazine.bsky.social: www.tes.com/magazine/lea...
‘Thanks, teaching’: a love letter after a 36-year relationship
As she prepares to retire after almost four decades, MAT leader and former teacher Caroline Derbyshire pens a thank-you letter to a profession that has given her so much
www.tes.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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jdurran.bsky.social
My close friend Jim Stewart has died, aged 67, after a rapid progression of Parkinson's. We taught English, organised @NATEfeed conferences & wrote books together. He taught me much about teaching, Shakespeare, music & the hills, and even more about laughter. He's deeply missed.
July 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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In the latest post on our Substack I try to make sense of the mutual incomprehension between teachers & students about the role of AI.

Is it OK for students to use AI to write their assignments if that's the most efficient thing to do?

If not, why not?

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July 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Process, inclusion, and the cost of convenience.

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Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
On process, inclusion, and the cost of convenience In a world of accelerating automation, we must ask not just what technology can do for us, but what it might take away. Technology and the interne…
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July 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM