Phil Longwell
@ex-teacherphili.bsky.social
A ‘retired’ English Language Teacher, but still open to work. Study Skills, Academic English. Interested in running 🏃🏻♂️ music 🎵 , film 🎥 and video editing 🎦 with 18 years experience. Bowel Cancer Awareness. Blogs at teacherphili.com. #LongwellRecords 🦋
My final entry in my #Marathon Diary series. I plan to combine my #Cancer diary series with this shorter collection into a self-published book later this year. 6 week course starting in June.
#LondonMarathon2025
#macmillancancersupport
#DannyBoyle
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#LondonMarathon2025
#macmillancancersupport
#DannyBoyle
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My Marathon Diary – part 5
Introduction This is the fifth and final entry in my Marathon Diary Series. It follows on from part four, published on 14 March. It covers the main event, taking part in the 45th London Marathon on…
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May 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My final entry in my #Marathon Diary series. I plan to combine my #Cancer diary series with this shorter collection into a self-published book later this year. 6 week course starting in June.
#LondonMarathon2025
#macmillancancersupport
#DannyBoyle
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#LondonMarathon2025
#macmillancancersupport
#DannyBoyle
teacherphili.wordpress.com/2025/05/03/m...
The most amazing day. Probably the greatest day of my entire life!
#LondonMarathon #LondonMarathon2025
#MacmillanCancerSupport
#LondonMarathon #LondonMarathon2025
#MacmillanCancerSupport
May 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The most amazing day. Probably the greatest day of my entire life!
#LondonMarathon #LondonMarathon2025
#MacmillanCancerSupport
#LondonMarathon #LondonMarathon2025
#MacmillanCancerSupport
For me, and I’ve only been here for the past couple of days, this is/was the best session I saw at #iatefl2025. Amina Douidi on Diversity, Equity (Equality) and Inclusion. #DEI #EDInburgh !
April 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
For me, and I’ve only been here for the past couple of days, this is/was the best session I saw at #iatefl2025. Amina Douidi on Diversity, Equity (Equality) and Inclusion. #DEI #EDInburgh !
Arrived in the city 🏙️ of #Edinburgh. Will be at the conference venue by 4.30pm. 🏃🏻♂️
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Arrived in the city 🏙️ of #Edinburgh. Will be at the conference venue by 4.30pm. 🏃🏻♂️
Travelling up to #Edinburgh. I’ve never ever stayed in the city overnight, nor seen the Castle. Excited to see friends. Got my playlist on. 🎶 #Iatefl2025
April 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Travelling up to #Edinburgh. I’ve never ever stayed in the city overnight, nor seen the Castle. Excited to see friends. Got my playlist on. 🎶 #Iatefl2025
Catherine Walter’s opening plenary at #Iatefl2025 as reported by Sandy Millin. I’m not in #Edinburgh yet, so will watch the recording later. #EDI
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50 years on – what’s changed? – plenary by Catherine Walter (IATEFL Edinburgh 2025)
These are my notes from this talk at IATEFL Edinburgh 2025. If you’re the speaker and think I made a mistake, please let me know! To see all of my notes from talks at the conference, go to th…
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April 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Catherine Walter’s opening plenary at #Iatefl2025 as reported by Sandy Millin. I’m not in #Edinburgh yet, so will watch the recording later. #EDI
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Never mind #AI, I wonder how many talks at #iatefl2025 are about the hot topic of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) given that it’s the airport code for #Edinburgh ?
April 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Never mind #AI, I wonder how many talks at #iatefl2025 are about the hot topic of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) given that it’s the airport code for #Edinburgh ?
Another post by Sandy Millin at #Iatefl2025. This time I will spell #Edinburgh correctly! Materials Writing PCE session.
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What does it mean to be an effective materials writer? (MaWSIG PCE 2025)
I closed the IATEFL Materials Writing Special Interest Group (MaWSIG) Pre-Conference Event in Edinburgh 2025 with my talk ‘What does it mean to be an effective materials writer?’ In the…
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April 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Another post by Sandy Millin at #Iatefl2025. This time I will spell #Edinburgh correctly! Materials Writing PCE session.
sandymillin.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/m...
sandymillin.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/m...
Using Blue Sky this week to report from Edinburfh, even though i haven’t arrived yet. With our reporter, Sandy Millin. #iatefl2025 sandymillin.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/m...
MaWSIG PCE – IATEFL Edinburgh 2025
These are my summaries from talks at the IATEFL Pre-Conference Event in Edinburgh 2025. Any mistakes in transcribing the information are my own. This is the first of my blog posts for this week …
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April 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Using Blue Sky this week to report from Edinburfh, even though i haven’t arrived yet. With our reporter, Sandy Millin. #iatefl2025 sandymillin.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/m...
#Adolescence. The most brilliant piece of television and deserves all the awards coming its way. Incredible talent on show; a story that truly grips in real time. Everyone agrees it is a ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ production which has so many talking points and should be seen by every secondary school employee.
March 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#Adolescence. The most brilliant piece of television and deserves all the awards coming its way. Incredible talent on show; a story that truly grips in real time. Everyone agrees it is a ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ production which has so many talking points and should be seen by every secondary school employee.
Reposted by Phil Longwell
Come and join me and @eltexperiences.bsky.social on Sunday (13:00 UK time) for a conversation about #education and #video on @ttradioofficial.bsky.social. Listen live here: www.ttradio.org/listen-live
March 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Come and join me and @eltexperiences.bsky.social on Sunday (13:00 UK time) for a conversation about #education and #video on @ttradioofficial.bsky.social. Listen live here: www.ttradio.org/listen-live
New! This fourth post about my training for the 45th #LondonMarathon picks up from the previous one published on 2 February. It is the final one before the big day.
teacherphili.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/m...
#CancerResearch
#MarathonDiary
#LondonMarathon2025
#AllByMyself
#TrueStories
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#CancerResearch
#MarathonDiary
#LondonMarathon2025
#AllByMyself
#TrueStories
My Marathon Diary – part 4
Running through the back of Kings College at the Cambridge Half Marathon This fourth post about my training for the 45th London Marathon picks up from the previous one published on 2 February. It i…
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March 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
New! This fourth post about my training for the 45th #LondonMarathon picks up from the previous one published on 2 February. It is the final one before the big day.
teacherphili.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/m...
#CancerResearch
#MarathonDiary
#LondonMarathon2025
#AllByMyself
#TrueStories
teacherphili.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/m...
#CancerResearch
#MarathonDiary
#LondonMarathon2025
#AllByMyself
#TrueStories
New post! The third of my marathon training diary posts and my first for over two months. The challenges I’ve faced, an update on my health and another decision that I’ve made.
#londonmarathon #fundraisingweek #macmillancancersupport #cancerresearchuk
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#londonmarathon #fundraisingweek #macmillancancersupport #cancerresearchuk
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My Marathon Diary – part 3
Well, it was on 27 January. This is part three of a series of what will probably now only be about four posts about my one remaining major ambition in life. This is to take part in the London …
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February 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
New post! The third of my marathon training diary posts and my first for over two months. The challenges I’ve faced, an update on my health and another decision that I’ve made.
#londonmarathon #fundraisingweek #macmillancancersupport #cancerresearchuk
teacherphili.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/m...
#londonmarathon #fundraisingweek #macmillancancersupport #cancerresearchuk
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I’ve never visited #Syria 🇸🇾 . But I have taught many Syrians who fled the internal conflict. Let’s not forget the #Syrian Refugee Resettlement Programme in the UK (2016 onwards). I wrote about this and my fairly unique (at the time) & rewarding course. teacherphili.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/e...
English for Driving Theory
I have just completed teaching English for the UK Driving Theory Test (EDT). This was a new venture for me and came from my employment with Norfolk Community Learning Services. I mostly taught Syr…
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December 10, 2024 at 9:45 AM
I’ve never visited #Syria 🇸🇾 . But I have taught many Syrians who fled the internal conflict. Let’s not forget the #Syrian Refugee Resettlement Programme in the UK (2016 onwards). I wrote about this and my fairly unique (at the time) & rewarding course. teacherphili.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/e...
International Volunteer Day. I first started #volunteering as an undergrad in Cambridge (Jimmy’s Night Shelter).
I've done several other things over the years, but now it’s exclusively about helping out at #parkrun.
bit.ly/41gmKlL
I've done several other things over the years, but now it’s exclusively about helping out at #parkrun.
bit.ly/41gmKlL
International Volunteers Day 2024 | parkrun UK Blog
International Volunteers Day (IVD) is an annual event that honours the invaluable work of volunteers and volunteer organisations. At parkrun this year, over 280,000 people across the world have volu...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:51 AM
International Volunteer Day. I first started #volunteering as an undergrad in Cambridge (Jimmy’s Night Shelter).
I've done several other things over the years, but now it’s exclusively about helping out at #parkrun.
bit.ly/41gmKlL
I've done several other things over the years, but now it’s exclusively about helping out at #parkrun.
bit.ly/41gmKlL
Today’s sole listen from the #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie book is a 1975 Roots Reggae record by Burning Spear (aka Winston Rodney). ‘Marcus Garvey’ (1975) and ‘Marcus’ Ghost’ (1976) on a cassette I’ve had since early 90s.
Just outside the top 200: teacherphili.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/v...
Just outside the top 200: teacherphili.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/v...
December 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Today’s sole listen from the #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie book is a 1975 Roots Reggae record by Burning Spear (aka Winston Rodney). ‘Marcus Garvey’ (1975) and ‘Marcus’ Ghost’ (1976) on a cassette I’ve had since early 90s.
Just outside the top 200: teacherphili.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/v...
Just outside the top 200: teacherphili.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/v...
Today I listened to Bad Company on vinyl and Steely Dan’s Countdown to Ecstacy on an old cassette. Both released in 1973. Why am I doing this?
#Vinyl #VinylTrap #LongwellRecords
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#Vinyl #VinylTrap #LongwellRecords
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December 4, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Today I listened to Bad Company on vinyl and Steely Dan’s Countdown to Ecstacy on an old cassette. Both released in 1973. Why am I doing this?
#Vinyl #VinylTrap #LongwellRecords
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#Vinyl #VinylTrap #LongwellRecords
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Reposted by Phil Longwell
Lego introduces characters wearing hidden disability sunflower lanyard
Lego introduces characters wearing hidden disability sunflower lanyard
Toy company says it hopes move will help everyone ‘embrace diversity, value inclusivity and remove stigma’
Lego is introducing several characters who wear sunflower lanyards to its brick universe for the first time to raise awareness of a badge worn to…
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December 3, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Lego introduces characters wearing hidden disability sunflower lanyard
Born to Run! My Training Plan for the next 2 weeks, fired up by Bruce. 146 days to go. #Marathon #LondonMarathon #Springsteen
December 2, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Born to Run! My Training Plan for the next 2 weeks, fired up by Bruce. 146 days to go. #Marathon #LondonMarathon #Springsteen
NEW! This is the final part of my #Cancer Diary Series. It is about 'retirement'. It discusses my recent decision to retire from ELT and reflects upon a lengthy essay (dissertation) I wrote 24 years ago at university.
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#retirement
#pensions
#lifecycles
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#retirement
#pensions
#lifecycles
November 29, 2024 at 11:39 AM
NEW! This is the final part of my #Cancer Diary Series. It is about 'retirement'. It discusses my recent decision to retire from ELT and reflects upon a lengthy essay (dissertation) I wrote 24 years ago at university.
teacherphili.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/m...
#retirement
#pensions
#lifecycles
teacherphili.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/m...
#retirement
#pensions
#lifecycles
@handsupproject.bsky.social please follow and support the work they do here ⬆️on Blue Sky 🦋. #Gaza #Refugees #TeachingEnglish #Palestine #HandsUp #HandsUpProject
November 28, 2024 at 6:07 PM
@handsupproject.bsky.social please follow and support the work they do here ⬆️on Blue Sky 🦋. #Gaza #Refugees #TeachingEnglish #Palestine #HandsUp #HandsUpProject
My favourite album of all time remains ‘Raintown’ by @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social. The road ahead is one that goes from central #Glasgow > out West. Those early 87-89 songs did have one eye on 🇺🇸 after all, as well as Glasgow itself. The road opens up next March & I’ll probably head to Cambridge.
We’re delighted to announce ‘The Great Western Road’, our brand-new studio album, will be released on 21st March 2025 and is available to pre-order here: dblue.lnk.to/TGWR/officia...
November 27, 2024 at 5:55 PM
My favourite album of all time remains ‘Raintown’ by @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social. The road ahead is one that goes from central #Glasgow > out West. Those early 87-89 songs did have one eye on 🇺🇸 after all, as well as Glasgow itself. The road opens up next March & I’ll probably head to Cambridge.
With the upcoming debate in the UK parliament this week about the #AssistedDying bill, I have revisited my essay I wrote at the tail end of the year 2000 on this topic. It appears the arguments haven’t changed much in the past 24 years. One of my better pieces of writing. #Euthanasia #QualityofLife
November 25, 2024 at 12:42 PM
With the upcoming debate in the UK parliament this week about the #AssistedDying bill, I have revisited my essay I wrote at the tail end of the year 2000 on this topic. It appears the arguments haven’t changed much in the past 24 years. One of my better pieces of writing. #Euthanasia #QualityofLife