Graeme Manuel-Jones
@graememj.bsky.social
Interested in reading, writing, comics, art, design, architecture, housing, LEGO and all things digital. Proud to work for BookTrust.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
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JANET:
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LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
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[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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Thatcher’s right to buy policy - here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society | David Madden #SocialHousing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thatcher’s right to buy policy - here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society | David Madden #SocialHousing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great to see the 2025 Charity Digital Skills Report published today: charitydigitalskills.co.uk - so many interesting insights from 672 contributors, including on AI adoption, strategy, funding and more. Happy to share the story of how we @booktrust.org.uk transformed our website. #CharityDigiReport
The Charity Digital Skills Report - Charity Digital Skills Report
The Charity Digital Skills Report is the annual barometer of charities’ digital skills, attitudes and behaviours.
charitydigitalskills.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Great to see the 2025 Charity Digital Skills Report published today: charitydigitalskills.co.uk - so many interesting insights from 672 contributors, including on AI adoption, strategy, funding and more. Happy to share the story of how we @booktrust.org.uk transformed our website. #CharityDigiReport
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This #FosterCareFortnight, we're giving you a peek at the contents of the first #StoryExplorers kit!
Story Explorers has been specially designed to support foster, kinship and adoptive families by embedding sharing stories at home - find out more:
www.booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/... #FCF25
Story Explorers has been specially designed to support foster, kinship and adoptive families by embedding sharing stories at home - find out more:
www.booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/... #FCF25
May 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This #FosterCareFortnight, we're giving you a peek at the contents of the first #StoryExplorers kit!
Story Explorers has been specially designed to support foster, kinship and adoptive families by embedding sharing stories at home - find out more:
www.booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/... #FCF25
Story Explorers has been specially designed to support foster, kinship and adoptive families by embedding sharing stories at home - find out more:
www.booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/... #FCF25
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We’ve had a wonderful time joining @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at Edith Kerrison nursery in London to launch the #ReadingRights report - and share a story, of course!
It’s been so inspiring hearing how the nursery embeds reading in their practice - and supports families to share stories.
It’s been so inspiring hearing how the nursery embeds reading in their practice - and supports families to share stories.
May 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We’ve had a wonderful time joining @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at Edith Kerrison nursery in London to launch the #ReadingRights report - and share a story, of course!
It’s been so inspiring hearing how the nursery embeds reading in their practice - and supports families to share stories.
It’s been so inspiring hearing how the nursery embeds reading in their practice - and supports families to share stories.
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Shared reading boosts brain development, bonding, wellbeing, school readiness & community connection 📖
We’re proud to support the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk & Frank Cottrell-Boyce, exploring how we can ensure no child misses out on reading as a part of daily life👇
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We’re proud to support the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk & Frank Cottrell-Boyce, exploring how we can ensure no child misses out on reading as a part of daily life👇
buff.ly/8DsRtOr
May 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Shared reading boosts brain development, bonding, wellbeing, school readiness & community connection 📖
We’re proud to support the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk & Frank Cottrell-Boyce, exploring how we can ensure no child misses out on reading as a part of daily life👇
buff.ly/8DsRtOr
We’re proud to support the #ReadingRights report from @booktrust.org.uk & Frank Cottrell-Boyce, exploring how we can ensure no child misses out on reading as a part of daily life👇
buff.ly/8DsRtOr
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What a glorious advocate Frank Cottrell Boyce is for the power and impact for reading in children, whether being told a story or are reading themselves. The cognitive and health benefits are vast, and Frank talks with measured passion. Make this man available on the NHS #R4today
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What a glorious advocate Frank Cottrell Boyce is for the power and impact for reading in children, whether being told a story or are reading themselves. The cognitive and health benefits are vast, and Frank talks with measured passion. Make this man available on the NHS #R4today
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“We’re a storytelling species…if we lose that, we lose our humanity!”
Frank Cottrell-Boyce once again on the power of books and influence on our children!
#r4today
Frank Cottrell-Boyce once again on the power of books and influence on our children!
#r4today
May 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“We’re a storytelling species…if we lose that, we lose our humanity!”
Frank Cottrell-Boyce once again on the power of books and influence on our children!
#r4today
Frank Cottrell-Boyce once again on the power of books and influence on our children!
#r4today
"If we vacate that space - that space where human love slows the world down and makes it a bit more navigable - we will cede it to something that is not human, that will not slow down. Something that, in place of calm and connection, produces anxiety and fury."
📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now!
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
May 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"If we vacate that space - that space where human love slows the world down and makes it a bit more navigable - we will cede it to something that is not human, that will not slow down. Something that, in place of calm and connection, produces anxiety and fury."
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📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now!
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
May 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now!
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot:
www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...
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Next week, we'll be launching our interim #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social.
The report is all about making early shared reading a universal experience, because every child should have access to its life-changing benefits.
Stay tuned!
The report is all about making early shared reading a universal experience, because every child should have access to its life-changing benefits.
Stay tuned!
May 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Next week, we'll be launching our interim #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social.
The report is all about making early shared reading a universal experience, because every child should have access to its life-changing benefits.
Stay tuned!
The report is all about making early shared reading a universal experience, because every child should have access to its life-changing benefits.
Stay tuned!
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This is absolutely genuine from Tom, can recommend all of these books and they also make brilliant gifts - which is why I hope he still has some left!
May 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is absolutely genuine from Tom, can recommend all of these books and they also make brilliant gifts - which is why I hope he still has some left!
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Shared reading has lifelong benefits.
But our research shows that children whose parents or carers like reading themselves are more likely to develop a love of reading.
That's why it's so important we support families to share stories together:
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
But our research shows that children whose parents or carers like reading themselves are more likely to develop a love of reading.
That's why it's so important we support families to share stories together:
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
April 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Shared reading has lifelong benefits.
But our research shows that children whose parents or carers like reading themselves are more likely to develop a love of reading.
That's why it's so important we support families to share stories together:
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
But our research shows that children whose parents or carers like reading themselves are more likely to develop a love of reading.
That's why it's so important we support families to share stories together:
www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...
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A very important distinction made by @teresacremin.bsky.social between reading instruction and RfP right at the start of the @uklitassociation.bsky.social/ @openuniversity.bsky.social conference today. Both sides are important but distinct #OURfPConf
March 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A very important distinction made by @teresacremin.bsky.social between reading instruction and RfP right at the start of the @uklitassociation.bsky.social/ @openuniversity.bsky.social conference today. Both sides are important but distinct #OURfPConf
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This is so so true. The community building. The creation of connection. The strengthening of trust. No matter whether they are about housing cats or documenting local history- charities ALWAYS create additional social value.
🧵 Do charities actually do what they think they do?
We’ve been doing a lot of insight work with charities lately, proper conversations with the people they’re set up to help.
And we keep running into the same thing. (1/8)
We’ve been doing a lot of insight work with charities lately, proper conversations with the people they’re set up to help.
And we keep running into the same thing. (1/8)
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is so so true. The community building. The creation of connection. The strengthening of trust. No matter whether they are about housing cats or documenting local history- charities ALWAYS create additional social value.
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We love #WorldBookDay - but it's so important that every child has the opportunity to discover the life-changing benefits of reading all year round.
That's why our brilliant Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social created the #ReadingRights campaign 👇
bit.ly/4io0Lyv
That's why our brilliant Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social created the #ReadingRights campaign 👇
bit.ly/4io0Lyv
March 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We love #WorldBookDay - but it's so important that every child has the opportunity to discover the life-changing benefits of reading all year round.
That's why our brilliant Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social created the #ReadingRights campaign 👇
bit.ly/4io0Lyv
That's why our brilliant Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social created the #ReadingRights campaign 👇
bit.ly/4io0Lyv
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We know how important it is for children to have books of their own that they can return to time and time again.
That's why we're proud to have partnered with @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social to distribute 87,450 early years tokens across England, Wales and Northern Ireland! 📚#WorldBookDay
That's why we're proud to have partnered with @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social to distribute 87,450 early years tokens across England, Wales and Northern Ireland! 📚#WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We know how important it is for children to have books of their own that they can return to time and time again.
That's why we're proud to have partnered with @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social to distribute 87,450 early years tokens across England, Wales and Northern Ireland! 📚#WorldBookDay
That's why we're proud to have partnered with @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social to distribute 87,450 early years tokens across England, Wales and Northern Ireland! 📚#WorldBookDay
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#WorldBookDay is coming up this week - and it's never too early to start sharing stories with babies.
Here's how children's physiotherapist Fiona has used #Bookstart Baby to support families in a neonatal unit - and how reading has helped them to bond:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Here's how children's physiotherapist Fiona has used #Bookstart Baby to support families in a neonatal unit - and how reading has helped them to bond:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
March 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#WorldBookDay is coming up this week - and it's never too early to start sharing stories with babies.
Here's how children's physiotherapist Fiona has used #Bookstart Baby to support families in a neonatal unit - and how reading has helped them to bond:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Here's how children's physiotherapist Fiona has used #Bookstart Baby to support families in a neonatal unit - and how reading has helped them to bond:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek - and Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is a passionate believer that reading can help to overcome the "happiness recession" facing children today.
Find out about his #ReadingRights campaign here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
Find out about his #ReadingRights campaign here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
February 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek - and Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is a passionate believer that reading can help to overcome the "happiness recession" facing children today.
Find out about his #ReadingRights campaign here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
Find out about his #ReadingRights campaign here:
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
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It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek - and author Helen Rutter believes stories about mental health, navigating difficult situations, and building strength and resilience can be a big support for young readers.
Here, she recommends some to try:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Here, she recommends some to try:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
February 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek - and author Helen Rutter believes stories about mental health, navigating difficult situations, and building strength and resilience can be a big support for young readers.
Here, she recommends some to try:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Here, she recommends some to try:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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It's #ParentMentalHealthDay, but did you know shared reading can have a positive impact on parents and carers as well as children?
Research shows it reduces parental stress, enabling carers to provide the sensitive, nurturing interactions their children need 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
Research shows it reduces parental stress, enabling carers to provide the sensitive, nurturing interactions their children need 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
January 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It's #ParentMentalHealthDay, but did you know shared reading can have a positive impact on parents and carers as well as children?
Research shows it reduces parental stress, enabling carers to provide the sensitive, nurturing interactions their children need 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
Research shows it reduces parental stress, enabling carers to provide the sensitive, nurturing interactions their children need 👇
www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/i...
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We are passionate about the vital work of health visitors in supporting families and as key partners of our #Bookstart Baby programme.
We echo calls for investment to recruit, train and equip health visitors so that children can have the best start in life.
We echo calls for investment to recruit, train and equip health visitors so that children can have the best start in life.
iHV publishes findings from largest survey of #HealthVisitors working with families with babies & young children across UK, highlighting stark increase in complex needs coupled with a severe shortage of HVs and significant disparities in service provision
https://buff.ly/40v6N9m
#HealhVisiting
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#HealhVisiting
January 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
We are passionate about the vital work of health visitors in supporting families and as key partners of our #Bookstart Baby programme.
We echo calls for investment to recruit, train and equip health visitors so that children can have the best start in life.
We echo calls for investment to recruit, train and equip health visitors so that children can have the best start in life.
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📢 The #ReadingRights summit with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is today!
We're excited to be joined by expert voices across a range of sectors to ensure the life-changing benefits of children's reading are taken seriously:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
We're excited to be joined by expert voices across a range of sectors to ensure the life-changing benefits of children's reading are taken seriously:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
January 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢 The #ReadingRights summit with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is today!
We're excited to be joined by expert voices across a range of sectors to ensure the life-changing benefits of children's reading are taken seriously:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
We're excited to be joined by expert voices across a range of sectors to ensure the life-changing benefits of children's reading are taken seriously:
www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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"It's easy to get depressed about the situation, but there's a huge amount of happiness and optimism to be drawn on."
Here's another super #ReadingRights interview with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here's another super #ReadingRights interview with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: Children's happiness at risk due to decline in reading for pleasure
The children's laureate says a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
"It's easy to get depressed about the situation, but there's a huge amount of happiness and optimism to be drawn on."
Here's another super #ReadingRights interview with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here's another super #ReadingRights interview with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...