November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@chriskempshall.bsky.social I expected to love this as a geek who loves history & has always adored the idea of an in-universe history book. I didn’t expect to be moved by it as an educator, seeing something written well enough to teach invaluable ideas in an incredible accessible way.Huge congrats.
June 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@chriskempshall.bsky.social I expected to love this as a geek who loves history & has always adored the idea of an in-universe history book. I didn’t expect to be moved by it as an educator, seeing something written well enough to teach invaluable ideas in an incredible accessible way.Huge congrats.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Yes, they were murdered by Richard III.
May 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yes, they were murdered by Richard III.
I have seen 2025’s greatest tv moment, and nothing will top it:
May 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have seen 2025’s greatest tv moment, and nothing will top it:
Oh wow, this is cool — it looks like they’ve named all the Lizzie Line carriages after Star Trek characters.
March 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Oh wow, this is cool — it looks like they’ve named all the Lizzie Line carriages after Star Trek characters.
Government business will continue to be conducting in Russian, tho.
March 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Government business will continue to be conducting in Russian, tho.
To reiterate again: Miles Bron is an idiot.
February 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
To reiterate again: Miles Bron is an idiot.
Trump is a traitor to liberty and democracy. He should already be being impeached.
February 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trump is a traitor to liberty and democracy. He should already be being impeached.
Delighted to join the @thetalentfoundry.bsky.social’s annual reception in the House of Lords. Hearing from CEO Jenni Anderson about some of the work they’ve done this year that has touched on the lives of 65,000 students (inc the 17 I was lucky enough to join their team with as part of #UniteUS24!)
January 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Delighted to join the @thetalentfoundry.bsky.social’s annual reception in the House of Lords. Hearing from CEO Jenni Anderson about some of the work they’ve done this year that has touched on the lives of 65,000 students (inc the 17 I was lucky enough to join their team with as part of #UniteUS24!)
If by “initially” we mean “when they were infants” this is possibly true, but otherwise both William and Harold had their eyes on the prize for *years* before 1066.
December 30, 2024 at 8:15 AM
If by “initially” we mean “when they were infants” this is possibly true, but otherwise both William and Harold had their eyes on the prize for *years* before 1066.
Boxing Day Matilda!
December 26, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Boxing Day Matilda!
Getting this kind of warning suggests that the internet has knocked the edge of his spycraft.
November 21, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Getting this kind of warning suggests that the internet has knocked the edge of his spycraft.
Post you from another era:
About the year 2000, we apparently didn’t go in for smiling much either
About the year 2000, we apparently didn’t go in for smiling much either
November 20, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Post you from another era:
About the year 2000, we apparently didn’t go in for smiling much either
About the year 2000, we apparently didn’t go in for smiling much either
And here’s me with the Madame Morrible of the University of GreenWITCH herself, VC Jane Harrington!
Thanks to all the staff, students and SU folks at Greenwich for their time today, was a fascinating visit.
Thanks to all the staff, students and SU folks at Greenwich for their time today, was a fascinating visit.
November 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
And here’s me with the Madame Morrible of the University of GreenWITCH herself, VC Jane Harrington!
Thanks to all the staff, students and SU folks at Greenwich for their time today, was a fascinating visit.
Thanks to all the staff, students and SU folks at Greenwich for their time today, was a fascinating visit.
I am going to visit the University of Greenwich today. It is, in fact, a coincidence that they also happening to be doing the below, but sometimes the universe likes to offer musical-theatre-themed serendipity, and I like that.
November 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM
I am going to visit the University of Greenwich today. It is, in fact, a coincidence that they also happening to be doing the below, but sometimes the universe likes to offer musical-theatre-themed serendipity, and I like that.
Another one with no ref to being nominated — he is just joining the administration in this role, apparently.
November 19, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Another one with no ref to being nominated — he is just joining the administration in this role, apparently.
And the conclusion, with the whole cast belting out an anthem to the potential of America which ended with an entirely unexpected pause and then the word “dream” diminuendo, asking if it is still really possible, sent shivers down my spine and had me in tears. I loved every second of it.
November 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM
And the conclusion, with the whole cast belting out an anthem to the potential of America which ended with an entirely unexpected pause and then the word “dream” diminuendo, asking if it is still really possible, sent shivers down my spine and had me in tears. I loved every second of it.
Everything in between was excellent too, but the two great solos in the second act—“Back to Before” (a mother realising her life has outgrown her husband’s and nothing can be as it was) and “Make Them Hear You” (“Will justice be demanded by ten million righteous men?”)—were extraordinary to hear.
November 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Everything in between was excellent too, but the two great solos in the second act—“Back to Before” (a mother realising her life has outgrown her husband’s and nothing can be as it was) and “Make Them Hear You” (“Will justice be demanded by ten million righteous men?”)—were extraordinary to hear.
The opening number is a masterclass in scene setting (intro’ing a dozen characters swiftly and superbly) before ending with a musically exhilarating but also enchantingly staged mixing of diverse Americans who will have to learn to move together as the 20th Century dawns or else fall apart.
November 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The opening number is a masterclass in scene setting (intro’ing a dozen characters swiftly and superbly) before ending with a musically exhilarating but also enchantingly staged mixing of diverse Americans who will have to learn to move together as the 20th Century dawns or else fall apart.
Musicals chat: I saw Ragtime in New York recently (a few days before the election).
A half-life-long dream fulfilled, but also genuinely profound on the eve of this most recent election. As a celebration of what America could be and should be but also what it all too often has been, it is superb.
A half-life-long dream fulfilled, but also genuinely profound on the eve of this most recent election. As a celebration of what America could be and should be but also what it all too often has been, it is superb.
November 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Musicals chat: I saw Ragtime in New York recently (a few days before the election).
A half-life-long dream fulfilled, but also genuinely profound on the eve of this most recent election. As a celebration of what America could be and should be but also what it all too often has been, it is superb.
A half-life-long dream fulfilled, but also genuinely profound on the eve of this most recent election. As a celebration of what America could be and should be but also what it all too often has been, it is superb.
When Twitter was great, you could do things like this — develop a version of the entire span of human history in which a government ministers was an immortal being dedicated to the proper teaching of knowledge. (There were a LOT more of these too, added to by many others, but I can’t find them.)
November 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
When Twitter was great, you could do things like this — develop a version of the entire span of human history in which a government ministers was an immortal being dedicated to the proper teaching of knowledge. (There were a LOT more of these too, added to by many others, but I can’t find them.)
