Sheila Winstanley
@sheilawinstanley.bsky.social
Sub basic proficiency in Teeline shorthand speed| lots of drama| using tech & close reading to teach students English Lit & English Lang| broadcast journalist| writing stuff in notebooks and making a lot of voice notes
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“This play is full of joy. It’s laugh-out-loud.“
Donmar Artistic Director Tim Sheader talks about what drew him to directing WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, and what he hopes audiences will take away from watching J.B. Priestley’s much-loved comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWHC...
🎥 Kostis Nikolas
Donmar Artistic Director Tim Sheader talks about what drew him to directing WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, and what he hopes audiences will take away from watching J.B. Priestley’s much-loved comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWHC...
🎥 Kostis Nikolas
Interview with Director Tim Sheader | Donmar Warehouse
YouTube video by DonmarWarehouse
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“This play is full of joy. It’s laugh-out-loud.“
Donmar Artistic Director Tim Sheader talks about what drew him to directing WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, and what he hopes audiences will take away from watching J.B. Priestley’s much-loved comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWHC...
🎥 Kostis Nikolas
Donmar Artistic Director Tim Sheader talks about what drew him to directing WHEN WE ARE MARRIED, and what he hopes audiences will take away from watching J.B. Priestley’s much-loved comedy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWHC...
🎥 Kostis Nikolas
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"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes."
The universities of Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/latest-threat-uk-modern-languages-yet-another-faux-pas
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Given that the UK needs more graduates with languages qualifications, the task of universities is not to accelerate the decline of language learning but to find ways to bolster their student intakes."
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Every university should renovate the disciplinary framework of its courses and ask whether it is responding to its global responsibilities. But no university should recognise any merit in withdrawing from the study of other languages, cultures & societies
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Every university should renovate the disciplinary framework of its courses and ask whether it is responding to its global responsibilities. But no university should recognise any merit in withdrawing from the study of other languages, cultures & societies
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
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ICYMI - A blog from the EMC Archives
'Teaching Writing: Putting Intentions Before Technique', in which EMC's Barbara Bleiman argues that a focus on meaning and intentions should come before a focus on form when teaching writing.
Read here: buff.ly/XbcgRCQ
'Teaching Writing: Putting Intentions Before Technique', in which EMC's Barbara Bleiman argues that a focus on meaning and intentions should come before a focus on form when teaching writing.
Read here: buff.ly/XbcgRCQ
August 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
ICYMI - A blog from the EMC Archives
'Teaching Writing: Putting Intentions Before Technique', in which EMC's Barbara Bleiman argues that a focus on meaning and intentions should come before a focus on form when teaching writing.
Read here: buff.ly/XbcgRCQ
'Teaching Writing: Putting Intentions Before Technique', in which EMC's Barbara Bleiman argues that a focus on meaning and intentions should come before a focus on form when teaching writing.
Read here: buff.ly/XbcgRCQ
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‘Outcomes for students graduating with English degrees are not significantly different in the longer term than for those graduating with STEM degrees. Studying English provides training in skills and knowledge which will hold their value in years to come.’ #EnglishCreates 4/4
August 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
‘Outcomes for students graduating with English degrees are not significantly different in the longer term than for those graduating with STEM degrees. Studying English provides training in skills and knowledge which will hold their value in years to come.’ #EnglishCreates 4/4
Sylvia Young, RIP
A dream school timetable: Monday- Wed: 📚📖👨🏫
Thursday & Friday: 🎭🕺🏻🩰🎤🎼
Led by a woman who taught all her students the importance of hard work
and learning their lines.
x
A dream school timetable: Monday- Wed: 📚📖👨🏫
Thursday & Friday: 🎭🕺🏻🩰🎤🎼
Led by a woman who taught all her students the importance of hard work
and learning their lines.
x
July 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sylvia Young, RIP
A dream school timetable: Monday- Wed: 📚📖👨🏫
Thursday & Friday: 🎭🕺🏻🩰🎤🎼
Led by a woman who taught all her students the importance of hard work
and learning their lines.
x
A dream school timetable: Monday- Wed: 📚📖👨🏫
Thursday & Friday: 🎭🕺🏻🩰🎤🎼
Led by a woman who taught all her students the importance of hard work
and learning their lines.
x
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If you've never read Persepolis here's your reminder to read Persepolis
June 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
If you've never read Persepolis here's your reminder to read Persepolis
UK Cabinet Office AI event: we've just been shown typical planning docs from the Housing dept. Narrative seemed to be these docs are cumbersome, problematic. For me, they're nostalgia, story, ideas: the feel, the font, the layout. Like Lloyd George medical reports and library cataloguing cards...
June 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
UK Cabinet Office AI event: we've just been shown typical planning docs from the Housing dept. Narrative seemed to be these docs are cumbersome, problematic. For me, they're nostalgia, story, ideas: the feel, the font, the layout. Like Lloyd George medical reports and library cataloguing cards...
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The concerns in @domwyse.bsky.social's blog chime with those we raised after the publication of the interim report into the curriculum review. Links to both here
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/evoluti...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/evoluti...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
Evolution or business as usual? The interim report for England’s national curriculum review
The election of a Labour government in the UK in July 2024 heralded optimism that some serious problems with England’s national curriculum and assessment system, evident since 2014, would...
www.bera.ac.uk
June 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The concerns in @domwyse.bsky.social's blog chime with those we raised after the publication of the interim report into the curriculum review. Links to both here
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/evoluti...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
www.bera.ac.uk/blog/evoluti...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
Over ONE THOUSAND of us are live streaming the @cabinetofficeuk.bsky.social Zoom on AI for gov comms. As a writer, comms person and English tutor, I'm here for it along with plenty of earl grey, cake, paper notebooks and pens. 🫖🍰✍️
June 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Over ONE THOUSAND of us are live streaming the @cabinetofficeuk.bsky.social Zoom on AI for gov comms. As a writer, comms person and English tutor, I'm here for it along with plenty of earl grey, cake, paper notebooks and pens. 🫖🍰✍️
LOVING this & the disco we're having in the kitchen. 🪩
BBC Radio 2
Radio 2 In Concert
Now Playing
Pulp
Disco 2000 (Radio 2 In Concert, 29 May 2025)
Radio 2 In Concert
Now Playing
Pulp
Disco 2000 (Radio 2 In Concert, 29 May 2025)
May 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
LOVING this & the disco we're having in the kitchen. 🪩
GCSE prep:
Ten days to go before GCSE English Lit paper 1 and suddenly…there is much note - taking, focus, questions & thinking. It’s a joyful time to teach.
Ten days to go before GCSE English Lit paper 1 and suddenly…there is much note - taking, focus, questions & thinking. It’s a joyful time to teach.
May 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
GCSE prep:
Ten days to go before GCSE English Lit paper 1 and suddenly…there is much note - taking, focus, questions & thinking. It’s a joyful time to teach.
Ten days to go before GCSE English Lit paper 1 and suddenly…there is much note - taking, focus, questions & thinking. It’s a joyful time to teach.
“Crap!”
When you win a mini free -write exercise ( inspo: 5 little items in 3 mins)…
My students love this sort of stuff but I definitely love it more and this is exactly what I’ll be doing with them for GCSE English prep this week.
When you win a mini free -write exercise ( inspo: 5 little items in 3 mins)…
My students love this sort of stuff but I definitely love it more and this is exactly what I’ll be doing with them for GCSE English prep this week.
April 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“Crap!”
When you win a mini free -write exercise ( inspo: 5 little items in 3 mins)…
My students love this sort of stuff but I definitely love it more and this is exactly what I’ll be doing with them for GCSE English prep this week.
When you win a mini free -write exercise ( inspo: 5 little items in 3 mins)…
My students love this sort of stuff but I definitely love it more and this is exactly what I’ll be doing with them for GCSE English prep this week.
Dr Amy Miller, curator @burghhouse1704.bsky.social Hampstead, is doing some interesting work on illustrators. Currently: Helen Oxenbury: Illustrating the Land of Childhood & May 21st, Kate Greenaway & Helen Allingham #booksky #illustratorsky #reading #family #childhood #whatsonlondon
April 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Dr Amy Miller, curator @burghhouse1704.bsky.social Hampstead, is doing some interesting work on illustrators. Currently: Helen Oxenbury: Illustrating the Land of Childhood & May 21st, Kate Greenaway & Helen Allingham #booksky #illustratorsky #reading #family #childhood #whatsonlondon
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1/3: This looked promising - a clay pipe with a fair bit of stem intact. Follow the thread to see the video as I pick it up and see what more there is to it...
April 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
1/3: This looked promising - a clay pipe with a fair bit of stem intact. Follow the thread to see the video as I pick it up and see what more there is to it...
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Three weeks' today, I’ll be heading off on tour with the brilliant Henry Normal, armed with a bunch of new poems, plus some old ones, too.
If you’re nearby and fancy coming along, you can get tickets here:
brianbilston.com/events/
If you’re nearby and fancy coming along, you can get tickets here:
brianbilston.com/events/
April 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Three weeks' today, I’ll be heading off on tour with the brilliant Henry Normal, armed with a bunch of new poems, plus some old ones, too.
If you’re nearby and fancy coming along, you can get tickets here:
brianbilston.com/events/
If you’re nearby and fancy coming along, you can get tickets here:
brianbilston.com/events/
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Parents and educators - there are a lot of discussions in publishing about how to improve reading for pleasure. Is there anything you wish publishing would do more of? Or just understand about kids and reading? Any insights from teaching/parenting of what gets kids reading? #KidLitUK #Edusky #KidLit
April 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Parents and educators - there are a lot of discussions in publishing about how to improve reading for pleasure. Is there anything you wish publishing would do more of? Or just understand about kids and reading? Any insights from teaching/parenting of what gets kids reading? #KidLitUK #Edusky #KidLit
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What is micro poetry? Let our Professor of Poetry John McAuliffe explain all as today marks the launch of our 2025 micro poetry competition.
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
#poet #poetry
www.youtube.com/shorts/Gr0U5...
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
#poet #poetry
www.youtube.com/shorts/Gr0U5...
University of Manchester launches 2025 Micro poetry competition
YouTube video by School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What is micro poetry? Let our Professor of Poetry John McAuliffe explain all as today marks the launch of our 2025 micro poetry competition.
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
#poet #poetry
www.youtube.com/shorts/Gr0U5...
@uniofmanchester.bsky.social @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
#poet #poetry
www.youtube.com/shorts/Gr0U5...
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Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
www.thetimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
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Just to say that like every year it's so nice to see your kids dressing up as Learning Languages in Early Modern England (Oxford, 2019) for World Book Day. Keep the pics coming!
March 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Just to say that like every year it's so nice to see your kids dressing up as Learning Languages in Early Modern England (Oxford, 2019) for World Book Day. Keep the pics coming!
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"This isn't something that's just nice or lovely. It's something fundamental to becoming a human being."
Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shares why reading is a right for every child. #ReadingRights
Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shares why reading is a right for every child. #ReadingRights
January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"This isn't something that's just nice or lovely. It's something fundamental to becoming a human being."
Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shares why reading is a right for every child. #ReadingRights
Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shares why reading is a right for every child. #ReadingRights
“Reliance on Instagram influencers can only get you so far. We still need Our Mutual Friend.“
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
December 5, 2024 at 10:28 PM
“Reliance on Instagram influencers can only get you so far. We still need Our Mutual Friend.“
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
There’s nothing like Haiku bingo on the theme of Fish & Chips with @lauriebolger.bsky.social 🐠🍟✍️ open.spotify.com/episode/5cTo...
S9 Ep3: Laurie Bolger
People's Poetry Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:24 PM
There’s nothing like Haiku bingo on the theme of Fish & Chips with @lauriebolger.bsky.social 🐠🍟✍️ open.spotify.com/episode/5cTo...