Sarah Watkins FCCT

I handed in the manuscript for my first book this week. My dad, an author, just brought this round for me...🥰

@DoctorChungie 🙏🏼

@mini_lebowski Congratulations!

Exciting to get this book through the post that includes a chapter I've written on rewilding learning...

It has never been more important to understand the history of Iran. As the US and Israel step up their attacks, listen to our 26-part @EmpirePodUK mega series as we tell the story of this extraordinary country and the greatness of Persian civilisation from Persepolis to the Ayatollah's Revolution. podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/120…

Beautiful old bluebell woodlands @nationaltrust #Breinton Springs & along the Wye escarpment towards #Hereford. Enjoy before destroyed by @HfdsCouncil building a massive new road through them 😔 @CPREHfdshire @RosieP4 @mini_lebowski @lexan71 @Amanda_Martin_ @TransportActio2

@ChrisGPackham Disgusting

Another fox fleeing for its life.

Monstrous

@EmmaJanesLife Cute!

New rug for the kitchen arrived Well, new from Vinted 😊 but still in all it's packaging It's one I've had my eye on but was £79 £25 from Vinted 👍 And it fits perfectly in the space (which is good because I didn't measure 🫣 😄)

Been standing here for 15 minutes. Nothing!

@phildstewart @edmundblair BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were many signs indicating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 'is no longer,' without explicitly confirming his death. Follow live updates: reut.rs/46xIQly

So 79 year old Trump and 76 year old Netanyahu are throwing bombs at the 86 year old Ayatollah who is retaliating. Clearly, the route to world peace is to take over-75 year old men out of the picture.

Children who say hand dryers "hurt my ears" are correct.A new research paper by that very title has just been published in a peer-reviewed pediatric journal and the researcher, 13 yr old Nora Keegan, has been studying the issue since she was 9 years old. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

About time. Absolutely right that Mandelson is arrested for questioning. We owe so much to the bravery of the women who fought to get the Epstein files released. We must have full accountability from Mandelson and Mountbatten-Windsor

This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl. If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece. Here’s one appalling extract: "A few days ago I saw an Instagram reel of a young woman talking about how she had been raped six years ago, struggled with thoughts of suicide afterwards, but managed to rebuild her life again. Among the comments – the majority of which were from men – were things like “Well at least you had some”, “No way, she’s unrapeable”, “Hope you didn’t talk this much when it happened”, “Bro could have picked a better option.” Reading those comments, which had thousands of likes and many boys agreeing with them, made me feel sick.” And here’s the impact on this teenager’s self-esteem: "Using social media has ruined my self-esteem & my relation to being a girl in this world, & nearly every day I feel hatred towards my gender, my appearance, or even teenage girls as a category. The misogyny I see from boys my age online, which is echoed in real life too, has made me grow resentful and bitter towards them, as much as I try to avoid it. As wrong as it is, I persistently find myself considering if there are truly any boys out there who are not misogynistic to some extent, & have even questioned whether I can find love in the future because of this.” Our daughters do not have to grow up in a world that teaches them they're "community pussy" while still children. Teen boys aren't born misoygnistic - they learn these attitudes from adults. This is on every one of us, male and female alike, to fix. Banning kids from social media won't come close to addressing the fundamental misogyny that's alive, well and thriving in contemporary society. If all of us refused to accept it, called it out for what it is, culture would change. What a brave young woman this author is.

My Dad was INVITED to UK in 1955, served as an RAF officer & got an MBE. 1948 British Nationality Act made it legal for British subjects from Caribbean to live & work here. Britain faced post-war labour shortages & actively recruited across the Commonwealth. Documented history.

Just up the road from me! bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ck…

@Snotlady5 @melissacreate15 I was in the mood for a good cry that day which is the way to approach it! 🤣

@mini_lebowski @melissacreate15 I do enjoy all your recommendations Sarah so if I’m ever brave enough to go & watch it I will let you know what I think ❤️❤️

Wept and snuffled my way through #Hamnet - thank god there were only five of us in the cinema this afternoon! I was reluctant to go because I loved the book so much but I'm so glad I did. Zhao is a genius - I almost felt like I was intruding...

@Snotlady5 @melissacreate15 The film is different to the book. I'd say it's almost a visual celebration of the book. There are lots of repeated motifs. It's a bit like going to see an installation based on the book.

@melissacreate15 @mini_lebowski I won’t go & see it- the book was wonderful- much more than I was expecting & I don’t want to change how it changed my heart ❤️

Is there anything more galling than reading a fabulous book on how learning happens and thinking you’ve uncovered a gem, then finding an entire chapter on the importance of learning styles. Oh the horror 😱😲😬

In the last two episodes we've been building this picture of the Bronze Age Mediterranean, both East and West, and its spectacular collapse. In this episode we are returning to Homer and extraordinary epic poems composed centuries after the events. Joining us is the great Simon Goldhill, Professor in Greek literature and culture at King's College, Cambridge, and one of the greatest living authorities on Homer, as well as a brilliant and dynamic speaker, who just blew all our socks off at the Jaipur Literature Festival linktr.ee/empirepoduk