Delilah

Someone is selling a manor estate in Burgundy with a private river, waterfalls and a natural swimming pond. 2 hours from Paris. Two buildings arranged around a courtyard, 1,700m² (18,298 sq ft) in total, 12 bedrooms, an artist's studio, stables and 7 hectares (17 acres) of land. Inside there's a music room with a piano, a library in the tower, a writing room, and a dining room built around a fireplace large enough to roast a whole animal. Herons and wild ducks live on the property year round. The river has a depth of 3 metres and you can swim in it all summer. Near Vézelay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Asking price: €1.39M ($1.6M). The French sure do know about living well. A river on your grounds, your own land to walk, swimming in summer, dinner outside. What's the French word for this kind of life?

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.

@Mathew_Lynch44 I’m glad I asked then!

@dd77 You’re welcome. I’m retiring in July so I doubt I’ll be sharing this stuff for much longer 😊

*NEW* Gimme 5 revision activities for Macbeth, AIC and ACC like these 👇 Help yourself dropbox.com/s/u3yi5qwd8g3f…

@Mathew_Lynch44 Thank you so much!

@dd77 Here’s a link to a huge bank of retrieval practice resources I have made and shared over the years, organised into sub-folders for ✅ An Inspector Calls ✅ Macbeth ✅ A Christmas Carol ✅ P & C poetry ✅ L & R poetry Help yourself 😊 #teamenglish dropbox.com/scl/fo/ba5hrxc…

@DavidDidau Did you write/share a piece about why we shouldn’t insist on students always answering in full sentences? I remember reading one but can’t find it anywhere!

@adamboxer1 @joel120193 Nobody talks in sentences. Sentences are an artefact of writing. We speak in utterances. That’s not to say there isn’t value in getting students to compose sentences on MWBs and reading them aloud.

Maybe this is too spicy a take for a Friday morning, but this data is completely unreflective of what I believe is classroom reality. In the dozens of schools I have visited, there are only TWO where "ask a question, pause, then nominate a respondent" was done consistently. In the dozens of schools I have visited, there is only ONE where teachers insisted on full sentence answers. The idea that 78% of teachers are "checking the understanding of all students during the lesson" beggars belief. Three options: A. My experience is wrong B. Teachers are liars C. Teachers, like all humans, are delusional about their own expertise Shout out to @TeacherTapp as always!

@WhiteHouse this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.

@emilykmay 👋

if you're politically left of center and still on this hell site and I don't follow you, can you make yourself known in the comments so I can follow you? ❤️

@laureng5783 You’ve not followed me yet - hope you do!

⚡️JUST IN: Over 40 celebrities including Billie Eilish, Finneas, Cillian Murphy, Joaquin Phoenix, Steve Coogan, Annie Mac, and Peter Gabriel, appear in a Together for Palestine video calling for a Gaza ceasefire, released ahead of today’s benefit concert in London.

This.

@clarabeepbeep AGREED

Murphy's is just so much better than Guinness. Had to get that off my chest

Clever birds crows

@domdyer70 Love a pigeon…apart from when they refuse to move out the middle of the road like they’re playing chicken 🤣

Most people don't realize just how incredible pigeons truly are. These gentle birds aren’t just loyal partners—they're brilliant, complex beings. Tucked inside their beaks are tiny magnetic crystals that act like a natural GPS, helping them navigate thousands of miles with stunning precision. They can also hear frequencies too low for us to detect, read polarized light patterns in the sky, and even see in ultraviolet light, giving them a vibrant view of the world we can't imagine. Pigeons are also remarkably intelligent. Studies show they can count, recognize their own reflections, understand abstract ideas, and even grasp probability, sometimes outperforming young children. When raising their young, they produce a special milk-like substance in their throats to nourish their chicks. They form lifelong bonds with their mates and use different coos and calls to communicate danger, love, and territory. History has seen their courage, too. During wartime, a pigeon named Cher Ami delivered a message that saved 194 soldiers—even after losing a leg. Sadly, despite all this, many pigeons were abandoned when we no longer “needed” them, and they stayed close to humans because that's what they knew. Pigeons are not pests. They are intelligent, emotional, deeply social beings that remember us. It's time we remember them. For more information on these misunderstood geniuses, you can visit 👉🏼wonderae.com/pigeons-the-mi….

Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip. It is not a threat. It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people. Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.

@Parody_PM A toilet brush

Name something more intelligent than Lee Anderson.

Has to be a Janey Godley day 🤣🤣🤣

Bryan Cranston: "I've stopped worrying about the president's sanity. He's not sane. What I now worry about is the sanity of anyone who can still support this deeply troubled man to lead our country." RETWEET if you stand with Cranston against Trump!

@NJSimmondsbooks How lovely, I’d definitely buy that for my daughter xx

Remember this? Well my daughter and I just got off a call with a journalist who wants to write a positive news story about her wonderful book (they approached us). My daughter dreams of being a designer, so I guess this is a pretty good start...

@laureng5783 @ambergambler_ Sorry to hear that. Know it doesn’t help but sure it will work out for the best in the end. Mind you, I’m no judge, I’ve been single for a very long time and have no plans for that to change any time soon 🤣