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My story 'The Circular Book' has been published in the latest edition of Thin Skin magazine. thin-skin.com/shortstory/t...

A very powerful piece. The bits about building curiosity particularly struck a chord with me; I try to do this through my teaching, but I also find it good for my mental health - being reminded there is so much out there still to learn and discover.

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Finally catching up with 'The Odyssey' at the local IMAX.

Agreed. I'm very uncomfortable seeing these appear at my school. And the kids know INSTANTLY that it's AI.

Book 51 of 2026 #Booksky A short novel based on a flowchart. 80 pages, no punctuation, but more fun than that probably sounds.

Book 49 of 2026 #Booksky He still knows the score... This was tremendous fun, metafictional antics in the same vein as 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' (which for me is amongst AM's best work).

Was bored with work, wanted to do something rewarding, I volunteer a few hours once a month for a charity. It's amazing. A boring Fess, but it is rewarding. Just do something good for someone, it will make you and more importantly someone else feel better. Do it, please.

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Happy #DayofDredd to all who celebrate, judges and perps alike.

'The Tube Station', Bank Station (c.1932) by Cyril Power

Book 48 of 2026 Full of heart and packed with detail, I enjoyed this very much. A hymn to kindness and the value of nature and the real (as opposed to virtual) world. #Booksky

Morning.

Enjoyed the Resident Evil film very much: funny, gory and very much in the spirit of the games. The perfect antidote to a tricky day at school.

Book 47 of 2026 #Booksky A 19th century vampire novel set against the backdrop of the native American genocide. Extraordinarily gruesome, and some killer lines about America as a country born out of blood and conflict.

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“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster

Birmingham Educators assemble! I'm setting up a Birmingham #BrewEd in November. Who's in? Who do I need to reach out to? Anyone know of a great city centre venue that might do us a deal?

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Turns out I can still teach. First day done, more of the same on Monday. Well done for your first week back #Edusky

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Blur Oasis DJ Shadow Primal Scream Supergrass Radiohead The Cure Depeche Mode Queens of the Stone Age Chemical Brothers

Off the top of my head, six great things: - decent pint of bitter - Velazquez' painting Las Meninas - 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens - crosswords (and puzzles of all kinds) - Autumn twilights - cheese, wine and good bread

New school year, new shoes. Once I get my hair cut, I'm all set. #Edusky

I might check this out. Great cast.

Book 45 of 2026 #Booksky I'm working my way through the Martin Beck series - this is book 8 (of 10), and a decent entry. The locked room mystery gets solved in a satisfying, plausible way.

Fun evening out seeing an old pal - some much needed levity and beers and curry. I now feel very fat.

Street art in her honor from SE Seattle

CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!

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Note from my notebook (2017). Still true.

Vico, day 10: our last here, so another quiet one by the pool - which I will miss - and packing up before an early start tomorrow, and home.