David Ingledew
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They don't understand we don't want off the record briefings, we don't want gossip and tit bits from journos too close to politicians of any party. Its been too cosy for too long. They still have made absolutely no effort to understand Labour under Starmer, or why the Tories lost. Tough
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
They don't understand we don't want off the record briefings, we don't want gossip and tit bits from journos too close to politicians of any party. Its been too cosy for too long. They still have made absolutely no effort to understand Labour under Starmer, or why the Tories lost. Tough
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Most of us have had to adjust to change in the workplace over recent years for many reasons. The fact these entitled lobby journalists think they don't need to do the same is pathetic. They were due a shake up and if they can't even pretend to be impartial they don't deserve a moments thought
December 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Most of us have had to adjust to change in the workplace over recent years for many reasons. The fact these entitled lobby journalists think they don't need to do the same is pathetic. They were due a shake up and if they can't even pretend to be impartial they don't deserve a moments thought
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December 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Why not make the most of City Lit’s professional studio equipment. Explore lighting, backdrops and props that will elevate your photography to a professional level.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Our taster courses are the perfect way to try something new and find out if a course is right for you. So whether you fancy exploring art history, creative writing or singing, we have the course for you.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🌍 New Event! Explore French, Spanish & Italian through cinema!
Join us on Saturday 14th March at City Lit for:
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Join us on Saturday 14th March at City Lit for:
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December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
![[TWO PINTS OF BEER are on a pub bar, one is PERONI and one is a brown Christmas-themed beer]
1
PERONI:
Hello there
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Hello Peroni
2
PERONI:
So nice to have someone new on the lineup!
And you are…?
3
CHRISTMAS BEER:
You know who I am, Peroni.
4
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I am Brown Christmas Liquid.
I come back each year.
5
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Every time with a new name, and a new horrible ingredient.
Last year I was Reindeer Stomper. This year I am... Cheeky Elf.
6
PERONI:
Oh god
You were on the bar for two months and…
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Three pints sold, aye.
7
CHRISTMAS BEER:
I’m a seasonal blend of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, orange peel, nutmeg and this year, for reasons of late-capitalist sadism, vanilla.
8
CHRISTMAS BEER:
My name is Cheeky Elf,
I taste of jam,
and I want to d*e.
9
PERONI:
Well somebody’s trying you
CHRISTMAS BEER:
Poor bastard
[A hand comes down to lift CHRISTMAS BEER to sip the pint]
10
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
11
[CHRISTMAS BEER being sipped, off-scene]
12
[CHRISTMAS BEER gets put back on the bar ]
PERSON [who just drank CHRISTMAS BEER]:
Oh my god
CHEEKY ELF:
SEE?
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December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)
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Applications are open for the 2026–27 @malorieblackman.bsky.social Scholarships for Unheard Voices.
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Receive up to £1,000 for creative writing courses at City Lit, supporting new voices. Deadline to apply: 8 Feb 2026.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Applications are open for the 2026–27 @malorieblackman.bsky.social Scholarships for Unheard Voices.
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Receive up to £1,000 for creative writing courses at City Lit, supporting new voices. Deadline to apply: 8 Feb 2026.
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This week’s Artist of the Week is one of Jamaica’s most legendary trios - The Maytals! Fronted by Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, who would be celebrating his birthday today, the group helped shape the sound of reggae over six decades. Check out their hits: Trojan.lnk.to/EACMaytals
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This week’s Artist of the Week is one of Jamaica’s most legendary trios - The Maytals! Fronted by Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, who would be celebrating his birthday today, the group helped shape the sound of reggae over six decades. Check out their hits: Trojan.lnk.to/EACMaytals
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First 2025/26 cycle ITT data out today. Too early to tell much and it's quite contradictory!
- Applications up, but offers and acceptances flat or down
- Acceptances especially down for secondary and in bursary-cut subjects
Will be interesting to see if extra apps translate into offers later on
- Applications up, but offers and acceptances flat or down
- Acceptances especially down for secondary and in bursary-cut subjects
Will be interesting to see if extra apps translate into offers later on
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
First 2025/26 cycle ITT data out today. Too early to tell much and it's quite contradictory!
- Applications up, but offers and acceptances flat or down
- Acceptances especially down for secondary and in bursary-cut subjects
Will be interesting to see if extra apps translate into offers later on
- Applications up, but offers and acceptances flat or down
- Acceptances especially down for secondary and in bursary-cut subjects
Will be interesting to see if extra apps translate into offers later on
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Today's ITT Census data is positive, showing a sizeable increase in trainee numbers vs last year, alongside lower targets due to other supply improvements like retention. But there's still more to do as secondary recruitment is still below target at 88 per cent
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today's ITT Census data is positive, showing a sizeable increase in trainee numbers vs last year, alongside lower targets due to other supply improvements like retention. But there's still more to do as secondary recruitment is still below target at 88 per cent
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If you're at the National Council for the Social Studies, come to Li-Ching Ho's and my presentation on teaching for hope! Saturday, Dec. 6, Room 201. #sschat #socialstudies #teachingsocialstudies @socialstudies.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you're at the National Council for the Social Studies, come to Li-Ching Ho's and my presentation on teaching for hope! Saturday, Dec. 6, Room 201. #sschat #socialstudies #teachingsocialstudies @socialstudies.org
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![[Scene is a JOB INTERVIEW. The bosses taking the interview are FATHER and MOTHER CHRISTMAS. In the chair across the desk from is the interviewee: RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER, sitting legs crossed. Rudolph is effusive and expressive with his hands / hooves.]
RUDOLPH:
...and in addition to my sleigh-pulling experience, l just genuinely love working with other reindeer. I mean I'm a real 'reindeer reindeer' you know? Haha!
FATHER CHRISTMAS [Looking delighted]:
Wonderful! Well, I think we've found our candidate...
So, uh...
Rudolph with your nose so bright...
...won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
[A chilly pause. We focus on Rudolph, who folds his arms, looks away in silent fury, his nose casting light about the room as he does so. He drags his eyes back to Father Christmas, his expression now of pure, cold contempt.]
RUDOLPH:
So this is about my nose.
FATHER CHRISTMAS:
One of my bulbs has gone.
RUDOLPH:
Go to Halfords!
FATHER CHRISTMAS:
It's closed till Tuesday.
RUDOLPH:
No, right, OK... I get it... this is like a narrative thing for you, isn't it?
[Rolling his eyes, gesticulating, getting more angry as he begins to rant]:
Like...powerful white male saves the shunned outsider by making a gimmick of their difference?
[We see Father and Mother Christmas looking awkward, a bit scared, askance at each other]
RUDOLPH:
So in your head, what, like, the other reindeer who've bullied me my whole life will suddenly start respecting Mr Fog Lamp up front?
[Rudolph is waving his hooves now]
I mean, I notice you haven't interviewed my AUNTY for this job. Rita the Red-Arsed Reindeer? She applied!
Her nose is even brighter than mine, but because the disease has spread to her ARSE she's not the right KIND of diversity mascot...
[Finally Rudolph stands up, knocking his chair backwards. Father Christmas looks shocked, Mother Christmas looks terrified.]
RUDOLPH:
This is BULLSHIT!
FATHER CHRISTMAS:
SECURITY...!
[A little Elf enters to tackle Rudolph]
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Great opportunity for high school social studies teachers in the United States! #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #historyteacher
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Great opportunity for high school social studies teachers in the United States! #sschat #iteachsocialstudies #historyteacher
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Hamlet like never before.
City Lit Theatre Company & director James Jarrett bring a Hitchcock-inspired dystopia of secrets & lies.🎭
Join us on 4, 5 or 6 December at the John Lyon’s Theatre.
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City Lit Theatre Company & director James Jarrett bring a Hitchcock-inspired dystopia of secrets & lies.🎭
Join us on 4, 5 or 6 December at the John Lyon’s Theatre.
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hamlet-by-...
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Directed by James Jarrett
Directed by James Jarrett
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December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hamlet like never before.
City Lit Theatre Company & director James Jarrett bring a Hitchcock-inspired dystopia of secrets & lies.🎭
Join us on 4, 5 or 6 December at the John Lyon’s Theatre.
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hamlet-by-...
City Lit Theatre Company & director James Jarrett bring a Hitchcock-inspired dystopia of secrets & lies.🎭
Join us on 4, 5 or 6 December at the John Lyon’s Theatre.
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hamlet-by-...
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Welcome home for Christmas, Daniel.
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
![Scene is a domestic TEENAGE BEDROOM which has been turned into a JUNK STORAGE ROOM by the parents since their son left home. Nirvana poster, Beasti Boys poster, plus cardboard boxes, a running machine, a computer desk, etc. On the floor though, is said teenager, a guy called DANIEL, now an adult returned home for Christmas and having to sleep on a mattress on the floor among all this stuff. On his head, as he wakes up, is his parents' cat, CLIVE.
[Close up on Daniel's closed eyes]
[Daniel slowly opens eyes to realise Clive is sat on his head]
CLIVE THE CAT:
Well, well, well.
CLIVE:
The prodigal son returns!
Happy Christmas, Daniel.
DANIEL:
Hello Clive
CLIVE:
So sorry I’ve sat on your head. I didn't see you down there among all this... junk.
Such a shame they turned your old bedroom into a storage cupboard.... How the mighty have fallen!
34 years old and forced to sleep under dad’s computer desk with your pillow on the running machine...
While I have the freedom of the house!
Admit it, Daniel...
I am the son now.
I alone am prince of the prince of this domain!
DANIEL:
No! You’re just the cat!
CLIVE:
You’re gone, Daniel. I’ve sprayed it all! Everything!
Even....
[Show a teddy on a shelf]
...Mr Bumble.
DANIEL:
Nooo
CLIVE:
I AM THE SON NOW
DANIEL:
You bastard...
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibzmrrqidoogxqn3wllseovaoqijrmmwwcpec5jbywrvlh3kdnvna@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Welcome home for Christmas, Daniel.
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
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It's almost as if we should listen to what he says and ignore stale journalists intent on sharing gossip and inventing scandal
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's almost as if we should listen to what he says and ignore stale journalists intent on sharing gossip and inventing scandal
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December 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Powerful historical and history-pedagogic knowledge on a vital topic from leading figures in both fields, open access fom UCL Press.
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Congratulations 2 CPA's own Robin Whitburn & Abdul Mohamud, 2 Kate Donnington & Nicholas Draper, & 2 our @uclpress.bsky.social colleagues, on the publication of this remarkable & important book - Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past. Open access uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Powerful historical and history-pedagogic knowledge on a vital topic from leading figures in both fields, open access fom UCL Press.
#historyeducation @heirnet.bsky.social @coe.int @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social
#historyeducation @heirnet.bsky.social @coe.int @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social
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Christmas at the BBC
![Title panel:
CHRISTMAS… AT THE BBC.
The Traitors Christmas Special:
Who in the BBC Boardroom is trying to bring down the gaff from within?
[Image: The Traitors scene with Claudia Winkleman looking like “ooh-er” while the BBC board sit at a table looking suspiciously at each other]
Apologising To The People Who Want To Destroy Us At Christmas:
A festive extravaganza of self-flagellation before our enemies
[Image: A cozy fireside scene with Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch standing, while at their feet lots of BBC employees are kneeling before them and begging for forgiveness].
Donald's Big Distraction:
Heartwarming Julia Donaldson animation in which a dragon sues the BBC to draw his friends' attention onto something else
[Image: Julia Donaldson’s ‘Zog’ with a Donald Trump wig, holding up a lawyer’s letter to show his dragon friends while trying to block their view of a pile of box files and computer drives some with ‘Epstein’ written on them].
The King's Speech:
We let Nigel Farage tell you the BBC is left wing as if that's some kind of fact
[Image: Nigel Farage as the King delivering his Christmas speech to camera].
A Ghost Story for Christmas:
A venerable British institution is haunted by Boris Johnson's appointees
[Image: A BBC studio with a window, outside in the dark snowy night a spectral apparition in the form of Robbie Gibb taps at the window and wails “I want to destroooy you”]
Christmas Labour Inertia-Time:
Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy present four hours of total silence from under their desks
[Image: Show them both under their desks holding up glasses of sherry]
Rightward Drift Christmas Special:
A bonanza of trust-corrosion with confected immigration panic and Reform coverage
[Image: A computer and a smartphone in a cute snowy scene, both displaying the BBC News website with multiple headlines and LIVE feeds and and BREAKING NEWS stories headlined: “IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS? IMMIGRANTS!”]
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Christmas at the BBC
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As an extra treat, you can use the code on as many eligible courses as you like! Offer valid on courses that are between £99 and £500.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
SAVE 15% on your next City Lit course!
As an extra treat, you can use the code on as many eligible courses as you like! Offer valid on courses that are between £99 and £500.
Discount ends midnight Monday 1 December.
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As an extra treat, you can use the code on as many eligible courses as you like! Offer valid on courses that are between £99 and £500.
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Christmas on the BBC
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Festive self-flagellation at the BBC: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Traitors, distractions, inertia, manipulation … it’s all on the schedule this Christmas
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November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Christmas on the BBC
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The Autumn HTEN conference takes place this Thursday. Looking forward to seeing our members as we explore this important aspect of our work.
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Join @htenuk.bsky.social for our November half-day online conference as we grapple with important questions in history educational research, teacher preparation, teacher professional development and teaching in schools.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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We're excited to announce the launch of "In the Scene: Agnès Varda" by City Lit Film Tutor Dr Paul Sutton! His book explores the life and work of this French cinema trailblazer from her analogue films to digital masterpieces.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of "In the Scene: Agnès Varda" by City Lit Film Tutor Dr Paul Sutton! His book explores the life and work of this French cinema trailblazer from her analogue films to digital masterpieces.
Read more: www.aurorametro.com/product/in-t...
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