Good evening from Ukraine 🇺🇦
Still standing tall.
Still stubborn.
Still not russia.

or a fighter jet

You’ll be amazed how quickly a motorcycle can do it

numbers go too high for roulette! :-)

Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

Check out my Instagram!

www.instagram.com/trythisteach...

'that problem' (when you download TGT as a PowerPoint) has reappeared in the last few days. Not a real issue, we can work around it - but just making you aware!

@georgetakei.bsky.social

Tomorrow's your day on Tutor Group Think :-)

Monday 20th April Happy 89th birthday to actor George Takei. He was born in Los Angeles to Japanese immigrant parents who decided to name him George after King George VI in the UK who’d just taken the throne. In 1941, when he was 4 years old, armed soldiers came to his house and removed his family from their home and took them to an internment camp. They had done nothing wrong, but all US citizens of Japanese heritage (about 120,000 in total) were incarcerated for the next four years during the war. When they were finally released they had no money, no home and no family business. Towards the end of this time his family learned that his aunt and 5-year-old cousin were killed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb (Watch: George visit his Aunt’s former house and grave). After high school Takei studied Theatre at university and after some minor roles got his big break when Gene Roddenberry cast him as Lieutenant Sulu in the original Star Trek series. It was Roddenberry’s goal that the crew of the Enterprise be as diverse as possible. Whilst Takei’s homosexuality was an open secret among the cast, he didn’t come out publicly until 2005. In 2008 he and his long term partner Brad were among the first gay couples to marry when California legalised same sex marriages. Today, he is still an actor but with a strong lived experience of his own rights not being recognised, he dedicates much time to campaigning for minority rights. How do you think George’s family felt being in the camp? Why do you think Roddenberry wanted diversity within the crew of the Enterprise? What do you think motivates Takei’s activism?

Monday 20th April Happy 89th birthday to actor George Takei. He was born in 1937 in Los Angeles to Japanese immigrant parents. In 1941 George’s family, along with 120,000 other Americans of Japanese ancestry, were locked up in internment camp for four years. When they were finally released they had no money, no home and no family business. His aunt and cousin died in the Hiroshima bomb in 1945. George is famous for his role as Sulu in the original Star Trek series, which desired as diverse a cast as possible. Though the cast knew George was gay, he didn’t come out publicly until 2005. Today he dedicates much time to campaigning for minority rights. How do you think George’s family felt being in the camp?

Monday's TGT wishes a happy 89th Birthday to Star Trek TOS actor George Takei. George dedicates a lot of his time to campaigning for minority rights, because he understands only too well what it feels like to not have the same rights as others.
bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

A blue sky with clouds. In the foreground is a green Primary Route exit sign for the A140. The destinations given are Ipswich Diss Norwich. It’s a image I took from google Maps as I wasn’t quick enough on the draw with my camera.

In East Anglia they even put their civic/ football beefs on road signs

probably more interested in the latter

Come and work with us ...
www.magnusacademy.co.uk/our-academy/...

Seb Lowe playing guitar on stage in Sheffield with Kate Couriel on violin

Lead singer of The North playing guitar at The Foundry, Sheffield

Kate Couriel pointing her violin bow at the audience as she sings

Took my daughter to the Foundry at Sheffield Student Union last night to see Seb Lowe with Kate Couriel and The North. Fantastic gig. Seb & Kate's lyrics in particular are so powerful.

There's another one later: "It's story" :-)

"it's maiden voyage" - I know you love those :-)

Tuesday 14th April RMS Titanic, the largest and most glamorous ship in the world at the time, set sail on it’s maiden voyage on 10th April 1912. Four days later on the evening of 14th of April it struck an iceberg in the north Atlantic and began taking on water. 160 minutes later it sank. More than 1500 people of the 2200 on board died. It was the greatest civilian maritime disaster up to that point. It’s story has become a metaphor for hubris and a fixture in the cultural zeitgeist for more than a century. News of the disaster spread fast, with wireless messages from the Titanic and RMS Carpathia which rescued the 700 survivors from their lifeboats reaching Britain and America quickly where it dominated news headlines for weeks. The aftermath led to sweeping changes in safety rules when it was revealed that there was only 20 lifeboats onboard with room for around 1100 people and the Titanic was only two thirds full on the night of the disaster. New safety rules were brought in by 1914 which insisted enough lifeboat capacity for all on board on all ships. The cultural myth was reignited for new generations when the wreck was found in 1985 and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic was so popular it was the first film ever to take $1bn at the box office. Why do you think Titanic has such a prominent place in our collective memory? If you were crew on the Titanic and you realised there weren’t enough lifeboat spaces, how would you decide who to save?

Tuesday 14th April RMS Titanic set sail on it’s maiden voyage on 10th April 1912. Four days later on the evening of 14th of April it struck an iceberg and sank. More than 1500 people of the 2200 on board died. The aftermath led to sweeping changes in safety rules when it was revealed that there was only 20 lifeboats onboard with room for around 1100 people The wreck was found in 1985 and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic was so popular it was the first film ever to take $1bn at the box office. If you were crew on the Titanic and you realised there weren’t enough lifeboat spaces, how would you decide who to save?

From lifeboat Earth on Monday's TGT, to lifeboats on the Titanic on Tuesday. It's likely most students will have heard of the Titanic and know its story, but there's an interesting discussion to be had about why it's so ingrained in the zeitgeist for over a century.
bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Ma este Európa szíve erősebben dobog Magyarországon.

Europe’s heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight.

Trump, Putin, Farage… your boy took a hell of a beating.

Congratulations to the people of Hungary for showing that populist extremists can be defeated – even despite Donald Trump’s best efforts.

Has anyone noticed that wherever JD Vance goes, he just makes a mess.

In Munich he insulted European allies. In Greenland he turned everyone against Trump. And now he’s helped Viktor Orbán lose re-election.

Maybe better to spend more time on the couch VP.

a cup run that included Leeds' biggest ever away win (9-0).

I don't think there's a planned moon landing until 2028 with Artemis IV at the earliest..

Monday 13th April Last week four astronauts travelled further away from Earth than anybody ever has before. Breaking the record set during Apollo 13 in 1970. This is one of the amazing images taken by the crew of Artemis II last week on their flypast of the moon. Astronaut Christina Koch said of looking back: “What struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat, hanging undisturbed in the universe.” The next Artemis Mission (scheduled for Summer 2027) will land people, including the first woman on the moon for the first time since 1972. Did you watch any of the coverage of the Artemis mission last week? How does this image of Earth make you feel? How do you feel about the prospect of men and women on the moon next year?

Monday 13th April This is one of the amazing images taken by the crew of Artemis II last week on their flypast of the moon. Astronaut Christina Koch said of looking back: “What struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat, hanging undisturbed in the universe.” Did you watch any of the coverage? How does this image of Earth make you feel?

For those back at school tomorrow, TGT looks at the Artemis mission. I really hope no one in your class missed all mention of it, but just in case... Here's one of the pictures of the tiny fragile Earth, described as a 'lifeboat' by Christina Koch.
bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

It's normally a Tardis, so they will definitely notice the change in my background ...

We're back tomorrow, but I'm tempted to lie about it being Angus Young's birthday tomorrow since we missed it the other week 🙂

I’ve had a good Easter break but now the alarm is back on 🫣
I’m doing ok, but if anyone has Sunday scaries then here’s my advice - I know it sounds obvious but does help me.
Focus on things you’re looking forward to, things in your control and know it won’t be as bad as you’re imagining 🤞🏽

more like 10-minute cryptic this morning
Minute Cryptic - 11 April, 2026
"Liam releases answer, declaring "Oh, it's rather stretchy?"" (4)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (57,528 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I used to be convinced I was a French shoe but now I’m not chaussure.

That word isn't used (in its indoor sports sense) in UK English, we use a similar but different 6-letter word.

Found this one really quickly. Minute Cryptic - 10 April, 2026
"Fraud by chairman swapping locks for organisation’s banks" (6)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (56,733 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Wise words from Spain's Prime Minister: “The momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The govt of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket. What is needed now: diplomacy, international law and PEACE.”