16. Highly enjoyable easy read - have enjoyed everything I’ve read from Libby Page since I picked up The Lido. All so heartwarming

15. Really valuable insight in your gangs, youth justice, and mental health

‘Proactively fall in line:’ Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to office Two former employees said they believed the museum was altering its content preemptively to avoid unwanted negative attention from the Trump administration.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

14. Stunning. Loved it

13. Enjoyable fiction from a mid life male perspective

12. Excellent and I’m recommending to everyone! A must read book for History teachers particularly

This is excellent (so far)

#historyteacher

11. Brilliant coming of age novel. Loved it and would highly recommend

8,9, 10 … all really good but forgot to update here!

#booksky

8,9, 10 … all really good but forgot to update here!

#booksky

Who Decides What AI Means for Education? A question for senior leaders in schools: when your school signed its last AI platform contract, did anyone ask who would own the data you and your colleagues generate?

Fascinating blog from @nickdennis.bsky.social on AI in education here: nickdennisnrd.substack.com/p/who-decide...

Superb blog from @civilwarmemory.bsky.social today:

open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

#historyteacher

7. Enjoyable Half Term read

My hand (white with blue nail varnish) folding up Joe Nuthin’s Guide to Life by Helen Fisher. Yellow background to blue house with title inside.

6. Fast easy read with a nice message

We have a boy who can do a very convincing emergency vehicle siren

Myth busting @coriniummuseum.bsky.social

#historyteacher

Book cover or Remarkably Bright Creatures showing a pinkish orange octopus holding a mop and bucket

5. Lovely hopeful story

First time I’ve bought a paper copy of a political magazine in years but gosh it’s good! Thank you @newstatesman1913.bsky.social

So important to support journalism too

Helm by Sarah Hall book cover - mostly. Grey fell with some faint lines suggesting wind, with yellow/ orange sunset at the top of the cover and two communications posts/ antenna

4. Wanted to love it but found it a little odd and disjointed. Probably didn’t help that it’s been a v busy/ tiring time whilst try to read it. The writing is excellent

That’s fine - always happy to talk history teaching!

Hi Rich, this session sounds fab - but it wasn’t me!

Yellow book cover with pigeon in bottom right. Title: Consider Yourself Kissed in red block capitals, by Jessica Stanley

3. Loved it. Some bits resonated so much - very enjoyable

Book cover of We Do Not Part by Han Kang. White cover with yellow circles appearing like tree rings and a black and white photo on the middle. Nobel Prize winner for literature 2024.

2. Beautiful and haunting

Historical Association SEND update pages from Teaching History journal

Always nice to see my words in print - Thank you @histassoc.bsky.social for the opportunity to update the History teaching community on the importance of supporting pupils with SEND and the resources available

#historyteacher #edusky

Great to be part of a DfE SEND reform event today

Heard from @tomrees.bsky.social & @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & met some inspiring parents & community arts groups

Felt positive to talk about how we can be ambitious for children with SEND but also honest about challenges facing schools & families

I am delighted to be helping Historic Royal Palaces find the UK’s most inspiring teachers of history - I’ll be on the judging panel for the Central region of England.

Do you know a teacher who deserves to go down in history?

Nominate them now: bit.ly/42yhGZP

Just shared this with my Head as we often discuss the possibility of “coaching” as a vague idea to develop teachers, but your blog raises some v important issues

Book cover - seven moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. Title is in white block capitals with colourful devilish / monstrous face in background

First book of 2026. Took a while to get in to it - complex but enjoyable

Kindle book cover of When The Cranes Fly South - outline of a hand patting a sitting dog on the head (pictured from the rear)

55. Brilliant and sad. Forgot to upload this a couple of weeks ago.

Got a couple of books on the go but here ends my 2025 book thread.

This looks excellent - look forward to reading