Emmy
@msquinnhistory.bsky.social
History lead for Years 5-8. Passionate about primary history, Irish history, teaching empire among other things. I post photos of bread and Yorkshire puddings and I’m not sorry.
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I’m about to be on Gaby Roslin’s BBC Local Radio ‘Make A Difference Show’ talking about the Inspiring History Teaching Awards
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Inspiring History Teaching Awards
Created by Historic Royal Palaces, these awards celebrate teachers who make history exciting, inclusive and meaningful. We want to recognise the impact that great teachers can make by bringing the pas...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’m about to be on Gaby Roslin’s BBC Local Radio ‘Make A Difference Show’ talking about the Inspiring History Teaching Awards
www.hrp.org.uk/schools/insp...
www.hrp.org.uk/schools/insp...
Today I left the house for the first time since Wednesday. Now about to go back to bed because it’s taken it out of me. Flu is wild. I have spent a lot of time today feeling like I’m watching myself from above and like I’m not really here. It completely messes you up.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today I left the house for the first time since Wednesday. Now about to go back to bed because it’s taken it out of me. Flu is wild. I have spent a lot of time today feeling like I’m watching myself from above and like I’m not really here. It completely messes you up.
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History teachers please read this. Open acces! Congratulations to my friends @abdulmohamud.bsky.social et al. discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past
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UCL Discovery
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November 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
History teachers please read this. Open acces! Congratulations to my friends @abdulmohamud.bsky.social et al. discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
How is there anyone out there reading this article who thinks Linehan is even slightly sane? And the sort of person to rally behind?
No one comes out of this interview looking great - but I think it's an important guide to the colours of transphobia.
"Just a bit transphobic" like the interviewer
"Middle class activist transphobia" like Sarah Ditum
"All consuming obsession" like Graham Linehan
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
"Just a bit transphobic" like the interviewer
"Middle class activist transphobia" like Sarah Ditum
"All consuming obsession" like Graham Linehan
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
Graham Linehan won’t shut up | The Observer
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November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
How is there anyone out there reading this article who thinks Linehan is even slightly sane? And the sort of person to rally behind?
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Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism
Teaching Slavery
Teaching Slavery offers ground-breaking research and practical guidance for teaching Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Combining historical analysis with classroom strategies, it equips educato...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism
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Ofcom's job is to enforce the broadcasting rules against hate and misinformation - not act as an enabler.
Congratulations to @GoodLawProject.bsky.social for getting Britain's broadcasting regulator to take some action
Congratulations to @GoodLawProject.bsky.social for getting Britain's broadcasting regulator to take some action
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We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
https://goodlaw.social/ycba
We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
https://goodlaw.social/ycba
TalkTV: Ofcom bows to pressure | Good Law Project
We said we’d sue over Ofcom’s decision to dismiss 22,000 complaints about transphobia on TalkTV – now the regulator has caved.
goodlaw.social
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ofcom's job is to enforce the broadcasting rules against hate and misinformation - not act as an enabler.
Congratulations to @GoodLawProject.bsky.social for getting Britain's broadcasting regulator to take some action
Congratulations to @GoodLawProject.bsky.social for getting Britain's broadcasting regulator to take some action
I’ve tested positive for influenza A. The closest to this that I’ve felt is when I had swine flu. I had the flu jab but the virus got me anyway. Can’t leave bed, can pick up my phone for very brief periods. It is utterly horrendous and anyone who say they have flu and is still walking, doesn’t.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’ve tested positive for influenza A. The closest to this that I’ve felt is when I had swine flu. I had the flu jab but the virus got me anyway. Can’t leave bed, can pick up my phone for very brief periods. It is utterly horrendous and anyone who say they have flu and is still walking, doesn’t.
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The Telegraph in particular has a limitless appetite for the "after I spend my gigantic salary on ski trips and private school fees I'm actually poor" article.
the next couple of days are going to see a hell of a lot of "the rich declare themselves poor"
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Telegraph in particular has a limitless appetite for the "after I spend my gigantic salary on ski trips and private school fees I'm actually poor" article.
Tell me you’re incapable of independent thought without telling me…
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tell me you’re incapable of independent thought without telling me…
Anyone out there who still think these “gender critical” activists are protecting women needs to start seeing what’s right in front of them. They do not want to protect you, they want to control you and define you by your biology.
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Anyone out there who still think these “gender critical” activists are protecting women needs to start seeing what’s right in front of them. They do not want to protect you, they want to control you and define you by your biology.
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One in six people living in the UK were born abroad. Quite a few more are their family members. A lot more are their friends and colleagues. Some people don't like this. Instead of telling them to get stuffed, as we should, we've built the whole political consensus around pleasing them.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
One in six people living in the UK were born abroad. Quite a few more are their family members. A lot more are their friends and colleagues. Some people don't like this. Instead of telling them to get stuffed, as we should, we've built the whole political consensus around pleasing them.
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Reminder - this doesnt just affect trans people.
Hannah Botterman is a icon and English legend - is scared to go to the loo alone in case people now challenge her.
And this advice would entirely empower them.
Hannah Botterman is a icon and English legend - is scared to go to the loo alone in case people now challenge her.
And this advice would entirely empower them.
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Reminder - this doesnt just affect trans people.
Hannah Botterman is a icon and English legend - is scared to go to the loo alone in case people now challenge her.
And this advice would entirely empower them.
Hannah Botterman is a icon and English legend - is scared to go to the loo alone in case people now challenge her.
And this advice would entirely empower them.
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Medieval "Piss-Prophets" who would taste urine using a "urine wheel" have entered the chat.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Medieval "Piss-Prophets" who would taste urine using a "urine wheel" have entered the chat.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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Men will spend billions on building their own AI rather than go to therapy.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Men will spend billions on building their own AI rather than go to therapy.
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I’m reading (again) about Stalin’s cult of personality but I think even he would have considered this a bit much
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’m reading (again) about Stalin’s cult of personality but I think even he would have considered this a bit much
There is no fear quite like a teacher making their way across a snow covered yard full of children.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There is no fear quite like a teacher making their way across a snow covered yard full of children.
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With thanks to publisher Dorking Kindersley, we have a copy of SILK ROADS BY Anna Ansari to give away with one of our 10” prospector pans, featured in the book. Follow us, share this post and then find entry details here
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November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
With thanks to publisher Dorking Kindersley, we have a copy of SILK ROADS BY Anna Ansari to give away with one of our 10” prospector pans, featured in the book. Follow us, share this post and then find entry details here
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions
Marking a truck load of assessments is made much easier by having the fire on!
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Marking a truck load of assessments is made much easier by having the fire on!
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a British government looting refugees displaced from former colonial protectorates now is it?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
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November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
a British government looting refugees displaced from former colonial protectorates now is it?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Racists and people exploiting this are the problem and the fact that the government cannot see it is absolutely disgusting. I can’t believe I had high hopes for this government in July 2024. Someone get me out of this hell hole.
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Racists and people exploiting this are the problem and the fact that the government cannot see it is absolutely disgusting. I can’t believe I had high hopes for this government in July 2024. Someone get me out of this hell hole.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan on why the Far Right lie about London crime: “They don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed because they can’t stomach the truth. London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on why the Far Right lie about London crime: “They don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed because they can’t stomach the truth. London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect.”
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Morning,
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Morning,
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
A request for help:
I recently moved up north (near Bolton) and I’ve been on supply ever since.
I need a permanent job. Science teacher. 20yrs exp.
Schools don’t always advertise on the TES so if anyone knows anyone, please pass this on?
I’d really appreciate it!
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I’d like to please juxtapose Jill Lepore’s complaints about how whiny #MeToo students made Harvard a miserable place with the former President of Harvard’s texts to Epstein seeking advice on trying to date a student.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I’d like to please juxtapose Jill Lepore’s complaints about how whiny #MeToo students made Harvard a miserable place with the former President of Harvard’s texts to Epstein seeking advice on trying to date a student.
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CONSERVATIVES: same sex marriage is an abomination against God
ALSO CONSERVATIVES: age is just a number and that number is 15 for us
ALSO CONSERVATIVES: age is just a number and that number is 15 for us
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
CONSERVATIVES: same sex marriage is an abomination against God
ALSO CONSERVATIVES: age is just a number and that number is 15 for us
ALSO CONSERVATIVES: age is just a number and that number is 15 for us