Mainly about language(s). Idea-hunter, traveller, Francophile, language advocate and educator
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There is a petition to rescue Charles Péguy's old bookshop in Paris from being turned into a coffe bar or hair dressing salon. It would be nice to find a more appropriate future for the premises.
change.org/p/save-the-boutiq…
Michael Kelly retweeted
Félicitations au Professor Claire Gorrara @gorrara67 qui a reçu le Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite @FranceintheUK en reconnaissance de son travail de sensibilisation de la langue française et pratique des langues modernes au 🏴 et 🇬🇧
@walesintheworld
A haunting tribute to Tina Turner
What's Love Got to Do with It. A west of Ireland cello tribute to the legendary performer Tina Turner. A true icon who will be sorely missed. Rest in peace, Tina. 🎶 #TinaTurner
Seven long years since the referendum and it’s time to look forward to engaging with our European neighbours constructively again.
A timely reminder of some of the things we lost
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We are delighted to welcome @Nina_Bennet, who has kindly stepped to sing with us tonight as @EmmaTring2 is unwell.
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What do we have in common with @Mike_Batt @katiemelua and @ollymurs ? The wonderful @DOCKLNDSinfonia who are playing for us @O2GuildhallS on Saturday, get your tickets now.
Michael Kelly retweeted
The last rehearsal before Saturday @TurnerSims tonight. When we’re next together it will be concert day @O2GuildhallS for our @RVWSociety and @Howard_Goodall programme. Tickets still available. #thelarkascending #donanobispacem #eternallight
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Umberto Eco’s ‘14 typical features of fascism’. Important note: it only needs one to be present in the public sphere for fascism to coalesce around it. The current Tory government hits at least three: 4, 5, 6 and, particularly 13.
#ToryBritain #NotInMyName #GaryLinekerIsRight
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Thank you to everyone who tweeted, shared, and signed our petition to the Home Secretary this week regarding the Kettlethorpe Quran case
The Home Secretary has today issued a fantastic statement and has agreed to take forward all of our recommendations 🙌humanists.uk/2023/03/04/succ…
Good to see an investment in languages. Good luck to the IoE.
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Michael Kelly retweeted
Instead of throwing more red meat to the foaming mouthed Tory faithful, death penalty advocate 30p Lee Anderson should watch this.
Ian Hislop destroying Priti Patel's support for capital punishment.
"It's not a deterrent if you kill the wrong people."
A challenging view that acquiring intercultural competence should replace language learning in schools.
AI means rethink of teaching foreign languages | Mirage News miragenews.com/ai-means-reth…
Michael Kelly retweeted
I'm still staring at this graph showing UK wage collapse since 2010 vs peer nations. It's absolutely staggering.
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Chart brings home my time in NHS. I started with long waiting lists in the 1980's - 18 months for hip. Then Thatcher night of the long knives where staff were cut. Then Blair/Brown. Those were amazing years - I did not believe we could get those waiting lists down but we did! 1/3
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