Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts & The Historical Association. Most of my books now out as downloadable PDFs. (April 2024) Touchstone Award winner 2022
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The Wexford Carol, music from 12th century Ireland, the oldest Christmas Carol still sung today. Happy Christmas from the west of Ireland 🎄
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Many happy returns of the day to our beloved Jane Austen, born on this day in 1775.
As we celebrate 250 years since her birth, we find ourselves eternally grateful for the wonderful novels that continue to bring such happiness to so many.
🎉Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!🎉
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow -- Ian McKellen analyzes Macbeth speech (1979) youtu.be/zGbZCgHQ9m8?si=w4lp… via @YouTube If you care at all about Shakespeare watch this superlative master class and deep analysis by the phenomenal McKellen - great teacher as well as actor
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Please pass this on:
NOW AVAILABLE – A BRAND NEW TRANING SESSON FROM ALAN PEAT DIGITAL.
ACTIONING THE WRITING FRAMEWORK (JULY 2025)
ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT MASTERY OF SENTENCES
TWILIGHT-LENGTH TRAINING SESSION
ALL NEW IDEAS!
A limited offer at only £180
alanpeat.com/digital-trainin…
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It's notable that 'Brideshead Revisited' (1945) and 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' (1950) were both published and were popular during the austerity years of rationing after the Second World War, and both feature transitions into seemingly unobtainable worlds where sumptuous meals are served.
'TO LUCY BARFIELD
My Dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be
your affectionate Godfather,
C. S. Lewis'
The Dedication to 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by Clive Staples Lewis, born #OTD 29 November 1898.
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This Jacobean travelling library was commissioned for a gentleman to carry his own collection of miniature vellum-bound books inside a wooden case ~ contents are listed on the inside cover (1617). Possibly, the first of its kind (University of Leeds) dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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Sharing this photo of 15 of my most scruffy and tattered Penguin classics.
The Robert Graves books are a joy to dip in and out of. – at Dublin City, Ireland
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Ray Harryhausen animated 7 skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts (1963), moving 35 appendages per frame to match the actors. Some days he managed just 13 or 14 frames. It took 4 & a half months to create this 3 mins scene.
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The opening of an Anglo-Saxon calendar for November, with the first day of winter marked in Old English on November 7th: 'wintres angin', winter's beginning.
From the Red Book of Darley, made c.1060 purl.stanford.edu/fr610kh299…
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'And then the wide-umbraged elm begins to fail;
Her mourning multitudes of leaves go pale
Seeing afar the icy shears
Of Winter, and his blue-tipped spears
Marching unconquerable upon the sun
of bright All-Hallows.'
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James Cook is a talented artist known for his unique approach to creating landscapes and portraits using vintage typewriters, strategically placing characters and symbols with with precision to create masterpieces
Watch this
📹jamescookartwork
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In many early medieval calendars, 7 November is the first day of winter. One Anglo-Saxon poem calls today 'Winter's Day': like an invading warrior, it 'seizes sun-bright autumn with its army of ice and snow' and holds the earth captive until spring returns aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/…
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Year 6 pupils writing some exceptional pieces of historical writing this week!
Such high level skills along with incorporation of their @alanpeat structures and their VCOP skills! 👏🏻💪💪
@rosBIGWRITING #writing #year6 #education @greenheartLP
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November 5th, Eric Ravilious, 1933. It depicts the view from Eric and Tirzah’s flat in Stratford Road, Kensington, #London. The original artwork is in a private collection. #BonfireNight #fireworks #5november
