Amen Lee Elliot Major - thank you: 'The authors call for pupils to be referred to as ‘under-resourced’ rather than ‘disadvantaged’, as the disadvantaged label can lead to unconscious biases and lower expectations for these children.' news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-hum…

great evening watching the beautiful and important film Adnan which inspired this lovely book by Steven Chatterton and Mark Arrigo illustrated by Diala Brisly Out in May and supporting Choose Love

Fabulous evening and the loveliest of people. Everyone should watch the film and buy the book. Steven Chatterton Quarto Kids Choose Love Read for Good

Really excited for the screening of this award-winning short film & publication of the picture book today 🧡
Quarto Kids Steven Chatterton Choose Love Lorraine Keating

I’m on a deep-dive for an article I’m writing about working-class boys in MG… and WOW! Matt Goodfellow’s ‘The Final Year’ is the gold standard! Published by Otter-Barry Books, e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e should read this 🏆📚
Matt Goodfellow 👊💥💛🙏

Adnan. This book is just beautiful, the story of never giving up and the power of love & creativity. Buy it, share it, buy some more. Quarto Kids Steven Chatterton Choose Love
Looking forward to hearing more next week!

Lat night I read Tia Fisher lnk.to/crossingthelinebook’s #CrossingTheLine , published by Hot Key Books ✨📚. An incredible, authentic story presented in, frankly, genius verse. Everyone should read this, it contains a reality many ignore. Fully deserving of the The Yoto Carnegies it’s currently shortlisted for 🏆

Samantha Morton: 'We need more investment in British cinema. I’ve been saying this for years because we can’t just be a service industry for the wonderful Americans.' variety.com/2024/film/glob…

.Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, has landed the picture book adaptation of the short film 'Adnan' by the directors Mark Arrigo and Steven Chatterton with illustrations by Diala Brisly.

Read more 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/frances…

A favourite video: in 2016, Pharrell visits an NYU music class to critique student songs, but during one session he realises he has stumbled upon someone extraordinary.

1765-2007: Cigarettes lit, smoked and discarded in the bar.
It doesn’t burn down.

1939-1945: Luftwaffe rains incendiary bombs on the West Midlands. It doesn’t burn down.

July 2023: It sells to property developers.

August 2023: The Crooked House burns down. And is demolished.

5 years ago TODAY this little fella and his lovely family entered our lives when he agreed to be the leading man in Adnan Short Film! #ChooseLove ❤️🏆❤️

Staying with Mom for a week while she recovers from cancer surgery… “What do you want to watch tonight, Mom?” Kermode and Mayo's Take you’d approved ❤️

Been talking in Scotland about #AI this week, so it’s great to come back to Rollo May’s words: “Is it not the distinguishing characteristic of the human, that in the hot race of evolution they pause to paint on the cave walls of Lascaux.” ❤️🤚🏽🦬🤖

You know when you’re waiting to do a Q&A for a film festival in Chicago at midnight? 🥱😴

Looking forward to speaking to the young people of Chicago tonight about our film Adnan Short Film as part of #WorldScene Film Festival - thank you for choosing us! #ChooseLove ❤️

5 years since Cyrille Regis passed away.

Always in our hearts 💙🤍

#WBA

Incredibly written review of Oliver Hermanus' 'Living' by david ehrlich on IndieWire, particularly the Kurosawa context. I don't agree with everything tho, and I'll take a dose of sentimentalism for stories of men using their power for kindness. See it.
indiewire.com/2022/01/living…

The Fall of Trumpton by Pieter Bruegel