Alka Sehgal Cuthbert

Director of Don't Divide Us - Believer in classic liberal education and democracy.

[Eric Kaufmann @epkaufm]

Unlike the University of Bangor, @UniOfBuckingham welcomes Reform politicians to speak. (It also welcomes far leftists to speak like George Galloway and Ash Sarkar)

Don’t miss my ‘in conversation’ with Danny Kruger, MP, on 4 March (link follows):

[Katie Lam @Katie_Lam_MP]

For every 25 court cases listed in the Government's official records, 24 are incomplete or wrong.

Yet the Government wants to delete the country's biggest and most accurate court database.

What are they scared of? What are they trying to hide?

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

A few minutes of joy, love and Bach. https://t.co/xvV2YMBNfG

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

'The C of E is under a sort of Babylonian captivity by the lanyard class.' - spot on! I think we are a lucky exception, our local priest brings the words of Scripture to life, no platitudes for us thankfully. But this should be the norm: https://t.co/ftO1lvF0hT

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

@WalkerMarcus @ArchbishopSarah Good to hear this, does that mean she'll end Project Spire?

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

Not suspicious at all.

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

And the Diversity embraced mainly, but not exclusively, by Labour MPs is just code for encroaching conformity which funnily enough, many find irritating to say the least!

[Connie Shaw @_ConnieShaw]

I’d say Britain has seen pretty “dark, divisive” times over the last 18 months, a lot of which has been as a result of this “modern, diverse Britain” that Labour continuously demands that we love as much as they do…

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

@jan_murray 2/2 What I've read on w/c boys' reading tends to focus on things like toxic masculinity or cultural deprivation/maternal education. Not convincing imo. My guess is that they resist the preachiness that often accompanies Diversity schemes? Any reading suggestions on this welcome!

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

@jan_murray fyi re. Your post about the dreadful thinking behind Lit in Colour - a much better take imo! https://t.co/J0DB3N9Gh8

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

@jan_murray One problem with today's teacher training (as a former teacher) is a lack of scholarly knowledge about literature but too much weak sociological theory; or a pure just 'do what works' approach. 1/2

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

@dampierguy I don't think everything can be reduced to demographics. Those who find their raison d'être in delegitimising their country include those from the ethnic majority too.The answer is for better political & educational leadership that understands what education & literature are for.

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

An alternative for teachers whose instinct tells them choosing books on the basis of skin colour of the authors or characters may not be the best criteria for selection: https://t.co/c43TXHTE6R

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

@jan_murray But don't you think practical teaching is underpinned by latent intellectual ideas & moral beliefs as well as experiential & tacit knowledge? As a former Eng. teacher, studying aesthetics for my PhD helped me enormously in my teaching, but not in a tick box, easy to measure way.

[BijanOmrani @BijanOmrani]

Just a reminder from @thecriticmag that if you want to make the English curriculum more inclusive and representative, just have more of the traditional canon... https://t.co/du7XEzZBH2

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

Great points @jowilliams293! https://t.co/a1YM3RwNdU

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

'Kids do love reading, if you give them the right stuff': that would be good literature- not ‘diverse’ literature that encourages narcissism rather than imaginative freedom. https://t.co/5Y4Dfeg94Z

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

Sky interviewed me for this, and l congratulated the assistant for seeking an opposing view to this anti-educational belief that children only learn if they ‘see themselves’ (not narcissistic in the slightest!)Looks like diversity of views was not what was wanted after all.

[Josh Howie @joshxhowie]

@SkyNews British kids don’t read because the curriculum is racist. Got it.

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

It was a delight to read and also to write thus review-thank you for the opportunity!

[The Critic @TheCriticMag]

As moral autonomy and aesthetic freedom are frontline casualties of competitive victimhood, @ASCphiled finds it “refreshing to read a defence rooted in the riches of theology and aesthetics”
https://t.co/JRPN4VwEMJ

[The Critic @TheCriticMag]

Marie Kawthar Daouda carefully counters the depredation of our moral and cultural traditions, writes @ASCphiled
https://t.co/JRPN4VwEMJ

[Alka Sehgal Cuthbert @ASCphiled]

@DontDivideUsNow FYI @History_Reclaim