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Short video lectures from university professors for secondary schools |
“The best new resource we have used with students in the last 5 years.”

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@smilinglllama @JaycelAdkins We have filmed thousands of videos *exactly* like this for precisely the reason you say. Something very unique about the kind of knowledge that can only be acquired from years of study, research and reflection.

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Quite funny to think of the Roman Empire as being free of bureaucrats.

[Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters]

What blows my mind about the Roman Empire is that lack of technology is far easier to overcome than lack of freedom from bureaucrats

Like unironically these guys built the most insane civic architecture and still hold the record

We have to technology to build something a hundred times bigger than ever but instead we chose to employ bureaucrats and allow them to micromanage every detail of buildings down to toilet spacing and the number of fasteners per foot

They were willing to spend a significant portion of their GDP on making their civilization epic, and we have cheap bullshit and decay

Terrible trade

Absolutely humiliating

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

If you’re interested in learning more about the Odyssey, you might enjoy our latest course on … the Odyssey: https://t.co/5MwAUqcSSB

First lecture, as always, is completely free (no login required).

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@bethanyshondark This is exactly what we do!

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@Maddie_Rowley_ You can fix this here: https://t.co/j7X0D9iAv8

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When you tell someone that you bear a charmed life which must not yield to one of woman born and he replies that he was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.

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@GMcCor @Nakhthor Nolan had nothing to do with Barbie, though?

[Assad Javed @javedology_]

@Team_English1 are there any teachers who teach the Edexcel A Level English Language & Literature course? I’d be really grateful if you wouldn’t mind sharing for resources!

[Heidi Drake 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 @mrs_denglish]

Not sure if Twitter is good for this stuff any more, but…does anyone know of or have any good reading on the history of the Morality play in English drama?

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

Feels like that’ll only make things harder.

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

England stars allowed by WADA to use Viagra to help them cope at World Cup altitude
https://t.co/YqAreOp8im

[MASSOLIT @massolit]

A bit like how the Battle of Lepanto (1571) had more in common with the Battle of Actium (31 BC) than the Spanish Armada (1588).

[Boxy @Boxy_FT]

A weird chronology quirk I have is to me the Norman conquest of England always feels like this very early event, whereas the First Crusade doesn't, it's like proper High Middle Ages. But these were only 30 years apart

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@C_Hendrick Noooo they will be even better than before.

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I have read a handful of books twice and each time have been amazed how much more I got out of them the second time round.

[G. F. Allen @AuthorGFAllen]

Have you ever read the same book more than once?

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We will be in touch with every student who entered via email by the end of August. Please encourage students to check their inboxes (including spam) from early August onwards 😊

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A huge thank you to everyone who entered the Video Essay Competition this year!

It's been another record breaking year so please bear with us whilst we review the entries, and thank you again 🙌

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Hamlet when he sees how Claudius reacts to The Murder of Gonzago

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The Video Essay Competition closes TODAY at 5pm! Please remind students that entries must be submitted before this time to be counted.
https://t.co/u9yt4UMdw0

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🚨 REMINDER 🚨

Entries for the Video Essay Competition must be submitted before 5PM Friday 27th June (tomorrow!) or they will be automatically disqualified.
https://t.co/u9yt4UMdw0

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100. Poverty, Work and Worklessness [Sociology], Dr Paul Luke (University of Birmingham).

Added: 22 June 2026

https://t.co/DCTWj4sRe3

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If you want to keep track of every course we add in 2026, bookmark this thread.

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99. Personal and Household Finance [Economics], Professor Tarun Ramadorai (London School of Economics and Imperial College London).

Added: 17 June 2026

https://t.co/xWOgksMapJ