Simon John James

English Professor. Durham Commission for Creativity and Education, Child of the North. Victorian Fiction, Wells,Waugh, Dickens. Occasionally digital.

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

My honour and pleasure to lead on this new report for Child of the North. Please read and share!! Let's get creativity and the arts at the heart of the education of every child!!!

[Child of the North @ChildoftheNort1]

A report launched today by Child of the North - led by @n8research and @_henorth - and @annelongfield’s @Cfyounglives warns the talents of millions of children are being wasted, and calls for creativity to be embedded into an inclusive school curriculum https://t.co/l2W7x2fOjo

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@chewytheleftie He’ll get 180 or 2, no?

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@djtaylorwriter 👏

[Duncan McLaren @duncan_mclaren]

An essay comparing the archives (and achievements) of Alasdair Gray and Evelyn Waugh:
https://t.co/cARSoycigU

@planetpaulblog @MrNeilScott
@AuberonWaugh_PE @SMelfont
@ProfSJJames @dj_forrester
@IanCallaway352 @AGrayArchive @RealifersRoss

[Andrew Hankinson @andrewhankinson]

My current contract's going to be up at the end of June so I'm looking to line up commissions or other freelance work if you need a writer or editor.

There's a link to my website in my profile, which has my bio and a brief portfolio of my work.

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@penfriendrocks I love this full version of life of the party

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@HKBradshaw 😢

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@BookswapD @BradleyKal2508 I enjoyed this too

[Mortal Fools @mortalfoolsUK]

📣 CONNECT: Dynamic Leadership is open for bookings!
📍 @OneStrawberryLn
📅 Wed, 25 June
This full day training promotes a creative attitude to leadership & the personal qualities, skills & attributes inherent in good leadership.
For info & to book:
[email protected]

[Robert Coe @ProfCoe]

We are looking for a Research Statistician and Data Analyst, working with me and the @EvidenceInEdu team.
https://t.co/vVRDbnabLN

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.

Why hold onto all that? And I said,
Where can I put it down?

—Anne Carson, from "The Glass Essay"

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@Worldcuptour try Helen Ball's lab at the Dept of Anthropology, Durham University

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

Well done Sunderland yesterday and good luck spennymoor today!!

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@CarolAtherton8 QUITE RIGHT TOO!!!

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@Hosmeriana Isn’t it??!

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@ianduhig @PoetBex This is great, thank you

[New Writing North @NewWritingNorth]

Say hello to @BeeLitMag! The Bee is a new showcase of working-class writing from the UK and beyond, comprising a website, a literary magazine, The Working Class Library podcast, and The Beehive, an online space for new and emerging working-class writers.

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@DerekCollett19 @GissingGeorge I used to teach this one….

[Simon John James @ProfSJJames]

@AgainstLore @ProfArleneHH @ClassCivAncHist I shall listen!