Inkquill

Mostly teaching English

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

Irish Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental has died at the age of 90.

As a young boy, Mr Reichental was imprisoned in Bergen Belsen concentration camp and 35 of his relatives were murdered by the Nazis.

As a pensioner in Ireland, he educated thousands of children about the terrible things he witnessed and the evils of antisemitism.

“After all the horror, I am doing my best to keep the memory of those lost ones alive," he said.

"We – you, me, your children, and my children – must never forget.”

You can learn more about Mr Reichental's incredible story of survival in Newstalk's award nominated documentary In The Swastika's Shadow: Ireland and the Holocaust:

https://t.co/ujcSiaVrJz

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. May his memory be a blessing.

[Sarah Creighton 🍂 @Saraita101]

let the staff have an easy sunday morning. you don't need to go to big tesco at 8am karen.

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

There are a number of unsolved murders of women that Gardaí and PSNI never appeal for information from the public.

Probably because they were middle aged or older women and nobody really cared.

I'll go through details of a few of them, given the police evidently won't do it. /1

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@Telford_Escaper @superphil123 @samuel_leeds @Allison49530651 Dm me

[Michael Strong @flowidealism]

If your child becomes a reader, about 80% of the education job is already done. That's my honest assessment after working in education for over thirty years. Everything else is secondary. Most parents think science education is important. Yes it is. But if you can't read the biology textbook, you're not going to learn biology.

Reading is the meta-skill that enables all other skills. History requires reading. Science requires reading. Even math increasingly requires reading as it becomes more sophisticated. The child who reads voraciously will figure out everything else. The child who doesn't will struggle with everything.

[Harry Wallop @hwallop]

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes about Tom Stoppard

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

Loved teaching Tom Stoppard's Arcadia

[Nick Newman @Ncknwmn]

So farewell then Tom Stoppard, such an inspiration for over 50 years. Here’s my toon for ⁦@thetimes⁩ , commissioned just before going to press #RIP #Stoppard #Theatre

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@marybjkelly @Translink_NI Yes I watched this happen on Holywood Rd to an older man who waved + waved as he ran in the driving rain one morning this week. He was so close but the driver had no mercy. I could understand their attitude if they kept perfect time themselves but far from it.

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@adamboxer1 Awful, Adam. 💔 🙏

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Written 206 years ago today.

• John Keats •

[Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @ImtaBrendan]

Disciplinary literacy - The way that a historian reads, writes and thinks is different to how scientist operates. Each subject context has different needs and requirements. It's useful to point this out and have students (and sometimes teachers!) reflect on this.

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@faithammo @sola_chad Because you went to high school in US. We knew all about communism. Actually I was in a class which studied China instead of Germany. Yet we all knew Nazism was so significant because it arose out of western democracy, hid its evil and executed so many so quickly.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1945, George Orwell published a devastating critique of Communism.

Animal Farm reveals why every communist revolution follows the same tragic pattern: liberation to corruption to oppression.

Here are 10 truths from Animal Farm Orwell warned us never to forget 🧵👇🏼

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

When summer in Ireland is perfect... #today #sea #coast #summer2025 #northcoast #nofilter

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@refinersfiremu1 @JoshuaBarzon @gettymusic Oh and 'slain' and 'again' rhyme perfectly in N Irish English! 👍

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@refinersfiremu1 @JoshuaBarzon @gettymusic A Modern US English speaker may not grasp that we will say eg He's back again' meaning someone has returned from being away even if it was their 1st returning. Etymologically, the original meaning 'ongean' meant 'towards/opposite' but evolved to also suggest something recusing.

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@GCSE_Macbeth @Gwenelope @mrsbrewtandcake @Lit_liverbird I think that's a credible theory. The Creature kills those Victor resents.

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

@GCSE_Macbeth Have done so a few times - AS level. Feel free to DM

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

."SPLENDOR of ended day, floating and filling me" Walt Whitman
☀️ 🌊 😊

[Inkquill @Inkquill]

The best way to spend July #beach #ocean #heatwave