Virginia Crompton

Big events, sport & history. Local, national, global. Retweets not endorsements.

[Professor Dr Nira Chamberlain OBE PhD HonDSc 🇯🇲 @ch_nira]

Again, this is called social media catch up after a busy October. Last week had a great time collaborating with @Big_Ideas_Co again, talking about Thomas Fuller. Then upgrading my two A-game presentations including the Maths to Stop an AI Apocalypse @IMAmaths East Branch tomorrow

[Ibrahim Jaradah @HemaJaradah]

@vcrompton Dear Virginia, This photo of the #Gaza war cemetery.

[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

@sainsburys I’m having some trouble with figuring out a refund. I had an online delivery which included a Brita water filter but it had already been opened and when we tried to set it up we found a piece was missing - 960586198

[Big Ideas @Big_Ideas_Co]

It's already one week since @ExRdFestival. Where does the time go?? Talking of which, shout out for @JimAlKhalili @RoyalCom1851 and his talk #TheStoryOfTime. Is it a river? And if it is, are we on a boat? And if we are, which direction are we facing.... Brilliant talk, Jim!

[Big Ideas @Big_Ideas_Co]

Wow. Invite kids to be innovative and there's no end to their ingenuity. Here's a robot among hundreds more inventions @ExRdFestival @imperialcollege #GreatExhibition2

[Big Ideas @Big_Ideas_Co]

Watch Canadian D-Day veteran Bill Willson answering questions from @bedfordfreeschool @essaacademy @sttomasCEP @rumsworth
#DDay80 #StoriesBehindThePoppy #RememberTogether
@MapleTrust @CanUKFoundation @CanadaUKChamber @CanadianUK @CCSF_scholar

https://t.co/3XwrKYwb3o

[Big Ideas @Big_Ideas_Co]

14 May is Mary Seacole Day - read more from the team at #WhyAreWestIndians https://t.co/qqU7ZojWUE

[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

@Big_Ideas_Co Hilarious (and a little bit AI-scary) 🤣

[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

Between the photographers!!
#AfricanHistoryofAfrica ⁦@TheZeinabBadawi⁩ launches her book last night with ⁦@OlivetteOtele⁩ ⁦@SOAS⁩
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[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

Hey @NewYorker I sent you poems more than a year ago via submittable and have heard nothing - have you even read them? is this how you deal with poets?

[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

@hrcastor Amazing !!! And they did so well !!!
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[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

Oh come on @PetrocTrelawny @bbcradio3 they revived Abdelazer because Aphra Behn was successful— not the reverse!! #AphraBehn

[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

Objective journalism? How’s this for impartiality https://t.co/KEOkSwVNKq

[Katharine Quarmby @KatharineQ]

To celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth2024, I popped down to the #Tate, underneath which lies the notorious Millbank Penitentiary, where my two characters in #TheLowRoad were imprisoned in real life in the 1820s - and later transported. I read some extracts in the Tate garden. 1/

[Big Ideas @Big_Ideas_Co]

Thank you so much for taking part and for sharing these brilliant photos.
@VeteransGovUK @atomiclabrats

[Virginia Crompton @vcrompton]

Sorry to miss this event - project looks fantastic

[Sweet Patootee Arts @SPatootee]

Great public launch for a groundbreaking Black heritage project @LBTHArchives "Communities of Liberation: African peoples in the East End 1567-1802" For updates and how to be involved, check our socials and website https://t.co/cVwU7PI0HM

#blackhistory #storytelling #schools

[Office for Veterans' Affairs @VeteransGovUK]

As part of their OVA-funded project Remember Together: Nuclear Test Veterans, @Big_Ideas_Co has gone out into the community to raise awareness of the nuclear deterrent programme, & its role maintaining national security. Jack, a community member, shares his reflections.

[Big Ideas @Big_Ideas_Co]

"You don't need anyone's permission to be a great mathematician." Find out what happened when the inspiring Nira Chamberlain took part in the My First Love: Maths with 10,000 primary school students in Essex https://t.co/UmXspoOdTM
@ch_nira
@rafyouthengage
@essex_cc

[Thomasson Memorial School for Deaf Children @thomassonschool]

Thank you to Lottie from @Big_Ideas_Co for the amazing workshop today. It was emotional listening to the nuclear testing veterans. Here is one message from our pupils ‘thank you for your service in helping to protect our country. You should be proud of all you did for us’

[Professor Dr Nira Chamberlain OBE PhD HonDSc 🇯🇲 @ch_nira]

Had a great time collaborating with @Big_Ideas_Co
and presenting to 10,000 (TBC) pupils across Essex! Can you find the whole numbers that goes into each square? Follow the maths clues. I know
@EssexSchools can! @mathsExplorers @Mathematical_A
#YearofNumbers