1. Let’s start off today with a quick reminder of English UK’s Teachers Day from 09:00 UK time tomorrow, 22^nd April https://www.englishuk.com/elt-conference#teachersday

Here’s a link to Silvana Richardson and Chia Suan Chong’s talk at 12:00 UK time on The native factor and the last five years https://youtu.be/SuZ4mJhFYYo

and here’s one to Colm Downes, Christopher Graham and Dianna Torosyan’s talk at 15:30 UK time on Climate action in language education: impactful ways to integrate environmental issues in English language teaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGlRo8OxMlY

2. Two short taster videos from Ready to Run https://vimeo.com/537686090 and https://vimeo.com/531655540 Their free offer is still available here if you haven’t already signed up https://readytorun.digitallearningassociates.com/

3. The programme for this year’s Hay Festival, which runs from 26^th May to 6^th June, has just been published, with more than 200 writers, global policy makers, historians, poets, pioneers and innovators to entertain and educate us. All events will be closed-captioned and available to watch for free 24 hours from their live broadcast http://hayfestival.com/wales/home Early notice to give you time to explore and book your seats!

4. Something longer – but not too long, twenty-four minutes – to watch: The Guardian’s Oscar-nominated documentary film, ‘Colette’, about ninety-year-old Colette Marin-Catherine’s return after seventy-four years to the German concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora where her brother was killed https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/nov/18/colette-a-former-french-resistance-member-confronts-a-family-tragedy-75-years-later Sombre – and uplifting.

5. And, finally, this one’s for Medusa – our phobia of the week is ophidiophobia!