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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pleased to have read @nicwilson.bsky.social Land Beneath the Waves - rich,poignant,inspiring. Personally,loved reading this from former English teacher become writer & naturalist. Love the focus on local landscape, wildlife & what it tells;of chronic illness ‘management’ & sanctuary to be found.🌻❤️👏🏽💫

Photo of page 229 on the devastating decline of nightingales in England

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

In the Cairngorms by Kathleen Jamie The heartbreaking Sunday Poem printed in today’s Observer newspaper. #Poetry ❤️ ..’the mountain thyme is in flames, / and our bonny purple heather.’

Photo of the poem printed in today’s Observer by Kathleen Jamie : In the Cairngorms

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Glorious! What about this for a hollyhock 😎

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Celebrating passion flowers coming to the fore in #Manchester … Great speech today @andyburnham.bsky.social 👏🏼

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🥳Invaluable human #communitymaking 💫This past week I’ve seen dynamic changemaking forward-thinking challenging creatively- critical bunch of people exchanging ideas /expertise exploring LOTS! incl. *how to steward our discipline into the future* Thx to @englishassociation.bsky.social ❤️ #Conference 🎉

Picture with title : climate education and English studies

Picture of leaves with haikus about climate education inscribed on them

Picture of children holding posters they have made expressing their feelings in response to climate change issues

Title slide : How can English support a holistic exploration of climate education and sustainability ?

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Very happy on this sunny Saturday to be arriving at @englishassociation.bsky.social annual conference ! Great programme ahead 🙌🏼❤️

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A burst of proper hail storming in Manchester just now!!!! 😮 Pic doesn’t fully do this justice. Quite dramatic along with thunder on and off …. #Weather #June #Manchester #Summer??

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This novel by John Boyne is unforgettable, it lives with you as you read . Brilliantly crafted, immersive storytelling. A true tour de force. Profoundly moving in all its parts - epic.

Photo of the cover of this novel by John Boyne : The heart’s invisible furies

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I joined 1000s in an amazing people powered campaign for inspirational #HannahSpencerMP 💫💚💫 @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social #MakingHopeNormal 💚 joyful community driven hard work, come rain or shine. Magnificent people of #Gorton&Denton have spoken! 💚💚

Picture of poster in Manchester window : real hope,real change, vote Green

Poster from campaign : emblazoned in yellow : vote Hannah vote Green with green background

Picture of Manchester window with poster saying : everyone welcome in our community.

Picture of Manchester window with crafted display saying: Vote Green with gold moons hanging beneath.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Out again today on @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk #HannahSpencer💚💚 campaign - in the hope to bring different voices to parliament - she is a superstar of energy & compassionate, community listening, social concerns & keen awareness of ‘local’ national & global issues #VoteGreen 💚💚💚💚

Photo of Hannah Spencer Green candidate at Gorton and Denton bi-election.

Pic of window poster in Gorton that reads : real hope, real change, bite green.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Well into the evening ! @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social volunteers working away… Feel the love ! And determination…and #Hope ❤️ and please get folk to vote @greenparty.org.uk #HannahSpencer 💚 #Gorton&Denton

Photo outside Green Party Manchester HQ tonight

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Out canvassing in #Gorton&Denton for @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk #HannahSpencer 💚 undecideds now shifting to positive choice #Green 💚 🙌People from Italy! Shetland! Cardiff, Hull, Exeter, Bristol, London, Rotherham - all over UK! pitching up to support. #VoteGreen #Hope #Sense

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Glad to be out canvassing for #HannahSpencer 💚 today, standing as local & for local & national issues. #Hope #NHS in safer hands; tax assets of the v wealthy - put cash back into #Community #Infrastrucuture #BelongingTogether @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Another great read this Sunday afternoon. ‘The quiet catastrophe in your pocket’- leading us to ‘systematic loss of responsibility, reflection & intuition.’ Writes Pep Torres in weekend @financialtimes.com An excellent provocation re how our humanity is being dismantled… (can read from the pic ⬇️)

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Sometimes you come across a convincing editorial that highlights critical issues very well: on failed political/ economic models + alternative possibles AND what it wd mean to lose #BBCWorldService ( 43 languages, reaches 313m people a week) @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @theguardian.com Have a read ⬇️

Photo of The Guardian’s editorial from Saturday edition.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

#Burns night. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃🥃❤️ Epitaph. Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet

Photo of the Burns poem Epitaph : here lies Robert Ferguson Poet

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Wishing everyone peace and love during this festive season 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️❤️❤️❤️💫

Picture of a statuette of Shakespeare all tinselled up !

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Never can these words tire from being read. #Poetry #EmilyDickinson ❤️💫

Photo of Emily Dickinson’s poem Hope is the thing with Feathers.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

RIP Brian Patten #Poet❤️ Thankful for the wonderful poems he created. I treasured my Penguin Modern Poets series. Series no 10, a v special collection from a much loved trio of poets. #Poetry ❤️

A pic of the book cover of series no 10 Penguin Modern Poets series

A pic of Brian Patten’s poem : A Talk with a Wood

A photo of his biog info from the 1960s collection

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Leiden. On the wall. To commemorate 400 years of Arabic Studies. #Poetry ❤️

Photo of a poem written on a white wall in the street, in Arabic and underneath in English. Written by Adonis , poet, 1930 - entitled ‘Loss’.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Stunning salt marshes. In the Netherlands.

Photo of salt marsh landscape, blue skies and green stretches of marshland.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Someone shared this poem with me today, and in the thing is .. #PoetrySpeaks

Picture of the text of a poem called ‘The Thing Is’ by Ellen Bass

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Please read response below to GCSE resit 2025 situation. Not only but also curriculum approach. The resit world is rich with consequences of society’s shortcomings, society should respect this, policy makers should take note, funding priorities & infrastructure should definitely reflect this.

Screen shot of post available on my Linked In page.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

East Lothian. Much beauty to be found in this land of my childhood years…

Photo of the Lammemuirs in East Lothian - landscape of moorland valley and blue sky vista with cotton wool clouds …

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Top 10 cities in Europe that provide child-friendly mobility. From the UK, Bristol at no 8 . Much work to do to clean up & organise our city streets, travel routes, to ensure safer, more enjoyable, healthier for all, travel experience. Read the report. cleancitiescampaign.org/wp-content/u...

Bar chart showing top 10 cities in Europe that have child-friendly mobility, top 3 Paris, Amsterdam, Antwerp … Bristol at no 8…Ghent at no 10.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Raising awareness about Sarcoidosis. A tough and relatively invisible disease that can have chronic & profound impact on physical & mental capacity.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

@barbarableiman.bsky.social I’m thrilled to come home to this edition of Louise M Rosenblatt’s ‘Literature as Exploration’ - at yr recommendation. V much looking forward to reading - & there’s her signature to boot 😉😊 Thx for recommendation !

Cover of the ( v old ) edition of the book.

Inside page of the book with authors signature

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Annie Ernaux, awarded Nobel prize for Literature ( when 82!) adaptation of her work:The Years (on until 12th April) = brilliant. One of the best productions I’ve seen in years 😉 superb reflections on women’s lives over 60+years. STUNNING ensemble cast, music, full of resonance. Go & see if you can !

Cover pic of programme with photo of the 5 women, ensemble cast

A pic of a page from the programme on work of Annie Ernaux, life and work

Pic of page from the programme on life and work of Annie Ernaux

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

‘Adze Head’ - 6th century Irish poem, translated by James Carney. Read it and…

Picture of the words of a poem in translation : Adze Head . Irish poem from the 6th century translated by James Carney.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Saw this and thought : yes. Agree. Message to many out there I reckon. ⬇️

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

See some pics below from a superb story exchanging experience with young people, teachers and researchers . Also include my surprise encounter with Birmingham icon ( wasn’t expecting it! 😉) #TeamEnglish #EduSky 😊🙌

Image of the programme if the day - group trust exercise - paired student story exchanging - story exchange in action- collage creation - review time and ‘what I appreciate about ?’ Activity then goodbyes. Between 1pm -4.15

Photo of myself with Eva Momtaz from Birmingham uni, Vanessa Havill English teacher at JCSFC and Amina Yawin from Exeter uni.

Photo of cover of a previous story exchange notebook from June 2024 with uni of Birmingham and Narrative 4 log.

Photo of the famous mechanical Birmingham Bull at Birmingham New Street station.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Yesterday as @englishassociation.bsky.social I visited Birmingham’s Joseph Chamberlain SFCollege & saw AMAZING story exchanging collab. project:English teachers & students,researchers @unibirmingham.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk based on brilliant @narrative4 -immensely inspiring experience.More here ⬇️

Image of my linked in posting describing the event. Go on my linked in site to read : Elizabeth Draper

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

London skyline from Waterloo bridge after a brilliant evening of #Outspoken #Poetry ❤️ & music @southbankcentre.bsky.social with poets including host, amazing Joelle Taylor who read from forthcoming collection of what she called ‘crown sonnets’. Stunningly crafted ! sonnets of grit & beauty. Wow. 💫💫💫

Photo of London skyline at the southbank from Waterloo bridge - skyscrapers against a night sky.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Delighted to discover this edition of a wonderful story of hope in humanity. And Nature. I was introduced to this magical tale years ago at the Edinburgh Fringe - performed by the brilliant Edinburgh-based Puppet State Theatre @PuppetStateThtr.bsky.social sublime production. #StoryTelling 🌳🌳🌳

Photo of the book cover - a sweeping landscape of green trees and fields and a river and blue sky

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Loved this album, played over & over way back when, & since. Brings back great memories. What a woman, she made her own defiant way in a boys rock & roll world. Gutsy doesn’t even cover it. Thank you #MarianneFaithful ❤️very sad to hear that you are gone from this world

Picture of the album cover of Broken English. Photo of Marianne Faithful holding a cigarette that has a bright pinkish red tip , arm over her head, in blue haze with black background

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Quite a story.Joe Tucker’s ‘The Secret Painter’ on discovering his uncle Eric Tucker’s 500 paintings(after his death). Joe worked to get them recognised, celebrated, exhibited far & wide. Working class artist, Eric,left school at 14, painted ‘working class life in post-industrial northern England.’

Photo of Sunday Times book review with the heading ‘My uncle ‘the secret Lowry’

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Well worth a read. V gd, informative & yes, yet more sobering analysis - a global comparative perspective re #NHS & UK health situation, conclusion : ‘…on many of the measures that matter… the NHS is starved.’ @thetimes.com @tomcalver.bsky.com

Picture of an article from the Times by Tom Calver headline : Go Figure

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The most magnificent concert of music with @NitinSawhney.bsky.social & his amazing accompanying musicians @BridgewaterHall with the Hallé orchestra. Including incredible creation of ‘Heart Attack’ piece. Taking us through his scary experience earlier this year. Astonishing. 👏🏽👏🏽❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Photo of stage with musicians /orchestra

Picture of conductor on stage infront of orchestra

Musicians upstanding on stage at end of concert

Musicians on stage including Nitin at the piano with his guitar.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Here I am at The Bridgewater Hall waiting to listen to the brilliant @nitinsawhney.bsky.social with the Hallé orchestra and his most recent music/composition ! Can’t wait!! 👏🏽👏🏽

Photo of the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and the stage set up for the show!

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Good morning from stunning Manchester sunrise to start to the day !

Pink strewn clouds across Manchester sunrise sky

Pink strewn skyline sunrise with trees and rooftops below

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I never ever tired of teaching… working with … The brilliant writings of Tennessee Williams #Streetcar #CatOnAHotTinRoof #TheGlassMenagerie ❤️

A photo of a quote by Tennessee Williams : ‘The world is violent and mercurial, it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love - love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; being a writer; being a painter; being a friend. We live in a perpetually burning building , and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If you can, get yourself to www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk Barbara Walker. #ArtSpeaks

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