Darren Chetty
@darrenchetty.bsky.social
Welsh Indian South African Dutch Londoner. PhD in Philosophy of Education. Specialising in Philosophy for Children, Children’s Literature, & Antiracist Education Rep: Rachel Mann, CAA https://www.darrenchetty.com/ https://linktr.ee/DarrenChetty
fun part if you ask me: higher ed institutions in secular democracies are the closest approximation of a 'marketplace of ideas' as you are likely to find this side of a global revolution and a lot of people who claim to like that idea do not seem to love its results
Darren Dahly@statsepi.bsky.social · 4d agoTo think that we live among idiots who think that "elite institutions" have been "captured by leftist ideologues" lmao
Beautiful topic ❤️ I'm opting for @darrenchetty.bsky.social and Sandhya Prabhat's I'm Going to Make A Friend. And it's also the perfect picture book to share with children starting school.
Marianne Doherty@mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 2w agoThis week’s #KidsBooksFriday is inspired by the great Dolly Parton. So whether it’s books about kindness, generosity, gratitude, inclusivity, positivity, hope, self-belief, or something else, let’s share books that embody Dolly’s spirit and legacy. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #BeMoreDolly
The Bookseller reports that the DCMS is giving 300k for 'outreach work' that is essentially marketing and promoting Impossible Creatures. At the same time Bloomsbury is giving away 200,000 Harry Potter books - seems designed to have both books dominate children's literature for the next generation.
Why would Toby Young, the man that rebranded himself as supporting 'free speech' and awarded with a peerage after it was revealed he was a personal invitee to a secret racist conference pushing pseudoscience held on UCL property, want the UK state to defund its anti-disinformation unit?
Rachel Rees@rachel-rees.bsky.social · 2w agoBelatedly sharing this nugget from my FT scoop last week, on Toby Young's Free Speech Union urging JD Vance to lobby the UK gov to pause Online Safety Act and defund its anti-disinformation unit, in order to secure concessions from the UK in bilat talks Full article here: as.ft.com/r/af752e4b-1...
£300k to market and promote a single book through 'an engagement programme' is a lot of public money. And we still don't know who is paying for the books. So a public / private initiative with a secret funder. The plot thickens... I've written about this here: booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
On Royal Horses, Mickey Mouse, and Impossible Creatures – Books For Keeps
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The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 2w agoExclusive: the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is providing the National Literacy Trust (NLT) with a one-off £300,000 grant to fund an engagement and outreach programme in England, linked to the Queen’s Christmas Present initiative. Read more 👇
Achy Breaky Heart - Cyrus & Cymru soundslikefootball.substack.com/p/achy-break...
Achy Breaky Heart
Sounds Like Football co-editor Rhys Owain Williams takes us back to 1992 (via the summer of 2016) to explore how Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus became a Red Wall favourite.
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Guantanamera - From revolutionary poetry to football chant soundslikefootball.substack.com/p/guantaname...
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Sounds Like Football co-editor Darren Chetty traces the poetic origins of some of the UK’s most popular football chants. Does a trace of the original remain when it’s sung on the terraces?
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3/3 … and for more on The Queen’s Christmas ‘Present’ do read this fabulously-titled article by @darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
On Royal Horses, Mickey Mouse, and Impossible Creatures – Books For Keeps
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There are innumerable issues with Pinker (e.g. his association with Epstein), but I want to highlight how all the experts on history of violence wrote a special issue in Historical Reflections specifically because Pinker was perpetuating numerous falsehoods www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
Jonathon Booth@jboothhistory.bsky.social · 3w agoyikes
And which is more serious: 1) A silly campus protest 2) Someone said a mean thing Leftishly 3) Armed agents of the state murdering people 4) A political party using the state to silence dissent. (3) and (4) are very obviously a much bigger deal than (1) or (2), not that you can tell from the NYT.
Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff!
This is an excellent analysis by Darren
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal@booksforkeeps.bsky.social · last mo.NEW #BfK article: @darrenchetty.bsky.social discusses the controversy around ‘The Queen’s Christmas Present’, an announcement has not been met with universal approval. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
Your regular reminder that if you visit us at bookshop.org you’ll find fab booklists like Young Carers, New Beginnings & books from the latest Beyond the Secret Garden column @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Visit: uk.bookshop.org/lists/beyond...
This is a good article about a frankly rather puzzling initiative.
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal@booksforkeeps.bsky.social · last mo.NEW #BfK article: @darrenchetty.bsky.social discusses the controversy around ‘The Queen’s Christmas Present’, an announcement has not been met with universal approval. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
Great and fair article. I'm still finding multiple copies of the last book all children received from above (the one about the previous queen) that children 'accidentally' didn't take home. Choice is key. Choice would be an easy adjustment to make to this initiative.
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal@booksforkeeps.bsky.social · last mo.NEW #BfK article: @darrenchetty.bsky.social discusses the controversy around ‘The Queen’s Christmas Present’, an announcement has not been met with universal approval. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
Great piece by @darrenchetty.bsky.social addressing The Queen’s Christmas Present initiative and the selected book Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell 📚📜 booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
On Royal Horses, Mickey Mouse, and Impossible Creatures – Books For Keeps
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'We often talk about the power of reading. But as educators we should be equally attuned to the reading of power.... It may be churlish to look a gift horse in the mouth. It is downright irresponsible to fail to investigate potential Trojan horses.' booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
On Royal Horses, Mickey Mouse, and Impossible Creatures – Books For Keeps
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NEW #BfK article: @darrenchetty.bsky.social discusses the controversy around ‘The Queen’s Christmas Present’, an announcement has not been met with universal approval. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
This is probably the most robust response I've yet seen to the Impossible Creatures/Year of Reading situation. @darrenchetty.bsky.social asks some very searching questions about who this giveaway benefits, and who might be driving it. #KidLit #KidLitUK
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal@booksforkeeps.bsky.social · last mo.NEW #BfK article: @darrenchetty.bsky.social discusses the controversy around ‘The Queen’s Christmas Present’, an announcement has not been met with universal approval. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
'We often talk about the power of reading. But as educators we should be equally attuned to the reading of power.... It may be churlish to look a gift horse in the mouth. It is downright irresponsible to fail to investigate potential Trojan horses.' booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/on-r...
On Royal Horses, Mickey Mouse, and Impossible Creatures – Books For Keeps
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Special mention also to editor Charlotte Hacking and @darrenchetty.bsky.social who wrote the foreword. @theclpe.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
🥳Then we were at the @nationaltheatre.org.uk to see the winner of the @theclpe.bsky.social #CLiPPA Award: ⚡️John Agard for The Poetry World of John Agard (Ill. @shirleyhottier.bsky.social) @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social #KidLitUK #BookSky (📸 @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social)
A fantastic first keynote at #histchild26 from @darrenchetty.bsky.social & @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social providing rich & critical historical & philosophical perspectives on the child characters of children’s literature & adult fears & desires around childhood, belonging & identity, past & present
The latest #BeyondTheSecretGarden column by @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & @darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social highlights 1 of last year’s #LittleRebelsAward shortlistees ⭐️Kende! Kende! Kende⭐️ @childs-play.co.uk and its multilingual riches! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...
Beyond the Secret Garden: Multilingual Children’s Literature – Books For Keeps
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They put ad breaks in the beautiful game. What next? Paying fans to sing jingles?