The world would be a better place if we were all a little more Hamza❤️
We salute
#Strictly
champs Hamza & Jowita 🏆 Rarely have we seen a dancer with such natural rhythm, joy & humility.
BBC : make David Attenborough & Hamza team up 🤝 Hamza is the future of nature broadcasting
Absolutely love Hamza & Jowita ❤️
We need to wrap up Hamza's gentleness, & joy in cotton wool and protect it. He's a gift to the nation.
We also now have someone who one day could be the next David Attenborough. Please BBC, do a nature doc with David & Hamza.
#Strictly
Time for
#Strictly
final. Whoever wins will deserve it.
However we have discovered a treasure in Hamza. His rhythm, joy & humility must be wrapped in cotton wool.
BBC, make a nature doc co-hosted with David Attenborough & Hamza. This young man could be the future of nature docs
Words by
#Strictly
Hamza that I'll share with my students in the new term:
1. Surround yourself with people whose eyes light up when they see you coming
2. The top of the mountain is the bottom of the next, so keep climbing
3. Slowly is the fastest way to where you want to be
@FIFAWorldCup
First African team to pick up a point. First African team to get to the knockouts. First African team to reach the semi final. With a warrior like defence, anything is possible with the Atlas Lions. Morocco. Believe.
I was on my walk now enjoying sunshine when 8 teenagers on bicycles decided to monkey chant me as they cycled past. They almost certainly would never have done that if they were my students. They probably thought it was bit of a laugh. Racism certainly is not a bit of a laugh.
Just a polite reminder, if you can't be nice about these knowledgeable contestants putting themselves voluntarily on a quiz show, please don't bother contributing to
#UniversityChallenge
Twitter. Take you and your unnecessary and unwanted comments elsewhere.
@IAmJermainDefoe
In a primary school match, it was my job to man mark a striker. I didn't do very well. He scored 5 goals in the 1st half & their teacher subbed him off as an act of mercy. This boy ended up at same secondary school as me. His name was... Jermaine Defoe.
Enjoy retirement fella!
Just to warn my Twitter/X followers, I'll be posting a lot about
#Strictly
Come Dancing over the next few months. Please mute me if you don't want sequins 😉
PS my pal Katya Jones has kindly invited me to a live studio episode this year so I'll get to see one record in person!
Who thinks BBC should pair nature legend David Attenborough & Hamza Yassin for documentaries?
Feels like such an obvious thing to do. Please RT if you agree and let's get the
@BBC
to do the right thing ✅
@HamzaYassin3
your
#Strictly
joy, energy & kindness has been special 😇
Who else should make this quiz team?🤔
Wonderful evening this week at
@britishmuseum
trustees dinner sitting next to
@wmarybeard
& Stephen Fry.
All three of us have been UK Libraries champions for
@CILIPinfo
due to our love for libraries. Use your libraries! Save our libraries!
Mary Beard is "absolutely devoted to the craft of teaching".
@wmarybeard
you were given wholesome praise by
#OnlyConnect
host
@VictoriaCoren
about your joy for teaching just now!
"I wasn't born being able to do maths. I definitely wasn't born being able to date"
I talk about growth mindset with my students on
@netflix
#IndianMatchmaking
. Season 3 out now!
How lovely are my students in this clip?!
PS shoutout to maths tattoos of Oxford's
@tomrocksmaths
@sportbible
In a primary school match, it was my job to man mark a striker. I didn't do very well. He scored 5 goals in the 1st half & their teacher subbed him off as an act of mercy. This boy ended up at same secondary school
@stbons
as me. His name was... Jermaine Defoe.
@IAmJermainDefoe
That's all folks. Thank you Jeremy Paxman for 29 yrs as
#UniversityChallenge
host. We'll miss you and good luck Amol Rajan.
Congrats Durham & commiserations Bristol on a top series🏆
I'm on
@BBCBreakfast
7.50am chatting all things UC.
Now what will you do on Mondays nights?🤔
After
#PEWithJoe
Wicks
@thebodycoach
, why not join me at 10am for
#MathsWithBobby
? 🧑🏽🏫
FREE 45 min Facebook Live lessons
Mon: KS1 (ages 4-7)
Wed: KS2 (ages 7-11)
Fri: KS3 (ages 11-14)
Pls share with families 🙏🏽
Let's get our children to love
#Maths
❤️🔢
Coming this Monday 6th April, Mid-Morning Maths with
@Bobby_Seagull
available to everyone! 🤩Join us on: Mondays for ages 4-7, Wednesdays for ages 7-11,
Fridays for ages 11-14 to
#keepeducationgoing
The person rushing up to make sure Harry Kane is fine after the missed penalty and to console/encourage him is ... 19 year old Jude Bellingham.
I will show this clip to my students next week to show them a true role model.
This England squad has many people we can be proud of.
Last man standing.
So close, yet so far. A few metres from the escape plane. Felt like I was James Bond!
Couldn't quite beat
@Hunted_HQ
. Well done 👏
A once in a life time experience on
#CelebrityHunted
for charity
@SU2CUK
I can finally tell my students tomorrow!
Wow - what a final! Congrats Edinburgh being 1st non-Oxbridge team to win
#UniversityChallenge
since 2013. And thanks St Edmund Hall on a wonderful series. And thanks to all the others teams as well. What a great series. What are we going to do for 3 months on a Monday night?!
Monthly Python?
4 shalt thou not count, neither count thou 2, excepting that thou then proceed to 3. 5 is right out. Once number 3, being 3rd number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
@bbcstrictly
@HamzaYassin3
The world would be a better place if we were all a little more Hamza❤️
We salute
#Strictly
champs Hamza & Jowita 🏆 Rarely have we seen a dancer with such natural rhythm, joy & humility.
BBC : make David Attenborough & Hamza team up 🤝 Hamza is the future of nature broadcasting
@FIFAWorldCup
Never write Croatia off.
#FIFAWorldCup
2018, they were trailing in the knockouts to Denmark, Russia & England. Beat them them all. 2022, they trailed to Japan & Brazil. Still won. As a neutral, sad we won't see the wonderful joy of Brazil anymore but Croatia are worthy.
@NinaWarhurst
You looked fabulous this morning
@NinaWarhurst
.
Also I'm repulsed by their poor grammar.
They should probably have a question mark at the end of their first sentence. And they omitted the apostrophe in "heavens sake"🤦♂️
I was out on my walk. Two men approached me and called me Gandhi. In everyday life, I'm intolerant of intolerance, but I'm ashamed I didn't say anything this time. Did I do anything wrong?
It's my birthday today 🥳
I'm definitely more smiley today than a sassy looking 5 year old Bobby wearing "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" jeans 😜
Thanks for all your love & support in all my endeavours🙏
Can you work out my age using the clues? 🔎
Another week of
#UniversityChallenge
where the teams go to hug each other in admiration and respect.
Host
@amolrajan
has really rejuvenated the show, creating an environment for excellence and inclusion. Brilliant quizzing but also warm, competitive camaraderie between teams.
I'm yet to catch up with
#UniversityChallenge
tonight but I've scrolled my Twitter feed and am a bit upset. There are some mean Twitter users that bully/troll clever contestants. If you can be something, please choose to be kind. Thank you to those who have challenged the bullies
A friendly reminder of the Curse of ITV 😢
Since 1998,
@England
men's team record of playing live on channels:
ITV: Won 7/29 (24% win rate)
BBC: Won 19/27 (70% win rate)
#FIFAWorldCup
#ENGFRA
#Qatar2022
Dr Amir Khan and Bobby Seagull, two of my favourite people.
The warmth of their fantastic personality’s is absolutely mesmerising. Amazing human beings💕
Alex Scott was a top footballer. Now, she's a top presenter and pundit. Confident, warm and knowledgeable. Tonight she's co-hosting
#SPOTY
her name Twitter trends. This often happens when she is on TV as a small minority are upset by her greatness. Sad for their small mindedness
@Eurovision
#Eurovision2023
jury 36 X 12 = 432 pts
#Eurovision
audience worth 37 x 12 = 444 pts (inc non-participating countries like USA counting as one set).
Max = 432 + 444
= 876
Sweden won points 583, 66.6% of max available
Finland smashed 376 pts in public alone (84.7% of public)
Wow - I won
#CelebrityMastermind
on a tie-breaker 🏆
For more
#QuizWithSeagull
fun, please join my family-friendly
#VirtualPubQuiz
on my YouTube channel tonight 8pm
Family quiz nights every Saturday 8pm!
Also every Weds 8pm, I'll host a football quiz!
I was walking down East Ham high street & saw an elderly lady struggling with her shopping trolley. I helped her roll the trolley home - 45 mins detour for me. But I learnt about history of Trinidad (where Jean grew up in 1940s) and all about her grandson who's excited to be 4!
I'm conducting an (un)scientific survey for
@BBCTwo
🤣📊
Who would watch a
#MonkmanAndSeagull
Christmas special? 🎅🎄🤓🚗
(We do have a brand new series 2 out soon, so don't worry!)
Walking with 3 family members & a baby, 3 teenage boys made aggressive wretching/vomiting sounds to us.
They were looking for a response but we ignored.
We reported it to police.
As a teacher who believes in youth, it's a sad state where these young minds have been poisoned.
We appreciate your support for
#MonkmanAndSeagull
to help us trend on Twitter and share some selfies as a thank you. See you next Monday 8th October at 8pm
@BBCTwo
for the final part of our road trip: Scotland. Time for some
#UniversityChallenge
now for the perfect Monday night.
@PhilipPullman
Agreed with you Philip that classical musical should be enjoyed for its own intrinsic beauty. From my own experience, it can also be used to support people for other purposes such as when trying to study or find a calm space.
When you have
#UniversityChallenge
at 8.30, a cricket match at 9 and then hosting a masterclass for voiceovers at 10.
Oh we've missed you King's Rashid.
Here are
#MonkmanAndSeagull
selfies from the Wales episode of
@label1tv
Genius Guide to Britain. Thank you to everyone who helped us trend highly on UK Twitter again! We're off to Northern Ireland next week Monday 8pm
@BBCTwo
. Time to watch some
#UniversityChallenge
now!
Publication day 🕺🏾🎉!
Can't believe my maths book 📚 The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers 🔢 is finally out today!
Maths has helped changed my life & hopefully I can help readers see why maths is relevant and fun!
Please read my book, see me at my book talks or get the audio🙏🏾
Romanian father 🇷🇴
Chinese mother 🇨🇳
Raised in Bromley (sarf of the river!) 🇬🇧
18 year old Emma Raducanu represents the best of modern Britain. She truly has the potential to be a sporting Great Briton.
Let's go Emmaaaaaa!
@EmmaRaducanu
☑️Life achievement unlocked - I was an
#OnlyConnect
clue!
My school students will make fun out of me as contestants had no idea who I was
@VictoriaCoren
😂😢
The contestants can make up for it by watching my new
#MonkmanAndSeagull
series 2
@BBCTwo
"Genius Adventures" out soon-ish
Brilliant opening performance from Nigel Harman to close week one of
#Strictly
.
And yet again, this highlights the incredible choreography powers of Katya Jones.
We might see this dance again in the final...
@bbcstrictly
@HelenSkelton
@gorkamarquez1
"You put faith in me that I didn't have".
Beautiful words by Helen about her pro Gorka.
Helen would be a worthy
#Strictly
winner just by her dancing. More than that, she really has overcome personal challenges to find herself again. It's been life affirming to see this.
Classic moment on
#UniversityChallenge
.
Starter for ten to identify TWO countries both in the EU AND the Commonwealth.
Both teams answered the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
@contesoldwig
@FabrizioRomano
Madrid are undoubtedly the greatest club team in Europe. But have you seen where Liverpool are in the Premier League table?
Man Utd who are third, scored two away against Barcelona who have only conceded 7 all season in topping La Liga.
@Bobby_Seagull
Bless you. Thank you so much.
I can't put it into words, but you have a certain 'something'... You remind me of
@DrAmirKhanGP
. You both ooze 'goodness'. Whenever I see either of you, either posting or on television, I feel warmth.
Too soppy? 🤷♀️ It's what I think/feel. 💙
I ♥️libraries!🏢📚
As a child, my dad took my brothers & me to East Ham library
@NewhamLibraries
every Saturday.
As an adult, I still continue this tradition (though I "gym" before, to work off Friday night chicken & chips!) 🏋🏾♂️🍗🍟
📋Do you use your local library?
@CILIPinfo
Proud brother alert 🤗
2006: My youngest brother Tommy was aged 11 (Year 7) at school📚. He wrote down a 10-year plan - to become a barrister ⚖️.
2018 Tomorrow: (2 yrs off schedule mind!) He starts as a barrister 👨⚖️. Well done bro and best of luck for the next 10 yrs! 🍀
Here we go... 🚨
After starting in 1994, here begins the 967th and last ever
#UniversityChallenge
match hosted by Jeremy Paxman.
Give me a wave if you are watching this historic final 👋
Best of luck to both Durham & Bristol for the trophy, a repeat of match
#1
of this series.
After
#TheWanted
's Jay & I on 2 wins each, Jaybird triumphs in final minutes to lift trophy! Is this the closest ending
@richardosman
?
Congrats - well deserved 👏 Smart, funny & a gentleman.
#Strictly
&
#HouseOfGames
champ 🕺🪩🤓🏆
Is there anything
@JayMcGuiness
can't do?! 🤩
Should I bring back this Turtles jeans wearing attitude of 5 year old Bobby to 40 year old me?!
Happy birthday to me as I turn 40 years old!
40 is the new... 40 🤓
Every year, my dear friend Eric Monkman from
#UniversityChallenge
and our
#MonkmanAndSeagull
road trip shows have a Christmas ritual 🎁
We exchange hampers across across the Atlantic 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Merry Christmas
@e_monkman
and all University Challenge fans.
Next Monday 8pm
@BBCTwo
(before
#UniversityChallenge
) is ep. 1/4 of
#MonkmanAndSeagull
's 🧠 Genius Guide to Britain 🇬🇧!
Join us we 🚗 drive around the UK on a 👨🏾🔬 science/technology journey.
🥳 Fun for the whole family 👨👩👧👦!
Produced by the superb
@Label1tv
"What is the largest city...?"
Of course it's the outstanding Zeng buzzing in early. The best geography quizzer I have ever seen on ANY TV game show.
#UniversityChallenge
semi finals
My first time ever seeing Stonehenge with my own eyes (albeit through the side of a car window momentarily).
Has anyone ever properly gone to see
#Stonehenge
? Is it worth a day trip?
@EH_Stonehenge
I don't think I've ever seen two teams shake hands at the end of a
#UniversityChallenge
match.
What great spirit 👏🏽
This is also down to the supportive and inclusive environment that host
@amolrajan
has created for students.
"What a difference a day (no, 10 years!) makes"🎵
15 Sept 2008: I was a Lehman Brothers (London) trader until their demise
15 Sept 2018: I share my passion for maths as a school teacher, Doctorate student researching maths anxiety & author of The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers