Posted inReading
The Great January Reading Reset
Got to make a start on organising things this year. Prioritising. Making sure stuff gets read. And that means tackling the TBR pile. And that's scary.
Posted inEducation
Oh, Good. There’s a Tiger Behind Door 3
The way I see it, we've 2 potential futures ahead of us. Behind door 1 is The Terminator future. Rise of the machines. Technology going from being our slave to being our master. And there's plenty of other examples of this in dystopian fiction. On the other hand, we've door 2. Behind door 2 is the Star Trek future. The protopian future...
The Year of the Reader
The Government has decreed 2026 to be the National Year of Reading (https://www.goallin.org.uk) and with good reason. Reading seems to be happening less and less, not just in kids but…
Posted inCheesecake Cooking & Baking
3 come along at once
You know the saying, you wait ages for a bus (or a tube train) and then 3 come along at once. Turns out it's the same with cheesecakes. One of…
Posted inStuff
The Incredible 60th Anniversary of Broadstairs Folk Week
10 years ago, newly moved to England from Shetland, my son's violin teacher - the great and much-missed Pete Shaw -suggested that to further his education in fiddle playing, we…
Posted inStuff
Flexible timetabling for the modern school – Bring out the gunnaries
I was doing the weekly shop today. Supermarket shelves full of stuff to strike dread into the hearts of teachers and parents alike. "Back to school". Seriously, folks, it's only…
