This is part of a series of posts that I’ve been writing over a much longer period than I originally planned. The idea came from a lecture given by David Halpin, in which he discussed the need for us to approach
Books I read about the Restoration of Charles II.
Helen on Twitter asked me today if I had any recommended reading for someone new to the Restoration period. It seems like quite a long time since I wrote the book for Hodder, but as many teachers will be
A trip to the Black Country Living Museum
A month ago, we packed the family into our ageing Megan, and travelled to the Black Country to see relatives and visit one of my favourite Museums, the Black Country Museum. Sharing a hotel room with your tweenage family was,
A personal archaeology of skills.
I first became aware of the possibility of being a writer* during my professional legal training. Before then I experienced only moderate success, and limited satisfaction, when I wrote. I struggled to communicate my ideas and lacked confidence that I
Just take the phones off them
Been thinking about this for a long time – years in fact, as teacher, but it’s taken some things happening to us as a family to convince me that smartphones should not be given to children until they’re really old
Writing to Argue
My undergraduates are unwilling to argue, in person, or in writing. Their essays are often surveys of a scene, descriptions of a landscape. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with a survey if that’s what you’ve been asked to do – but
Tweet tweet! That’s the sound of the police…
I’ve been thinking about (and will probably have been writing this post) for quite a long time – collecting examples of a kind of twitter behaviour that has been interesting me for some time. A key feature of many edu-twitter
Patriotism and Brexit – a few thoughts.
Patriotism is often the last refuge of the disenfranchised, or a lever of power which is used to wield influence over them. People need institutions and ideas that they can invest belief in, and that they can trust to help
Project Halpin – The Other Invisible Hand by Julian Le Grand: Choice
I’m currently reading 12 books that I think I might disagree with, inspired by a lecture I went to by David Halpin. With this post, I’m finishing writing about the first book I read – Julian Le Grand’s ‘The Other
Feedback
Writing school textbooks is a lot like dropping big rocks into a well. It takes some effort, and there’s a bit of a splash when you first publish them, but then…. silence. So I happened to look at the first book I helped