This very recent poem (which I referred to the other week), I believe, is the finest poem my dad has ever written. It comes from his experience, his hopes, his dreams and his disappointments; it comes from his heart. It reflects what’s happened to our society over the last 40 years from the [...]
I’m at the moment wading through, with Third Party, the prospectuses for various schools in the general area of place with a rather good uni and cathedral up north, which aren’t over subscribed. It’s wierd because we don’t yet know exactly where we’ll end up; (everything is still at the stage where it feels like [...]
As people who arrive here regularly will know I’m pretty addicted to blogging, it’s pretty much part of my daily routine. I’ve found it useful for several reasons (which are in no particular order).
1. Screaming into cyberspace sometimes is a useful release of frustration (particularly when politics or religion is doing my head in)
2. It [...]
Didn’t get to see St Trinians at the cinema when it was out, but now it’s out on DVD I’ve managed to catch up with it.
Have to say that I was more than a tad apprehensive about watching it. I mean we all remember how it didn’t quite work a while back when they [...]
It’s very rare that I have the urge to learn to drive, but today has nearly got me to that stage. After 2 hours on the computer trying to plan 3 journeys I have come to the following conclusions:
1. I am not going to the Love Music Hate Racism, 30 years since Rock Against Racism [...]
There is a new product on the market which may be even better than Phish Food for lifting the mood when you have to resort to the an evening with a bottle of vino and your favourite DVD because life/ relationship/ work/ course/ kids, (delete as applicable), are driving you over the edge. Ben and [...]
Incase anybody saw this story in the Times or any of the lesser quality papers yesterday you may be interested to know that I understand that the bird referred to was not, infact, the bird that has been lost.
More proof me thinks that you have to be atleast an ickle eccentric to work in [...]
ASBO Jesus has been making some interesting comment on the stats for Christian blogging sites.
The BBC has a report on the strike which, like the other reports I’ve seen, would indicate the NUT were the only teaching or lecturing union taking action today. The accompanying photo, however, has UCU members most prominent. This sums it up really, people forget FE or don’t think we’re worth a mention. Yet [...]
Back from the picket line and using the time to get cracking with some planning for the adventure. Realising now exactly how ickle I know about anything.
Raft of school prospectuses on their way, but thinking maybe I need to be looking at multiple LEA’s….arrgh. A lack of geographical knowledge really isn’t helping either. I [...]