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And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain… (just the end of term, forgive the hyperbole) Owning and running a school is not quite the same as leading it. As the end of term disappears … Continue reading →

Marie Anne Leonard writes “On Thursday evening we visited the A Level Art Private View of our sponsors Claires Court Schools. It’s always a pleasure to join them for any event, as you’d be hard-pushed to meet more welcoming, friendly and … Continue reading →

Two entirely separate events over the last 10 days have brought to the fore the major emerging trends on the Internet. Don’t expect any major conclusions, though I feel the Higher Education developments in the UK are really quite interesting. … Continue reading →

For quite some time now (certainly back to my own experience at school 50 years ago), teachers have worried about the sleep children get overnight, between the 8 hours they spend in school. The strident headlines of the Daily Mail … Continue reading →

Well, I suppose it had to come to pass., that is the separation of the United Kingdom into its 4 component parts. I was born in London, have a grandmother born in Scotland, an Uncle who played for London Irish … Continue reading →

As regular readers know, I publish a weekly blog on things digital.  This week, the headliners include a Blue-Man book, a Spaceman, a Shoot-em-up and some pretty nifty driving software making use of Google’s Street view images. I am indebted to ISANet … Continue reading →

The return of Sherlock Holmes in the modern idiom, as characterised by Benedict Cumberbatch, has brought this Victorian sleuth back into the limelight. I am certainly not the only viewer of ‘Sherlock’, the BBC series, to be moving my status … Continue reading →

In this month’s Scientific American, there is one of those lovely research articles that summarises what we know about reading things for the purposes of learning, understanding and retention. The article specifically contrasts the effectiveness on reading text on a slate/screen against … Continue reading →

 http://goo.gl/ObzP0 takes you to the text plus pictures! If you are old enough, you’ll remember the great Frankie Howerd. “Infamy, Infamy, they’ve all got it in for me”.  Here’s Frankie speaking  at the Oxford Union in 1990 – it all kicks off … Continue reading →