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The Penny Dreadful, the Ha’penny Dreadfuller – will we ever learn?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by jameswilding

One of the education blogs I follow is that of Alex Quigley, Hunting English. He, like me, read today’s headlines on the BBC website and in the Guardian about a new English A level syllabus being steered to approval, involving some … Continue reading →

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It is the best of times, it is the worst of times…

Posted on March 9, 2012 by jameswilding

to quote the first dozen words of Charles Dickens’ great novel, A Tale of Two Cities, though moved to the present rather than the past. The actual paragraph reads: It was the best of times, it was the worst of … Continue reading →

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