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Making Sense of the World of Marginal Gains…

Posted on 12/09/2025 by jameswilding

Most of the readers of my blog will be very well aware that things get better step by step. My first car bought whilst I was at Leicester University, in the summer of 1972 was a Ford Popular 100E (1960 … Continue reading →

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“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.” William Shakespeare – Measure for Measure.

Posted on 26/06/2025 by jameswilding

26 June 2025 As we reach the conclusion of this academic year, I’m writing 3 blogs to summarise all the joys, fears, pains and hopes that have populated  my world of work as Academic Principal. This first is largely a … Continue reading →

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“The day that changed my life” – Andrew Watson

Posted on 21/02/2025 by jameswilding

It’s Friday afternoon, 21 February 2025. Eight days ago, I attended Andrew Watson’s funeral service at St James the Less, Stubbings. The event was so oversubscribed that the church and parish centre (with a live broadcast) were full, and there … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 07/05/2014 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 09/03/2012 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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