From earliest childhood, I have been fascinated by history, especially people and places. It was inevitable really, especially to be born and raised in the old border county of Salop, (Shropshire) that is cut in two by the river Severn as it works its way from ancient Celtic mid Wales all the way through the… Continue reading Living in the past or learning from the past? When your whole city, county and country is a museum.
Category: 2024
What comes next? Looking ahead to the second half of the 2020s.
“Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are” Theodore Roosevelt. There are a lot of conversations in education. Probably too many. All trying to look around corners and see what comes next, mostly out of fear that no one really knows what will come next. That is the problem with the zeitgeist… Continue reading What comes next? Looking ahead to the second half of the 2020s.
“The odd uneven time.” How to reconnect to purpose.
I think the entire year, past few years, in the words of the poet Sylvia Plath, have been an “odd uneven time”. To top it all off this year has been an incredibly difficult year to write about any of it apart from a few educational articles I have managed to produce. Any creative spark… Continue reading “The odd uneven time.” How to reconnect to purpose.
From Madeley to Moldova
The 1984-85 Miners' strike, 4 decades on from a Billy Elliot who didn't do ballet The “Dirty Dozen” March 1985, Hills Lane Social Club, Madeley, Shropshire. The only Shropshire Coal Miners to remain on strike for the year. My father, 3rd from left. “Your father’s battles are your father’s battles. Not yours. You don’t need… Continue reading From Madeley to Moldova