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The prime minister, this morning, says that as a nation, we are heading in the right direction. How does he know? What external criteria does he [...]
December 30, 2012
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In a former life, what got me out of bed in the morning was looking at material like this – prograde reactions of aluminous minerals in [...]
December 30, 2012
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One of the things that this current government find hard (and it is not exactly their fault) is communication with schools. We get the occasional [...]
December 20, 2012
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Every so often something happens that makes a mockery of the deep desire of all those school systems, leaders and (especially) teachers who long [...]
December 16, 2012
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Nativity plays for the under 5s are wonderful – literally full of wonder. How did these children attain such composure? Such poise, such [...]
December 15, 2012
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Nick Baines, bishop of Bradford, has written a very useful summary of the church’s position in the current scrap with the government over a [...]
December 14, 2012
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Michael Gove sent me a letter yesterday. Nice of him, I thought. The gist of it being – would I, please, join him in supporting his [...]
December 13, 2012
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Everyday I get, sent through by various helpful course providers, invitations to a course to “get to grips with” or to “make [...]
December 11, 2012
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Listening to the beautiful One Quiet Night album by Pat Metheny is a great way to end a busy day. People are drifting off from school, my desk [...]
December 10, 2012
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Perhaps the most moving of all the books I have read this summer and autumn by Wendell Berry has been the novel Hannah Coulter. Those well [...]
December 9, 2012