Advent meditation 2

One of the things I have learned about myself in the last year or so is that I can sometimes … More

UCU Strike: reflections and resources

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and liked or commented on yesterday’s blog post about the UCU strike action … More

Today was not a normal day of work for me. Instead of teaching my amazing students, I chose to participate … More

The Fear of Poetry In this moment when we facehorizons and conflicts widerthan ever before, we want our resources,the ways … More

To safe and almost universal silence I published How Far From Here is Home? (Stride) a few days before Christmas in … More

I want to congratulate you on passing this course and achieving QTS in this uniquely difficult and strange year. None … More

Courage It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake. … More

Young Poets’ Stories project update: Today we add a reading resources for young poets page to the Young Poets’ Stories website. … More

Today I had one of the most precious teaching experiences of my life. Because we are taking strike action … More

Once again I find myself in a place that I hoped never to revisit. In 2018, the union I belong … More

In Mind in Society, his seminal book on learning and thinking, the Russian philosopher and psychologist Lev Vygotsky said this: … More

I am delighted to announce that my new book of essays Deck Shoes is now on sale. You can buy it direct … More

Settee in Autumn The leaves change colour and fallon the russet settee. Sticky buds are stuckdown the back of the … More

I love this time of year. There is a wonderful Anne Lamott line somewhere about the welcome of the cooler … More

Well, by tomorrow night, we might be out. Crashed out with no deal or sailing into a bright future presaged … More

Dear Alicia I can’t believe it is three years since I got to hang out with you at Totleigh … More

Dear Ted Hughes You probably won’t remember me. I wrote to you before, in the summer of 1998. I did … More

after Mark Halliday Because of the writing days. And because The discovery will not happen on its own, unprompted, … More