At the teach out

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

On not striking, Ofsted and British values

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

It’s a funny feeling, almost new each time I experience it, an anticipation of loss that is somehow fresh and … More

The Curtain Falls Suddenly a life is over – Ends with such serious charades The Dean makes lame quips … More

These are some of the things I have learned during the recent industrial action taken by my union, the UCU, … More

An Horatian Notion The thing gets made, gets built, and you’re the slave who rolls the log beneath the block, … More

from Cats and a Cock We walk the streets of the dark city, placards at back light in our heads, … More

One of the most inspiring things about being involved in the UCU USS pensions strike has been the outpouring of … More

Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009 Attending the PMDS workshop today a 46-page page performance document to be discussed in … More

Monday: people are starting to recognise each other on my picket line. They exchange news of how the strike is … More

Try to Praise the Mutilated World Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June’s long days, and wild strawberries, drops … More

The Way Things Work is by admitting or opening away. This is the simplest form of current: Blue moving … More

Day of Song, Day of Silence The strange crying sounds of the peacocks on the private school grounds … More

Things I Learned at University How to bike on cobblestones and where to signal right. How to walk through doors … More

A passerby comes up to my group and hands us a brown paper bag. ‘It’s full of flat whites,’ she … More

Calling Him Back from Layoff I called a man today. After he said hello and I said hello came a … More

Invisible Work Because no one could ever praise me enough, because I don’t mean these poems only but the unseen … More

What Work Is We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You … More

Aesthetics of Creating Something This doesn’t just happen: It happens to you. Kenneth Koch, from One Train, p.64 ∞ ‘Even … More

Every September is the same. I pack a bag for work, set off into the still warm sunshine, and wonder … More