Notebooks are taking over my life

I am love with making notes. I makes notes in the morning, at bedtime, in the private places, in meetings, … More

UCU Strike Notebook 2

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

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

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

‘The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to … More

Blind panic when the anthology I am in arrives. The hunt, ever more despairing, for my poem, certain that they … More

[…] you write because you know them not because you understand them because you don’t you are … More

Barely any bird-life since the gales. A robin’s song this morning, from behind the curtains. And yesterday one tiny blue … More

Two successes I can claim as a parent: they both love music and football (even if one of them supports … More

Dean Paul Granny § ‘What students in classrooms say is an exceptionally precious learning resource. Every time a teacher receives … More

A thought occurred to me as I found myself scribbling in a notebook earlier this morning: I have no idea … More

‘You look upset.’ ‘I am upset,’ I say. ‘Well, not so much upset as disappointed.’ ‘Want to talk about it?’ … More

Why did I write it down? In order to remember. Of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to … More

It is necessary to write a book in which there will be a little less of the first person singular, … More

Dear Ant Well done for making it to the end of another year and the start of a new one. … More

An event of this magnitude Overshadows the destruction of the Berlin Wall And the troubles in the Caucasus. –Robert Rehder, … More

Day four of the Twitter-fast. By the time you read this, day seven. The first thing I notice is the … More

This is the second in a series of Guest Blog Posts that I am hosting this year. More are … More