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As the title suggests, it’s about Basil Boothroyd’s (mis) adventures as a public speaker. In an anecdote I found particularly amusing …
Read MoreThis wide-ranging book takes in probability, fractals, astronomy, Babbage, Lovelace, and a host of other areas and people.
Read MoreYou settle down to read, and the subject of this particular vignette could be you: a teacher, a student, a mother, a brother.
Read MoreWeimar, the birthplace of the optimistic but short-lived republic of the same name, a place called “home” by Goethe, Liszt and Nietzsche and a mere eight kilometres from Buchenwald.
Read MoreNo book about the craft of writing seems complete without a stern chapter on the importance of eschewing adverbs and adjectives - but what to put in their place?
Read MoreIn this post I preview two books which you may be interested in. One is a series of autobiograohical stories, beautifully written, while the other comprises six writers explaining why they did what they did in their short story included in the book.
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books, by Terry Freedman
I’m reviewing these together partly because I have a separate review of each one being published in Teach Secondary magazine next month, and partly because they are both concerned with the same subject matter: the Nazi era.
Read MoreI submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreI submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreI submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreI submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote!
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NOT the camera I used! Photo by Terry Freedman
A few years ago I thought I would test the capabilities of a pocket camcorder I’d been asked to review
Read MoreIn our world of social media and attempts at internet regulation or even censorship, algorithms are in place to catch “suspect” words and phrases.
Read MoreA veritable cornucopia that is bound to make even the most well-read of us feel a little under-educated!
Read MoreWhile the education world is largely focused on artificial intelligence as either a means of plagiarism, copyright infringement or reducing the burden of teachers’ admin, this considers a far wider range of issues.
Read MoreI submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review below is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreThis is an attempt to write a short review in the style of those in the New York Review of Books. The reviews there usually cover more than one book, and include the reviewer's personal opinions. That's what I've done here. I hope you like it.
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I was asked to teach a one-day course on flash fiction. Here’s what the students said about it.
Read MoreI submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review below is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreI submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review below is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
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