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Tag Archives: Norfolk
The Mouse that Roared (in Different Dialects)
To mark the publication of The Train Mouse, here’s a slightly edited version of an article I wrote for the ITI Bulletin, which first appeared in their January-February edition (please consider buying it from an independent bookshop in these challenging … Continue reading
Standing Up for Education and Cavell
I was somewhat surprised and more than a little nervous to be asked by the local NUT rep if I’d speak at their strike rally this lunchtime. Having got my head round the idea though, I agreed to give it … Continue reading
Travesty, treachery, betrayal!
So, things had quietened down a bit. I was getting back to work, back in the swing of blogging about books and translation and other matters that this blog is supposed to be about. We had started to breathe a … Continue reading
On Being Promised a Pig in a Poke
Thank you to everyone who shared my last blog post and sorry for having rather neglected the blog since then. There’ve been all kinds of interesting things that I’d normally rather like to write about, but strangely enough, the whole … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Education
Tagged academies, Academy schools, Cavell, Cavell Primary School, Department for Education, DfE, Forced academisation, Gove, IEB, Michael Gove, Norfolk, Norfolk County Council, Ofsted
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Irritating Beyond Measure: Ian Sansom’s The Norfolk Mystery
What the Publisher Says About It: Love Miss Marple? Adore Holmes and Watson? Professor Morley’s guide to Norfolk is a story of bygone England; quaint villages, eccentric locals – and murder! It is 1937 and disillusioned Spanish Civil War veteran … Continue reading
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