Michael made it very clear that it was very much a partnership, that children read the whole page, the words and pictures together. It was not the case that the…

Today I joined the Creative Writing Group at the Maggie Centre in Manchester for the launch of Brambles a pamphlet of poems by my daughter Katie. For those who may…

Today I saw an example of a true lie. Every fact in the graphic above is true. The meaning given to those facts is false. This is government misinformation in…

I recommend Dave Middleton’s blog post Towards Peace and Justice about the recent initiative from Jeremy Corbyn to establish The Project For Peace and Justice. Like Dave I welcome this…

When I started reading Kate Clanchy’s How to Grow Your Own Poem I got the idea that I could work through it, reading the poems and writing my own. And…

With the exception of the anti-vaxxers and the Covid deniers, most of us will surely welcome the success of the vaccine programme. It is rare success for a government that…

A personal post for a change. Because our family and friends are spread around the world Dee puts together a Christmas newsletter every year. If you are on our Christmas…

Kate Clanchy has written another marvellous book. Following the success of Some kids I taught and what they taught me, which thoroughly deserved its Orwell Prize, she has shown what…

I’ve been trying to think of a way to show that often, when someone attacks the BBC or other broadcasters for not being impartial it’s really because it’s saying something…

We all strive to live in the present. Perhaps more than ever before, because of the information revolution and the growth of social media, we are the now generation. The…