Not another manifesto?
This post is inspired by the work of Dave Middleton, especially his most recent blog. I offer it as a contribution to the discussion on what we should do now…
Books, Picture Books and their place in Literature
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…
Grow Your Own Poem 3
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…
True Lies.
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…
What’s right for the Left?
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…
Grow Your Own Poem 2
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…
Covid Vaccines “A rare success”
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…
Stanton Family Christmas Newsletter 2020
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…
Grow Your Own Poem 1
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…
Is the Beeb Biased?
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…