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Diary snapshot: Priti Patel
See inside the minster’s home office
Art review: Grayson Perry, Hoxton, London
Not surprisingly, the works come with heavy political overtones
Diary snapshot: I Think We Need To Talk About Donald
Plot to push president off perch
It’s what I do: teacher assistance
I help pupils write sparkling prose and cracking headlines
News wall: Black holes
Don’t confuse your physicists. Sheldon is a Theoretical Physicist, Leonard is a Particle Physicist and Raj is an Astro Physicist
Diary snapshot: Gender
Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women)
Diary snapshot: Gender
Read my Dairies here... Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex, sex-based social structures (ie, gender roles), or gender identity. Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women); those who exist outside these groups … Continue reading Diary snapshot: Gender
Diary: 4 October 2020
And so, my attempt to streamline the contents of the too-small new fridge ended unhappily...
News wall: Rishi’s ruse
Read the full story...
Diary: 3 October 2020
SATURDAY There's an article in The Coversation that considers some of the small acts of ritual and expression during the pandemic that might end up as the folklore of the future. They include things like Clapping for Carers and window displays. I would like to have seen witty shop signage and street art in the … Continue reading Diary: 3 October 2020
Diary: 2 October, 2020
24 hours closer
Diary: 1 October 2020
Another day for the scrapbook
Diary: 28-30 September
Another 72 hours closer...
News wall: The Swedish method
The Swedish word for tax is skatt, or 'treasure'
Teachers trapped in sink-or-swim switch to new ways of working
They have become the reluctant pioneers, the lab rats of learning
Fake-news grannies spread virus doom
Research uncovers a sinister meme-seeding trend
News wall: Trump’s taxes
"Taxes are the price of civilization"
Diary: 25-27 September
Three days that didn't quite shake the world
Billy's Scrapbook 