‘It’s The performing pundit’s Showstopper on GBBO, in my imagination’
Artwork Archive: The Northern Slice
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Diary: 19-22 October
When fallen leaves became our best friends
Flashback: In this week last year
I accidentally sat on my reading glasses. So it became the holiday "of sticky tape and epoxy glue"
Week 42…
The road to the end of 2020 is narrowing
Diary: 17-18 October
Wandering Winchester works wonders
Diary: 12-16 October
Five more days in a uncertain world
Art in isolation: ‘All The Boys I Ever Kissed’
Every name tells a story...
Week 41…
Seven more days disappear down the plug hole of life
Diary: 10-11 October
The roundabout stops for 48 hours
Diary: 5-9 October 2020
Five days I'll never get back
Diary: October 2019
Includes the never-ending saga of Brexit, a fun day pretending to be an archivist, plus trips to Spain, Bristol and Chichester
Art review: Grayson Perry, Hoxton, London
Not surprisingly, the works come with heavy political overtones
It’s what I do: teacher assistance
I help pupils write sparkling prose and cracking headlines
Diary: 4 October 2020
And so, my attempt to streamline the contents of the too-small new fridge ended unhappily...
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...
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
Billy's Scrapbook 