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This is a review of ‘Diverse Educators: A Manifesto’, edited by Hannah Wilson and Bennie Kara, which was originally posted on the Diverse Educators blog site. This… Read more “Review: ‘Diverse Educators: A Manifesto’”

…in both paperback and as an e-book. Those of you who are regular readers of my blog – if, in fact, I have regular readers! – may… Read more “My three short novels are now published…”

I have always enjoyed reading.  It’s one of the ways I relax and unwind.  I turn to books when I feel unhappy, anxious or in pain, too… Read more “Reading for pleasure”

For a number of reasons, I’ve been giving thought recently to the importance – and the challenge, in the current circumstances – of ensuring leadership, including headship,… Read more “Sustainable leadership”

I have written these #Nurture posts for a good few years, now. They encourage me to look back and to look forward – last year’s post is… Read more “Happy New Year? #Nurture 21/22”

As some of those who read this blog may know, I have kept a diary since I was a teenager in the 1970s. I still write a… Read more “Talking too much?”

I originally started blogging for the platform staffrm in, I think, 2014. I found it a helpful way of exploring my thoughts about elements of education that… Read more “The power of blogging”

I recently read this post from Bukky Yusuf, on Linked In: and I also saw this tweet from Martyn Reah, which references the ‘Reimagining the Diary’ project… Read more “On journals and diaries”

I have blogged before (in December 2019 and in August 2020) about my experience of writing, and my commitment to trying to produce fiction, in addition to… Read more “Writing III – where next?”

I read two things recently which made me thoughtful. The first was this TES magazine piece from Lisa Lockley, Assistant Head at John Willmott School in the… Read more “Saying sorry”