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Out in the Shires: January 2012
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Out in the Shires. Englishness and authenticity in the heart of England - or making sense of the chaos of modern life. Tuesday, 31 January 2012. The Oxbridge Brain Belt. Last night, Nick Boles gave the Macmillan lecture to the Tory Reform Group. You can read a potted summary of it here. But I wanted to pick up on one part of his text, because it's relevant to my post on HS2. Then there's the purely political consderation, and this is really amusing. If you're going to build a new city on this route, ...
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Out in the Shires: Save Port Meadow
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Out in the Shires. Englishness and authenticity in the heart of England - or making sense of the chaos of modern life. Sunday, 10 March 2013. It's a green lung for the north of the city. When I lived in Jericho it was basically my back garden - we picnicked on it, swam in the river on hot summer evenings after work, or drifted up to the Trout at Wolvercote or the Perch at Binsey to spend the day with the newspapers. You can sign it here:. Sunday, March 10, 2013. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Warhammer’s race and gender problem | Quaequam Blog!
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Why the drokk is it called Quaequam Blog! Warhammer’s race and gender problem. Comics and geek culture. Still working through my Age of Sigmar inspired recent obsession. I came across this post. Being one especially notorious example. In terms of gender, the situation is, if anything, even more dire. The Amazons, in 1984, are the first and only attempt to create a female figure range for Warhammer Fantasy (the fact that Warhammer 40,000 had the Sisters of Battle. Why does this matter? For six months....
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Twitter, 1; teachers, 0 | *headdesk*
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March 25, 2009. Twitter, 1; teachers, 0. Yet another) primary curriculum shakeup. The report is due next month, but unsurprisingly, a draft found its way to The Guardian. Children will no longer have to study the Victorians or the second world war under proposals to overhaul the primary school curriculum, the Guardian has learned. However, the draft plans will require children to master Twitter and Wikipedia and give teachers far more freedom to decide what youngsters should be concentrating on in classes.
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Conversation | *headdesk*
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March 23, 2009. An article on the BBC website. Describes the frustration parents have in trying to goad their kids into sharing information about school. A few observations:. 2 Further to point 1, as the government actively works to disinvolve parents in the upbringing of their kids, we can all expect more of the same. 4 “Only 16% of children volunteered information about their day at school.”. Laquo; Friends in strange places. Tuesday links.fo’ reals. When my eldest was at primary school I took her back...
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Nobody wants your stinkin’ Sats | *headdesk*
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March 27, 2009. Nobody wants your stinkin’ Sats. That head teachers and teachers in England are threatening to boycott next year’s national Sats tests in primary school. The National Association of Head Teachers and the NUT teaching union say the tests taken by seven and 11-year-olds damage children and schools. They want assessments by teachers instead, and an end to league tables based on the 11-year-olds’ results. What is the government’s enlightened response? Laquo; Twitter, 1; teachers, 0. Email (Ad...
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Is there no limit to my cynicism? | *headdesk*
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March 20, 2009. Is there no limit to my cynicism? US First Lady Michelle Obama is set to break the ground for an organic garden on a patch of the south lawn to grow produce for the White House kitchen. Local primary school pupils will help her with the planting and harvesting of the vegetables, herbs and salad crops. Laquo; Remember that study. Friends in strange places. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Life not imitating art.
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Tuesday links..fo’ reals. | *headdesk*
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March 24, 2009. Tuesday links.fo’ reals. My brain has been flat-lining today.so I present the Steele-Colbert rap battle, which surely needs no intro nor any commentary. Enjoy 😉. Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c. Conservative Rap Battle – Michael Steele’s Response. Colbert Report Full Episodes. Edit: not sure why wordpress has issues with embedding and I’m too tired to check it out, so just click the link ‘conservative rap battle.’. Twitter, 1; teachers, 0. Lol ta 4 that. On March 25, 2009. Your Right to Know.
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Missives from Doktorb: Putting the World to Rights
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Friday, February 15, 2013. Putting the World to Rights. Whoever the photograph actually shows, as it may not be the now 30 years-old Jon Venables, the face has been reduced to a meme, sentenced to life as a Facebook status, website warning, messageboard icon. The photograph is also, if it is him, illegal to share, making those who do liable for contempt of court charges. As it might be obvious to regular readers, I believe revenge is not justice. To find him and kill him? Posted by Liam Pennington. 1993 ...
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Missives from Doktorb: Masterchefs need to apply
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Sunday, March 03, 2013. Masterchefs need to apply. A lone woman sits near by, her face one which has won arguments and weathered storms, a matriarch whose expression tells of penny jars and a dutiful marriage. She knows, as we know, that life was not supposed to direct her to a chain pub, on a Sunday morning, politely accepting the reheated food offered by nonetheless happy and polite men in branded shirts. Should be a point of some serious shame. Posted by Liam Pennington. Masterchefs need to apply.
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