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  • Reaching for the Same Packet

    Reaching for the Same Packet

    I’ve just finished reading Everything I know about Love by Dolly Alderton (paid link). She’s a funny and perceptive writer, who gives a remarkably honest…

  • So Much Not Said

    So Much Not Said

    I was surprised when my daughter told me she’d never seen 2001: A Space Oddysey, so we watched it together. This film grows on me…

  • Inspiration Thursday

    Inspiration Thursday

    Looking for story inspiration? I was walking through the cellar of my school recently when I came across a trolley full of half used containers…

  • Enjoy Your Sunday Evening

    Enjoy Your Sunday Evening

    You’re a teacher: it’s Sunday evening and you can’t relax as you have work tomorrow. Why is that? Partly it’s stage fright. Those outside the…

  • Eyes Wide Open

    Eyes Wide Open

    I saw this statue of Justice on a recent holiday. She was standing outside the Palácio da Justiça in Porto.  The guide on our walking tour…

  • The Golden Age of Science Writing

    The Golden Age of Science Writing

    Following on from A Visit to the Zeppelin Museum… There is a charge often levelled at the technically inclined that they can’t write. Reading the…

  • What we want them to be

    What we want them to be

    I was travelling on a tram through Manchester during the recent heatwave. Two young women of about the same age were standing by the doors.…

  • A Visit to The Zeppelin Museum

    A Visit to The Zeppelin Museum

    (This article was first posted in 2011 – I’ve reposted it following something I heard this week on the radio…) Over the summer I visited…

  • Hands off that Mouse!

    Hands off that Mouse!

    Four keyboard shortcuts you shouldn’t be without (and one Evernote really should implement…) Want to know the easiest way to improve your productivity? Stop using…

  • Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers

    Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers

    As it says on Wikipedia: Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers is a documentary television programme series exploring the world of the Eddie Stobart haulage company. My…

  • Picture this:

    Picture this:

    There’s a post that occasionally does the rounds on the internet challenging beginner writers to describe a woman in a picture. The woman in question…

  • Enjoy the Ride

    Enjoy the Ride

    A friend of mine – he reads this blog so he’ll know this post is partly about him – always wanted to play the guitar. When…