Happy New Year
For last year's words belong to last year's languageAnd next year's words await another voice. Are you one for new year’s resolutions? Browsing around for inspirational quotations, I come across this...
A Christmas Present
A Child's Christmas in Wales Here's a Christmas present for you: Dylan Thomas reading his story, A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Find below this virtual Christmas tree, a link to a recording of the poet...
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November...
Several, somewhat unconnected things... Interesting article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper today: famous writers/artists making recommendations of their favourite graphic novels. If anyone knows some...
The New Course (2019): the story so far…
Change is coming. Writing those three simple words, it is hard not to think of the motto of House Stark - “Winter is coming” - and the armies of White Walkers marching (very slowly as it turns out)...
"Read, my child. Read."
Watch the short video below of civil-rights campaigner and congressman John Lewis accepting America's National Book Award for young people's literature last year. He won the award for the third volume...
Why choose Richie Cunningham over the Fonz?
Or, to clarify the analogy which I am now going to stretch well beyond breaking point, why study Literature rather than Language and Literature? This is the choice we present to our students each year...
Welcome to the website
The site is divided between elements that are relevant to the four 'parts', as well as those which are more generic - including an ever growing section with material relevant to your teaching of individual...
Summer reading suggestions...
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