The Reason Why: Digging into Cause and Effect

7 years ago

When it comes to school improvement - or the fine art of problem finding and solution seeking - it's always…

My gaze is clear as a sunflower

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Paul Nash's fascination with aerial bombardment led him to an ecstatic vision of “the sky blossoming with floating flowers”. This,…

Saplings

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I'm not giving anything away by quoting the deep irony of the last lines of Saplings: Turns you over, don’t…

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

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Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge...…

Partition

7 years ago

"I was so rushed I had not time to go into the details,"  - Cyril Ratcliffe. The political leaders of…

Under the Radar: The Hedge Hoppers and the Hardest Day

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After early mist the morning of Sunday August 18 1940 was bright with clear skies. It came to be known…

The Land Girl

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The land army fights in the fields. It is in the fields of Britain that the most critical battle of…

Choosing books by the cover

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I once worked in a school where the librarian arranged the non-fiction by the color of the spine. It made…

August 1914

7 years ago

August 1914 What in our lives is burnt In the fire of this? The heart’s dear granary? The much we…

MCMXIV

7 years ago

MCMXIV Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The…