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“Have a lovely evening!”

19th January 2022 Going Postal 3773 Comments

“Have a lovely evening” are the words I often heard as children were collected from school at 3.05pm.   Of course, as a member of SLT, I had nothing better to do at the end of [more…]

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Ecclesiastes

8th September 2020 Going Postal 3841 Comments

“Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” Ecclesiastes- 7:10 When we arrived in London in the early 1960’s, I was put [more…]

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The Weaponisation of History

23rd August 2017 Jonathon Davies 0 Comments

I was lucky enough to have a couple of excellent teachers and lecturers for History during school and University. They emphasised two important points on why History was so important. First, that history is written [more…]

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Adventures in Teaching

9th July 2017 Jonathon Davies 1 Comment

2001, I had finished university, after paying all my fees up front, and taking out large student loans, I emerged with a Degree in History. How to put it to good use? After working in [more…]

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School, and finding a love, of learning

9th March 2017 GrumpyAngler 0 Comments

I was an inquisitive child, I wanted to know how, and why. Mum was one of those who thought ‘just because’ was an answer. Dad was much better but worked several jobs so wasn’t around [more…]

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