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Eleven Years Later - plus bonus Easter Eggs
The following article was published in the last edition of the school I just left’s online e-zine…
Ties
Being as this week’s heatwave is seeing schools across the country loosening restrictive uniform policy for both staff and students, and I’m finally leaving my current school, I figured it was time to come clean with this article I wrote for The Guardian’s Secret Teacher column in 2016…
Philosophy Gets Schooled
I’m on a new podcast for A-level students of philosophy and you can listen to it here…
The Function of a Crisis in the Time of School
Trying to do academic work outside of academia is difficult for a variety of reasons, but a significant one is the lack of feedback and critique from others…
Quitting My Job - The Thought Behind Making A Change (from Philosophy Unleashed)
I wrote this about my decision to leave my job at the end of the year…
A Plague So Nice I Caught It Twice!
Do you know how frustrating it is to be fully aware of a car crash coming which you have no capacity to stop…
Back To The Theatre
Other than an outdoor performance by the RSC last summer I haven’t been to a theatre and sat in an audience to see people perform since the pandemic started…
How Has Johnson Not Gone Yet?
As I sit reading Cold War Steve’s exceptional Journal of the Plague Year, the media continues to be full of people outraged that Boris Johnson’s government held numerous lockdown-flaunting work parties while the rest of us suffered in isolation, unable to see - or bury - our loved ones…
The Lakes and Being 40
We went away to the Lake District to celebrate my 40th birthday and I’m writing this now in the car on the way home while listening to David Bowie’s “The Next Day”…
Looking Back on 2021
Every year I feel the need to look back on the last twelve months and take stock. It’s a tradition I’ve upheld since long before digital journals were a thing…
I’ve Written A Christmas Song!
Listen to it on Bandcamp here: https://ssbfathers.bandcamp.com/track/the-christmas-i-could-have-died
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