For my Certificate in Education and Training course I have to do a micro teach. This is a fifteen minute presentation on a topic of my choice. This micro blog is to add to my session and allow me to touch on some of the naughtier Anglo-Saxon riddles that might get me in trouble in… Continue Reading
This current darkness
I was moved today by the front page of the Spectator that showed the NHS as soldiers in trenches fighting a war. I was incredibly moved by one of my friends who is a radiographer who shaved off his beard so that his PPE would work and I was moved to tears by my own… Continue Reading
What is the point of history?
A good friend of mine quoted someone who neither of us could remember, maybe you know and could tell me in the comments section, that history is “just one bloody thing after another” and they might well be right. At university, towards the end of my study, I came to the conclusion that a career… Continue Reading
New Series on Bread
Hello, next week I will be starting filming a new series on Bread. Ill be working with @Bachaus in Coventry to film three short films about prehistoric Bread, post-Roman Bread and modern Bread. Bread is a very interesting topic. The earliest Breads are made way back in our hunter gatherer days. In the Bronze Age… Continue Reading
A Tourist In My Home-Town: Medieval Meanderings and Macabre Stories! — Writing into the Ether
You may recall my recent post about the Herbert Art Gallery and it’s amazing hidden Medieval Undercroft, that I had the pleasure of visiting. My friend Dom, who is a historian offered me an exclusive tour and then we spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the area and ended up in the Holy… via… Continue Reading
A spotter’s guide to Art Deco architecture — Heritage Calling
The bold, geometric, decorative look of Art Deco originated in France in the 1920s. via A spotter’s guide to Art Deco architecture — Heritage Calling
“The Waste Land” Open Competition Leamington Studio Artists — Journeys with “The Waste Land”
Call for entries! Response to “The Waste Land” by TS Eliot Journeys with “The Waste Land” is an innovative three year project, bringing together communities in Margate and in Coventry with curators at the local art galleries to develop a major exhibition. The starting point is T. S. Eliot’s famous poem, “The Waste Land”, written… Continue Reading
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