It's been a busy ol' year—what with my return to the learning factory and such—but I have managed to maintain a modicum of momentum in my reading. Listed below are the best books I read, in the order in which I read them (more or less) in 2015. I'm also aware of how time-poor everyone is, and how …
Essays & Non-fiction
Albums of the Year 2015 – Part Deux
Folk are always going on about how music isn't as good anymore, or how there wasn't anything to get excited about this year. Horseshit. There was loads. Loads, I tell ya! You just weren't looking–or rather, listening–carefully enough... Anyway, following on from Part One, and in no particular …
Those Who Can’t Write, Teach
So, November’s over, which means that whole NaNoWriMo thing is over. Someone asked me the other day how it was going. How many words had I done—forty thousand? Fifty? You’ve got to be joking, I thought. I’d have been happy to make it to ten. But I didn’t. Not even close. …
Albums of the Year 2015 – Part One
I’m under no illusions about the fact that very few people give a hoot about the music I listen to. Problem is, I really like music, and I quite like writing about too. Rock, metal, hip-hop, pop... it's all good. Unless, of course, it's not. Among the other things you may or may not need to know is …
Primary school teachers share their favourite books for children
Some kids are natural born readers. Many others develop a love for books because of the time that their parents spend reading with them. For others it starts with a single book that sparks just enough of a reaction to get them to read one more book, and then another, and so on. As a teacher, to …