1. This month’s Humanising Language Teaching (HLT) has a clear geographical focus on Germany https://www.hltmag.co.uk/aug21/ Betsy Hollweck’s piece on Teaching English through Food appealed to non-mageirocophobic me! https://www.hltmag.co.uk/aug21/teaching-english-through-food

2.  I mentioned Teacher Tapp a while ago. Here’s this month’s data and analysis https://teachertapp.co.uk/how-supported-do-teachers-feel/

They were looking at two issues: i) How supported do you (teachers) feel by your school senior leadership team? ii) Teacher Introspection. I thought the second more interesting.

3. “Time for a home-grown English language test, Indian agents say” https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/time-home-grown-english-language-test-indian-agents-say China next? You may need to register to access this piece.

4. And, finally, how do you establish yourself as an online authority in coffee machines like James Hoffmann and make lots of money from that authority? I clearly missed a trick! https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/31/oslo-pram-guy-teenage-vacuum-expert-niche-online-reviewers