1. I met Graham Tennant, the co-founder of My CPD Group, (online) on Tuesday. The platform that he and his colleagues run is primarily for consultants and companies offering CPD courses but also has a fair bit of free stuff (if you register), including ‘Bringing Nursery Rhymes to Life’ from Pyjama Drama https://mycpdgroup.com/courses/bringing-nursery-rhymes-to-life/ and Starter for 10: Maslow’s Hierarchy from Learning & Wellbeing Psychology https://mycpdgroup.com/courses/starter-for-10-maslows-hierarchy/

To find all the free courses, click on the ‘all prices’ button on the home page and select ‘Free’ https://mycpdgroup.com/

2. There are several online events coming up from OUP (Oxford University Press) this autumn. The first one is How to manage mixed abilities amongst our primary learners with Erika Osvath at 14:00 UK time next Wednesday, 27^th September https://events.oup.com/oxford-university-press/How-to-manage-mixed-abilities-amongst-our-primary

Full details of all forthcoming events here https://oup.pagetiger.com/how-to-professional-development

3. Green Action ELT continues to offer interesting online events. The next one is Big climate emotions: eco-anxiety and ELT at 14:00 UK time on Friday 29^th September. Scroll down on this page for more information on this autumn’s events https://green-action-elt.uk/events/ and you’ll find the archive of previous events here https://green-action-elt.uk/events/#past-events

4. Here’s a piece from Quanta magazine, The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It, explaining how the memories useful for future generalizations are held in the brain separately from those recording unusual events https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-usefulness-of-a-memory-guides-where-the-brain-saves-it-20230830/

5. And, finally, the story of a lamppost https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/audley-square-spy-lamp-post