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Thursday, 20th March (Cambridge)

Posted on March 20, 2025 by roycross

1. I hadn’t realised that today was World Happiness Day until I saw that Gallup’s annual World Happiness Report was published today https://www.gallup.com/analytics/349487/world-happiness-report.aspx Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row! PDF of … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 18th March (Richmond)

Posted on March 18, 2025 by roycross

1. Two free from this month’s Literary Review: Sea of Troubles, a review by Owen Matthews of a ‘brilliantly written, convincingly argued and compelling book’, Baltic: The Future of Europe by Oliver Moody https://literaryreview.co.uk/sea-of-troubles Death from the Clouds, a review … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 13th March (Cambridge)

Posted on March 13, 2025 by roycross

1. James Thomas’s new book, Discovering English with VersaText, is launched online this coming Saturday, 15th March, at 15:00 UK time. More info and registration here https://bit.ly/vtbl2025 and PDF below. Everyone gets a free chapter! ‘Discovering English with VersaText’ helps … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 11th March (Richmond)

Posted on March 11, 2025 by roycross

1. Here’s a combative interview in Der Spiegel with Pankaj Mishra about the war in Gaza, “Germany’s Reputation Has Been Badly Tainted by its One-Sided Support for the Israeli Government” https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pankaj-mishra-on-the-war-in-gaza-germanys-reputation-has-been-badly-tainted-by-its-one-sided-support-for-the-israeli-government-a-12cab975-96cd-4187-aefc-edce56113b0c 2. To give you time to arrange to attend, … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 6th March (Cambridge)

Posted on March 6, 2025 by roycross

1. I enjoyed this BBC Radio 4 series, Facing the Music, very much on my way back from Yorkshire last week https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m002848z Toby Jones and Sibelius, Dominic West and Beethoven, Maxine Peake and Ethel Smyth: what’s not to like? 2. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 4th March (Richmond)

Posted on March 4, 2025 by roycross

1. NATESOL’s 41st Annual Conference, Learners and Learning, is on Saturday 17th May and is a hybrid event, online via Zoom or on-site at Manchester Metropolitan University. All speakers get to attend free and the deadline for the submission of … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 27th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 27, 2025 by roycross

1. Two recent posts about young children’s behavioural development on the BOLD blog: Do tablets help or hinder children’s play? with Salim Hashmi & Kathryn Bates https://boldscience.org/do-tablets-help-or-hinder-childrens-play/ When children are with another person, they tend to benefit from playing on … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 25th February (Richmond)

Posted on February 25, 2025 by roycross

1. Lost England, a gallery of photos from 1870 to 1930 from The Guardian to start with today, including one of the labour-intensive construction of the Manchester ship canal in 1889 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2016/nov/28/lost-england-photographs-from-1870-to-1930 2. The longlist for this year’s International Booker … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 20th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 20, 2025 by roycross

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. SHORT NOTICE: 18:30 UK time tomorrow, Friday 21st February, an RSA online event, Russia’s war in a global perspective, with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, and BBC journalist Clive Myrie. More … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 18th February (Richmond)

Posted on February 18, 2025 by roycross

1. There’s a MenTRnet panel discussion at 13:00 UK time this coming Saturday, 22nd February, Integrating teacher-research into pre-service teacher education. More info and registration here https://mentrnet.net/integrating-teacher-research-into-pre-service-teacher-education-festival-event/ Mentoring teacher-research is often conceived of as an activity to engage in with … Continue reading →

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