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Thursday, 1st October (Cambridge)
Also fifty years ago, at much the same time as my first visit to The Queen’s Head, we were soundly thrashed on ‘University Challenge’ by the University of Hull – who’d been practising their buzzer technique and, unlike any of … Continue reading
Tuesday, 29th September (Cambridge)
The closest thing we have to ‘a local’, The Queen’s Head in Newton, which we visited at the weekend, and which I first visited fifty years ago when the landlord was the grandfather of the current landlord. The Adnams bitter … Continue reading
Thursday, 24th September (Cambridge)
The story behind today’s picture? I always smile when I pass this umbrella shop on New Oxford Street at which we bought two expensive umbrellas at least thirty years ago. I had the temerity to enquire about a guarantee. The … Continue reading
Tuesday, 22nd September (Cambridge)
1. I’ve just come out of a webinar with Chris Sowton on his ‘personal passion project’ that I featured back in June, Teach Any Class, even more convinced that it’s a great idea and resource https://teachanyclass.org/ The site’s motto comes … Continue reading
Thursday, 17th September (Cambridge)
Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ Back home in Cambridge at last! Today’s photo is of the sculpture in the roll call square (Appellplatz) at Dachau Concentration Camp, which we visited for the first time on the way home, despite having lived just … Continue reading
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Tagged A Fabulous Debt, Anne Applebaum, Farage is Faltering, fascism, germany, history, hitler, Howard Davies, Lewis Nielsen, MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption, politics, Rob Drummond & Michael Rosen, The Far Right is Not, The Jews Who Voted for Hitler, Timothy W. Ryback, Voices of Manchester
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Thursday, 10th September (Zagreb)
1. The YouGov daily omnibus opinion poll is always worth a look. Yesterday’s, conducted on (rather than with?) 4,506 GB adults https://yougov.com/en-gb/daily-results/20260909-8d692-1 included the following three items: a) surprisingly strong support for the UK government’s decision to ban the import … Continue reading
Tuesday, 8th September (Zagreb)
LinkedIn newsletter version: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tuesday-8th-september-zagreb-roy-cross-bdute 1. Short notice (sorry!) of an IH London Teacher Portal webinar tomorrow, Wednesday 9th September, Fun apps and strategies in teaching writing, with Nawaf Almahdi https://teacherportal.ihlondon.com/course/webinars Scroll down the page to see the details of the … Continue reading
Thursday, 3rd September (Cres)
If it’s more convenient for you, and you have a LinkedIn account, you might like to subscribe to the new LinkedIn newsletter version of this Free Resources message https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thursday-3rd-september-cres-roy-cross-3oowe I’ll still be offering the WhatsApp, e-mail and blog versions: let … Continue reading
Tuesday, 1st September (Cres)
If it’s more convenient for you, and you have a LinkedIn account, you might prefer to subscribe to the new LinkedIn newsletter version of this Free Resources message here https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7499567271909031936 I’ll still be offering the WhatsApp, e-mail and blog versions: … Continue reading
Thursday, 27th August (Cres)
1. First up today, two pieces on language learning: a) A YouGov poll conducted in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, How do attitudes to language learning differ across Europe? https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55385-how-do-attitudes-to-language-learning-differ-across-europe The vast majority (87-97%) of Europeans think being … Continue reading
