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Thursday, 19th March (Hull, where I’m attending the 2026 Philip Larkin Society Conference)
1. To start with today, Keep calm & carry on: Patience and perseverance in learning from Alexandra Mihai on her blog, The Educationalist https://educationalist.substack.com/p/keep-calm-and-carry-on-patience-and Today I want to write about something that I deeply value and see as two important … Continue reading
Tuesday, 17th March (Cambridge)
1. This piece by Brendan Simms for Engelsberg Ideas, What drives Trump 2.0?, surprised me with its delineation of beliefs consistently held by Donald Trump – today more usually portrayed as the very antithesis of consistent – for forty years … Continue reading
Thursday, 12th March (Cambridge)
1. A thoughtful piece for Engelsberg Ideas by Rob Macaire, the only UK ambassador to be arrested in recent times that I know of, Iran and the perils of fighting the last war https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/iran-and-the-perils-of-fighting-the-last-war/ Away from the rarified atmosphere of … Continue reading
Tuesday, 10th March (Cambridge)
1. We used to live just down the road in Berlin from the Olympiastadion. We once attended an incongruous British army-catered Burns Supper there, along with hundreds of other guests, all of us served excellent haggis, neeps and tatties. Here’s … Continue reading
Thursday, 5th March (Cambridge)
1. Belonging Matters, two practical webinars from TeachingEnglish, starting at 09:00 UK time on Friday 13th March, with experts from Southeast Asia which focus on learner well-being and including home languages in the classroom to create a sense of belonging: … Continue reading
Tuesday, 3rd March (Cambridge)
1. Green Action ELT’s next event, Backwards into the future? How sustainable is AI in ELT?, is at 14:00 UK time this coming Friday, 6th March: more info and registration here https://green-action-elt.uk/events/ The rise of Large Language Models is transforming … Continue reading
Thursday, 26th February (Cambridge)
1. The International Booker Prize is perhaps a little more genuinely international nowadays, but it still has some way to go, with nine of the thirteen books on this year’s longlist from Europe: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-international-booker-prize-2026-longlist Cross quibbles apart, it’s an interesting … Continue reading
Thursday, 19th February (Cambridge)
1. To start us off today, a recent post by Daisy Christodoulou on her blog, No More Marking, Does a university education help you earn more? Maybe, but not in the way that you think https://substack.nomoremarking.com/p/does-a-university-education-help Over the last couple … Continue reading
Tuesday, 17th February (Cambridge)
An AI focus for the first three of today’s offerings, possibly a bit doomy and gloomy … 1. You can read or listen to this alarmist (realist?) piece for Fortune by Jake Angelo, Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months … Continue reading
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