Tag Archives: Engelsberg Ideas

Tuesday, 12th May (Cambridge)

1. Radio 4’s Book of the Week this week is Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe by Katja Hoyer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w5pm Katja Hoyer’s ‘Weimar – On the Edge of Catastrophe’ – is informed by the meticulous diary of Carl Weirach … Continue reading

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Thursday, 30th April (Cambridge)

1. Colm Downes & Jade Blue have just established a consultancy, EcoLens Education, which focuses, as the name suggests, on visual literacy for climate education https://ecolenseducation.org/ Their website offers an ‘Education Guidance Model’ and an ‘Education Toolkit’. PDF of the … Continue reading

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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

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Tuesday, 24th February (Cambridge)

1. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth year today. It seems that very few people believed that Putin was going to invade Ukraine, not even Volodymyr Zelenskyy https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/feb/20/a-war-foretold-cia-mi6-putin-ukraine-plans-russia (This) is the story of a spectacular intelligence success, but also … Continue reading

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Thursday, 8th January (Cambridge)

1. The next free online NATESOL event is at 16:00 UK time next Thursday, 15th January: Languages Through Music: Songs to Engage, Inspire, and Connect with Learners with Desta Haile. More info and registration here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGw29N5zXmi0DmYAJFcVbDCxIEsc_nQOeF-RVE-I54ssDKSw/viewform 2. Ali Ansari has … Continue reading

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Tuesday, 21st October (Richmond)

1. First up today, the latest version of Ethan Mollick’s (Opinionated) Guide to Using AI https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/an-opinionated-guide-to-using-ai Click on the images to enlarge them. Every few months I write an opinionated guide to how to use AI, but now I write … Continue reading

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Thursday, 25th September (Cambridge)

1. First up today, Familiar Strangers, an ambitious post by Jamie Keddie on his LessonStream blog, “in which (says Jamie), with the help of three videos, I want to explore how media shapes the way we see each other and … Continue reading

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