Recent Comments
roycross on Tuesday, 28th January (Ri… syed_ahmad_dilshad on Tuesday, 28th January (Ri… Irene Lavington on Tuesday, 24th June (Cambr… roycross on Monday, 16th September (C… Christopher Graham on Monday, 16th September (C…
Tag Archives: Gaza
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
Thursday, 26th March (Cambridge)
1. Rachael Fionda introduced me to Gwich’in language and culture and its rich website https://gwichin.ca/ in her NILE webinar on Language Policy and Language Pedagogy earlier this week. The Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (the Gwich’in language) is spoken by fewer than … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Amjad Iraqi, Carne Ross, Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik, Gaza, Gwich'in, Iran, israel, middle-east, No More Marking, politics, Reichs and Republics
Leave a comment
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, 15th January (Richmond)
1. An online event at (from?) The Cambridge REAL Centre on Thursday 22nd January at 16:00 UK time, the presentation of their report, Palestinian Education Still Under Attack: Restoration, Recovery, Rights and Responsibilities in and through Education Also in person … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Education in Palestine, Gaza, hamas, Iqbal Ahmed, israel, Katja Hoyer, Margaret Robertson, Palestine, politics, REAL Centre, Tin T, Tin T Dang, WhatsApp, Zeitgeist
Leave a comment
Tuesday, 12th August (Richmond)
1. On Life and Death in Gaza: a doctor shares his story by Abdelkareem Alsalqawi https://www.persuasion.community/p/on-life-and-death-in-gaza More than once I have chopped a leg or a forearm or a hand without anaesthesia. I remember one case very well: it was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Adriano Celentano, eco-friendly, environment, Forever plastics, Gaza, Oxfam, recycling, Simon Borg, sustainability, sustainable-living, Wicked Leeks
Leave a comment
Thursday, 29th May (Cambridge)
1. Paths to Restitution is a piece about the Africa Museum in Brussels by Jeremy Harding for the London Review of Books https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n10/jeremy-harding/paths-to-restitution The museum’s acquisition of works by contemporary Congolese artists is a consequence of the long effort to turn … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Africa Museum, Blatten, European Centre for Modern Languages, Gaza, Green Action ELT
Leave a comment
