So grammar schools are bad, but if they already exist somewhere they are good. I'm confused, probably because I only went to a comprehensive school… I did like the point Sarah Teather made on Question Time (and the way Roy Hattersly made the same point 2 minutes later but made it look like he thought […]
Entries Tagged as 'Schooldays'
Another search
November 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on Another search · Life
Another search I spotted today. Somebody from a West Sussex County Council IP address tried to search within this site for “renberence day” and then for “rememberence day”. I do hope that particular address belonged to one of their schools and not County Hall. Not that it is a good thing for pupils in our […]
Tags: Education·Language·Schooldays
Another guilty pleasure
November 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Music
The other day, while getting that Robbie Williams CD for Jayne (which actually I quite like) I indulged in a little guilty pleasure which I have been meaning to do for some time, and bought an Electric Light Orchestra greatest hits album. ELO might be the height of uncool, or should that be the depth? […]
Tags: Nostalgia·Radio·Schooldays
School Selection
September 13th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics
I am always fascinated by tales of the lengths parents will go to in order to get their children into a school which they think is going to be better. I recently read John O'Farrell's book 'May Contain Nuts' which took the whole situation to the extreme. An article in today's Guardian education section trots […]
Tags: Schooldays
Time Travel
August 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
There were times last week when it felt like my holiday destination was actually 1950 rather than Dorset, although to be fair there were some things which were more late 70s. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Don’t we all sometimes look fondly back to simpler times?
Tags: Camping·Dorset·Family·Holidays·Nature·Nostalgia·Railways·Schooldays·Shopping·Town Planning
West Sussex schools
July 13th, 2006 · Comments Off on West Sussex schools · Politics
I was going to mention this a week ago, but Richard Symonds has beaten me to it on his new blog. (One of an astonishing 27 which he has under his profile on Blogger! That is a serious habit – or would be if more than 2 of them were ever updated.) Anyway, West Sussex […]
Tags: Education·Food·Schooldays·WSCC
Crawley in bloom
June 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
Crawley Council usually put on a fine display for the Britain In Bloom competition with hanging baskets everywhere and troughs of flowers on the railings in the middle of the roads. Maybe its a bit over-the-top, and surely adds to the tax burden, but who really wants to live in a colourless place? This year […]
Tags: Art·Crawley·Crawley Council·Local Papers·Photos·Schooldays·Three Bridges·Traffic
School Bus?
June 7th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
This is what happens when you let the school bus contract go to the lowest bidder…
Tags: Funny·London·Photos·Schooldays
70s Cinema
May 30th, 2006 · Comments Off on 70s Cinema · Life
One of the movie channels was showing Deliverance the other night. I started watching it, even though it I had missed the beginning. It was a timely reminder of just how good cinema was in the 70s but also how all those masterpieces would probably never get past the test screening audiences now. Two things […]
Tags: Films·Nostalgia·Schooldays
Tate Britain
May 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Tate Britain · Life
For lunchtime today I completed the set of art galleries within easy reach of Waterloo by mainline rail by visiting Tate Britain. I still find it hard to call the place 'Tate Britain' as I still think of it as The Tate Gallery, remembering the days before they opened the other three. Mind you, I […]