Autonomy and the right to be.
Who decides what you can and can’t do? As adults we like to think we are in control of our thoughts and actions, that we have the tools to make […]
Who decides what you can and can’t do? As adults we like to think we are in control of our thoughts and actions, that we have the tools to make […]
A central tennant of the Conservative Party is that of the small state. In other words: minimal governance and regulation, a belief in market forces and minimal commitment to citizens […]
I’m very aware that I haven’t been blogging for a while. Partly this is because I wanted to avoid transmitting the negativity I have been feeling thanks to the current […]
The current background of political lies, lawbreaking and corruption in the UK (and elsewhere of course) has drawn my attention to the role of the press in masking truth and […]
Looking through Twitter in preparation for the upcoming #OER22 conference I spotted an invitation on twitter to share our stories of serendipity and open. I followed this invitation and discovered […]
Today is a national day of reflection . I have to admit that this seems to be muddied by some of the many awful things going on at the moment […]
Apparently there are both male and female courgette flowers. The males are more showy, they attract the pollinators. Only the fertilized female flowers bear fruit. I have managed to get […]
I’m returning to my thinking space today thanks to a provocation from Donald Clark. There is a grain of truth in each of his points about open badges but I […]
Lockdown life sees us all very familiar with the notion of closed. Everything, apart from supermarkets and chemists, is closed in the UK for the 3rd lockdown since this time […]
This is the first Saturday since I retired that it feels like I have gained a new freedom. Strictly speaking there was one previous Saturday but that was filled with […]