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August 14, 2017
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People from the past

I think an understanding of the concepts in history is something that really sets humans aside from other species. I think science and technology and communication are really important too. But our ability to think and comprehend time, and our place within it, helps us make sense of life and the world around us. I’m […] Continue reading →

July 28, 2017
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Mollie Makes

I am called Mollie and I’ve taken over R kid’s blog. I’m going to tell you how to make face pancakes. We did this together at Christmas. It is from Matilda Ramsay. First you need to whisk all of the batter together. In the batter you need to put flour, eggs and milk. Secondly you […] Continue reading →

July 21, 2017
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Music and movement

I’ve never been a huge music fan and I think this might be down to my early life where we would have talk radio in my parents’ house where The Archers and Radio 4 news stick in my memory but not much music. I don’t know why this was the case as my Dad loves […] Continue reading →

May 25, 2017
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Beards

I have always been a bit anti-beard. I thought men with beards were hiding behind it, or worse had something hidden in it. And I’m not the only one. Roald Dahl had similar thoughts (see The Twits) and once called out Michael Rosen for having one proclaiming “it’s disgusting!”. Growing up in the 1980s I […] Continue reading →

May 13, 2017
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Me and my emojis (part 3 in an occasional series on digital tech)

Every once in a while I post about digital technology. And if you read earlier posts you’d know I have a mixed history with technology. Well, I was enjoying the Eurovision Song Contest #ESC2017 (ok judge me, I like it alright…) and tweeting as I did. One chat resulted in me commenting that I was […] Continue reading →

May 1, 2017
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Life, loss and friendship

This blog usually focuses on ‘worthy’ issues and I’ve posted things before that I thought might be interesting linking to my personal ethos or things of professional relevance. But this post is a bit of a departure from that. This past few week I’ve been marking assignments, getting a feeling of deja vu, and it […] Continue reading →