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One of the things I think can add to one’s enjoyment and also improve one’s writing is to read stories from other cultures.
Read MoreThis pdf contains the reviews of mine that were published in Teach Secondary magazine in 2024.
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Here are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
Read MoreHere are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
Read MoreHere are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
Read MoreHere are two versions of the same review: the one I submitted to Teach Secondary magazine, and the edited one they published.
Read MoreAs indicated by the title, the first thing to know about this anthology is that it comprises both poetry and prose, rather than one or the other. Many of the pieces are quite unusual...
Read MoreIt's rather disconcerting when one considers that buildings like The Shard are essentially held together by nuts, bolts and washers.
Read MoreLike, I suspect, many people, I have never knowingly come across an isosceles triangle in my life, and wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did. However...
Read MoreThis book may be thirty years old, but its advice is still pertinent. If you want to have a blitz or crackdown against, or shake-up of, bad writing (all examples of 'tabloidese'), then this is the book for you.
Read MoreA fascinating glimpse into the mind and development of a true virtuoso.
Read MoreThe art of making paper was kept secret for hundreds of years.
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Read MoreThe typical school writing assignment involves working in a way that no real writer does.
Read MoreThis review was originally published in Teach Secondary magazine, and so is aimed at teachers rather than writers, but as writers are often called upon to speak in public I thought this might be useful for them too!
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It was, surely, only a matter of time before someone would take Raymond Queneau’s idea of exercises in style and apply it to mathematics.
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This beautifully illustrated volume has relevance to several different curriculum areas, containing as it does accounts of intrepid historical journeys that range from 16th century seafaring voyages to Arctic crossings and even the surveys undertaken to facilitate the moon landings.
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Perhaps the second hardest thing for a writer to do (after commencing work in the first place) is to delete parts of what they’ve written.
Read MoreA book on temporal adventures may seem like an odd inclusion here, but it can actually be used in many ways.
Read MoreDavid Crystal has triumphed again. This is a fascinating book containing hundreds of concise entries on quirky occasions, literary facts and significant events.
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