This blog is brought to you by sparkly hats and glitter. Lots of glitter. Everywhere. MMXII In Review So 2012 has been and gone. Not the most memorable of years if I’m honest. Sure I finished* my first novel and se...
Oooh look, WordPress seems to have a shiny new back end UI. Admittedly, you guys can’t see this, but it is here regardless. Crisper. Cleaner. More like something Apple would make — not that I hold Apple as the epito...
The attitude of some people in this country disgusts me: teachers take your kids off your hands every week day, bust a gut to try and educate them — often fighting them all the way because ‘learning’ and ̵...
I’m struggling to find a point of view on the Union-led strikes this Thursday over the massive cuts/changes to public sector pension schemes. I don’t have a public pension — when I started teaching at 23 I opt...
I don’t watch all that much television. And I watch even less good television (ask anyone I know). Many shows that I do like tend to not be shows that other, more mainstream, audiences like, and thus thanks to the lovely ...