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Welcome to my website, such as it is. Expect random things to disappear/reappear as I learn how to do this. My most recent posts will be listed below, and you can have a look at the books I have written or appear in too. Man I hope this works…
…pitch-perfect action sequences combine with the wild Celtic magic to create a genuinely thrilling experience
jim Mcleod, Gingernuts of Horror
…a wonderful mix of old school horror story and psychological mind games.
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RECENT POSTS
Interviews
It’s that time of year when we start thinking about possibly moving schools and looking for a new job or challenge. Teachers usually have to give half a term’s notice before resigning and the job market starts to ramp up from now, ready for next September. It has been over twenty years since I was…
Burnout
You’ve been back a week since half term! A whole week at work after a whole week off – you must be flying high, right? Energy levels at the highest they’ve been since September, lessons going brilliantly, students finally accepting you and their behaviour is impeccable, right? Wrong. So, so wrong. Why the hell do…
Every Second Counts
Doesn’t it? The average human lives for around 2,240,543,592 seconds, which a mind-bogginly large number. The average UK student spend 117,000 seconds per week in school, or 56,160,000 seconds over an education from 5 to 16 years old. Huge numbers that lack meaning, much like the phrase being bandied about in school ‘Every Second Counts.’…
David Watkins 