Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s lesser-known poem “Skyfall”
… or Ulysses as he called it. It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel: I will drink […]
The Ascent of Man
Watching Bronowski’s Ascent of Man again. Brilliant, briliant, brilliant.
#SOLO Taxonomy Presentation for Primary School Children
Thought I’d share a little slideshow I’ve made to introduce my class to SOLO. Been mulling over trying it this summer and thank in large part to the theory here, some serendipitous resources mentioned by Ewan and the sheer enthusiasm of Tait, I’m taking the plunge. SOLO Taxonomy for Kids on Prezi Would love to […]
Left Brain, Right Brain, Whole Brain.
Can’t recommend The Master and His Emissary highly enough. It’s grrrreat (though at over £80 on Amazon you may want to go for the Kindle edition which is a tenth of the price). As seems increasingly common, the RSA have done a wonderful animation of it here: David Brooks has touched on the same areas […]
Eric Stanley
Big smile. (Thanks @brainpicker and especially @estan247) Video Eric Stanley – Eminem Ft. Rihanna Love The Way You Lie (Violen Cover).mp4
The Wisdom of Scottish Weddings
It’s great having friends you admire. And one of the many things I admire about my mate Matthew is that he always wants to test things out for himself. Here’s an excerpt from a recent mail: “at my cousin Al’s wedding on Saturday, one of the guests organized a sweepstake – guess the combined length […]
Digby Court – Please Help
This was forwarded to me by a friend of Kate’s. I’ve signed up and if you could spare a moment to read the following, I hope you might too. Hello lovely friends I write to ask for your support for a cause that is very close to the Parkinson family’s heart. This email is a […]
Oxford, Chainsaws and Trampolines
I found out on Saturday that a friend of my mother’s is in hospital at the moment with numerous cracked ribs and a punctured lung. How she got there is, somehow, wonderfully “Oxford”. Her husband has been very ill and is now in a wheelchair. He felt that a tree needed pruning in their back […]
Merry Christmas – Go tell it on the mountain!
Made me laugh.
Doodling Fibonacci – Spirals, Flowers and Pine Cones
Vi Hart is fast becoming a personal hero. Can’t wait for the next in the series.