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We hope you find something of interest on our site. It contains information about our books together with short essays and comments on a wide variety of issues particularly education and politics. These can be found by visiting the "Thoughts On" or "Comment" pages and by looking through past editions of School Report. For recent posts please scroll down to NOTICEBOARD.
Our most recent publication is Forever Learning: thoughts on the past, present and future of education. This highly readable, thought-provoking book is packed full of original ideas and is essential reading for all who care about the future of education. For more information click here.
As well as publishing Forever Learning we have published a number of other titles over the past twenty years. Unfortunately our Key Stage 2 Poetry Pack is no longer available and nor are our first editions of Poems for Children. However, we still have a supply of titles which can be purchased directly from us or from Amazon. Click here for information about our books.
Noticeboard 21 September 2023
Thoughts On Latest posts
Plus ongoing see: Corona thoughts 2
16 July 2023: Covid isn't over and what to do about it
7 Mar 2023: How to stop the war in Ukraine
27 Feb 2022: Putin's invasion of Russia
2 Jan 2022: A mantra for the coming year
23 Dec 2021: Nano Covid 2
19 Oct 2021: Covid - a failure of leadership
26 Sep 2021: Nano Covid
19 Aug 2021: The BBC's coverage of the pandemic
30 June 2021: Eliminating the virus, not learning to live with it
6 May 2021: Our Covid carnage – why it was avoidable and how it can be prevented in the future
23 Mar 2021: Why anti-lockdown views have been wrong and deeply damaging
3 Mar 2021: Destroying the virus and striving for zero covid
1 Dec 2020: Government of national unity
4 Nov: November lockdown
18 Sep: How to destroy the virus
21 Aug: Back to normal or not?
18 July: A new vision for society
14 Mar: The Corona Virus Crisis
10 Feb: Brexit and our present and future belonging
23 Dec 2019: The election and a manifesto for the next decade
11 Dec: Abstention rebellion
21 Nov: A radical manifesto for the election and beyond
31 Oct: Walk Mendip, Walk Somewhere
10 Sept: A quick guide to democracy
22 Aug: Replacing GCSEs
21 July: The Rock of Ages and the bedrock of love
2 June: Theresa May - and why she succeeded where others failed
13 May: Pupil assessment - keep SATs, abolish GCSEs
16 April: Recess reflections
24 Jan: Brexit in perspective but three big deals
23 Dec 2018: Planting Peace – at Christmas and beyond
12 Dec: Climbing trees, and the C in BVC
13 Nov: Thanking trees again
17 Oct: Affordable homes - the case for buying
Comment Latest comments
27/7/22 Essential Covid questions
17/11/21 Keep thanking trees
7/9/21 They have failed the nation
2/1/21 Tier 5 lockdown
30 Dec 2020: Lockdowns
6 Mar: Big questions about climate change
6 Jan: Manifesto for the new decade
2 Jan: Do more, and do less, for a happy new decade
27 Nov 2019: Getting rid of our nuclear weapons
27 Sept: Letter to MPs about behaviour
12 Sept: Affront to democracy
26 June: Your top three priorities as prime minister
6 June: Remembrance of D-Day
2 Mar 2022: Ultimatum to Putin
19 Feb 2020: Care workers worth 1000 points
24 Jan: HS2 a huge waste of money
24 Nov 2019: Powerful message
4 Nov: Gorbachev's warning
14 Oct: State opening of parliament
8 Oct: More Liberal undemocracy
1 Oct: Living wage
26 Sept: Dismal system of tribal politics
30 Aug: Affront to democracy
22 July: Jo's first task
3 July: Great skill and passion
4 June: Pageantry of state occasions
15 May: Keep SATs, abolish GCSEs
8 May: PM's impressive leadership
A book that celebrates a well known landmark seen by millions of people who travel through Somerset each year.
Poetry
Another great poem by Gareth Owen:
Time Child
Dandelion, dandelion,
Dandelion flower,
If I breathe upon thee
Pray tell me the hour.
Little child, little child,
Little child I pray,
Breathe but gently on me
Lest you blow the time away.
From: Something I Remember, Quercus Poems for Children.
For other poems by Gareth Owen and copyright acknowledgement click here
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Extract from: Why we must cherish the NHS - written 3 years ago but resonates even more loudly today
... Every minute of every day dedicated healthcare practitioners and support staff demonstrate their skill, commitment and genuine concern for their patients' well-being. We owe them an enormous debt of gratitude. We must never take what they do for granted. They are all heroes - the cleaners, consultants, nurses, hospital porters, junior doctors, paramedics, radiographers, GPs, physios, administrative staff and many more.
And neither must we ever take the idea of the NHS for granted. We must be willing to fund it generously through fair taxation, we must keep striving to improve it, and we must cherish it for the immense contribution it makes to the quality of our lives. It is in the interest of all of us that we cherish it, and cherish it we must.
For the full post click here
Extract from: Brexit - a global, good news story
... However, Britain must renew its global presence in ways other than through trade and business. Not by trying to become a global military power again but by doing the opposite: by becoming a global, peaceful force for good in the world...
We can offer a new kind of leadership to the global community. We can offer it quietly, gently and with humility, with no flag-waving and no air of self-importance. We can offer it respectfully, valuing other beliefs and traditions, whilst firmly putting the arguments for tolerance, human rights, fairness and democratic institutions. We can offer it in a spirit of neighbourliness, love and compassion...