• Diving for pearls

    Updated: 2023-03-21 13:27:44
    With all the will in the world Diving for dear life When we could be diving for pearls. Shipbuilding, Elvis Costello It’s World Poetry Day today and, for the UK, where the study of poetry and the other arts is increasingly the preserve of the wealthy and privileged, it should be moment not only for … Continue reading Diving for pearls

  • Adult education in a cold climate

    Updated: 2023-02-17 19:31:12
    I have been reading Darren McGarvey’s book Poverty Safari and was much struck by his description of a prison education class: a rap workshop he gave to a group of women prisoners interned at a young offenders’ institution in Scotland. The prison setting has its own unique challenges for educators, of course, and the thematic … Continue reading Adult education in a cold climate

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