Noseblow Man – Whatonomy
Today, I thought I’d try my hand at the sort of BBC Radio 4 ‘sarcasm poetry’ that is typical of the likes of Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy. My neighbour blows his nose at all…| Whatonomy
Today, I thought I’d try my hand at the sort of BBC Radio 4 ‘sarcasm poetry’ that is typical of the likes of Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy. My neighbour blows his nose at all…| Whatonomy
In the thick felt of night, at thirty minutes past its dead centre, I was visited by the Black Carmarthen Pig, troughing at my bedside. For centuries it is said, he has appeared – at times of…| Whatonomy
It could have been a brilliant career. ‘Fuck off.’ It may seem too good to be true, but the first words that a student said to me, during my first ever English lesson, were ‘Fuck off!’ It was my first lesson, teaching English Literature on a one-week initial placement in my old secondary school and […]| Whatonomy
The moon waxing gibbous gave weight to his bones and made for the most surreal night. The both of them in bed, she woke him from a deep sleep at 3.30am: her nose was blocked, but she was sobbing too. Through the half-closed blinds, the moonlight freckled her tears. She said that she was sick […]| Whatonomy
William illustration from Milton: a Poem, To Justify the Ways of God to Men by William Blake(1752-1827). Original from The New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. by New York Publi…| Whatonomy
Did you know that the three victims of the 1618 Defenestration of Prague all survived their fall? A fellow expat teacher asked me how I felt that teaching abroad had transformed my perspective on e…| Whatonomy
I am the last human teacher on Earth and I talk to myself all day on EduX. I have two accounts – Gradgrind and Rousseau – and I battle all day along seasonal lines. In the Spring time, …| Whatonomy
Suffering is personal and universal. For some, this blog might be a difficult and inscrutable read; for others it might offer some light and a hand of solidarity. But beware: there is a devastating…| Whatonomy
Propping up the bar at the Dog and Tweet, and a fellow barfly side-eyes me and, noting that we both were sporting elbow-patches, he says ‘you a teacher, too?’ ‘For my sins, yes.’ Our eyes roll in u…| Whatonomy
My youngest daughter is nearing the end of her secondary education. And what an education it has been. She has lived in four countries since she was one year old and she speaks both Spanish and Eng…| Whatonomy
