Nearly 15 weeks of no realtime interaction with my kids’ school. Just had the first ever face to face video encounter between my daughter and her GCSE drama teacher. Our discussion afterwards: Nearly 15 weeks of no realtime interaction with my kids’ school. Just had the first ever face to face video encounter between my […]
Famine, Slavery & Solidarity
Victorian white working class poor identifying their plight with that of the black African slaves … Winter 1863. The starving thousands rioted in Stalybridge. Then in Ashton and then in Dukinfield. And the hussars on horseback arrived – charging the crowds in this Mancunian town – some 44 years after Peterloo. But how many of […]
The Neighbours
We were on a walk around a neighbouring area – a very pretty little hamlet. With daughter (15) and son (12). My son began with: SON: It’s really nice round here. I do love our house though – and I was going to buy our house off you, when you’re old. ME: Nice to know. […]
Maths and Sex. The Practicals.
STRESSED PARENTS! Here’s a tip on how to get your kids away from you and to dispatch them very quickly into another part of the house: (NB – WARNING: PARENTAL GUIDANCE FOR THIS POST – ie. best to try this approach only if they’re aged 12+) (Conversation addressed to daughter aged 15 and son aged […]
Lack of Care
On a little bike ride. Me for the 3rd time in about 35 years. Son (12) really getting into it now. Parked up to go to the local farm shop. SON: When you just came out of the shop then, with your bag of carrots and your lycra thingies on, I just thought … it’s […]
“HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE”*
Since lockdown (and putting societal emergency healthcare to one side for a moment) there have been countless column inches and observations in relation to the effects that these weeks may have on peoples’ mental health, both short and long-term. There have been amusing chatter and memes about how lockdown will crush the (majority) extrovert segments […]
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