Friday Reads
The BBC highlights the scary SATS marking - Teachers raise concerns over Sats marking - BBC News - I suspect I'd fail at inserting type font size semicolons if I'm honest with myself.
Monday Read
Money, money, money- it seems like a topic I'm obsessed about and, to a degree, I am, but mainly in it's implications for society. So the BBC's short history of tally sticks and cheques is interesting- it would be interesting to see what a modern day intrepration of this would l…
Weekend Reads
With the G20 meeting and Trump presumably kicking the Paris climate agreement further to the curb with moves to strengthen ties to Russia, it's good to read that "nation states" are rebelling and rebelling well. I'm a fan of (and the UK has a good set of cases for) devolving pow…
Friday Reads
Has a stranger ever sang a song to you, with your name in it? How about a song about your local town? I previously assumed songs about small towns and custom birthday tracks where rarities, but it turns out Spotify has helped the thriving industry of personalised song alongside…
Thursday reads
I have fond memories of "book buses" from when I was a child (mobile libraries) so the idea of a mobile shop seems like a pretty good concept to me - NPR explores (with a fair amount of sceptism in my opinion) the idea in Mobile SuperMarket comes to you... and I honestly can't s…