Saturday, 28 February 2026

An alternative view of children's literacy

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1/ Ever since I did BBC Schools Radio programmes with accompanying booklets (from 1972) I've been trying to find ways to link the spoke...
Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Further evidence on why the 'fronted adverbial' is grammatical nonsense

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Thanks to people who follow my criticisms of the GPS (formerly the SPaG) test. It's possible that its time is up, because this governmen...
Saturday, 31 January 2026

How my father's uncle was arrested on this day in 1944 and deported to Auschwitz

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(On this day) At 2.30 in the morning of January 31, 1944, my father's uncle Martin Rozen was arrested by 4 gendarmes. He was living in a...
Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Holocaust Memorial Day - thoughts from a BBC studio where I was being interviewed.

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Today I spent an hour and a half in a studio at the BBC, talking to 12 local radio stations, one after the other, about Holocaust Memorial ...
Sunday, 25 January 2026

The Mission Statement from Goldsmiths Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team (the one they don't abide by when it comes to planning Holocaust Memorial Day)

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  "Equality and Diversity at Goldsmiths We are passionate about advancing equality and celebrating diversity at Goldsmiths. Primary pag...

My letter to Goldsmiths Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team about the exclusion of Jewish members of staff from involvement with planning Holocaust Memorial Day.

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  Dear Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team Since writing to you I have 'discovered' that, following the Antisemitism Report, the ...
Thursday, 22 January 2026

Goldsmiths University of London, antisemitism, 14 Jewish members of staff, and Holocaust Memorial Day

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 People may  know very well by now that a) I work at Goldsmiths, University of London b) there was an inquiry into antisemitism at the coll...