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Myth Makers and Tall Tales!
Sometimes we get the sort of feedback from teachers that we just have to boast about and share. This was a recent comment from a teacher whose year 3 class had taken part in our half-day Tall Tales se… more →
The Learning Team, The Manchester Museum
The Wonder and Cautionary Tale of Raphael's Mythologically-Themed Ceiling
wrote 5 days ago: Cupid points out Psyche to the Three Graces In search of places you (and I) should visit, I have fou … more →
Six common barriers to change
wrote 2 weeks ago: Reorganize for ResilienceRanjay Gulati wrote Reorganize for Resilience in order to share what his re … more →
ALL SHINY AND NEW
wrote 3 weeks ago: I have an ugly, narcissistic need to write. The Ancient Greek writers from both the Archaic and Clas … more →
Indecent Ancestors
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TEDx Talk - Mesmerizing Commute
wrote 1 month ago: Because I’m all about self-promotion and glory. Here’s the video of my TEDx talk at McGi … more →
Myth Makers and Tall Tales!
wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes we get the sort of feedback from teachers that we just have to boast about and share. This … more →
There's no wisdom to be had here
wrote 1 month ago: The ugly, yet simple and vitally important truth is that you can’t learn from somebody else … more →
Kids say the darnedest things...
wrote 1 month ago: Pardon the cliché of the title, but I had a great response from a year 3 child visiting from Tyntesf … more →
Perfect Logic
wrote 2 months ago: By Conspiracy Theorist Nicola Novakowsky I recently visited the Skeptic’s Guide to the Univers … more →
Literacy in the Museum
wrote 2 months ago: The Museum environment is such a rich and stimulating one for encouraging discussion and debate, and … more →
A Greek among geeks: Importance of asking the right questions...
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wrote 4 months ago: Ask, ask and ask again....!Contrary to a popular perception, I’m not a geek. If anything, I … more →
Using the Socratic Method to expose the problem and to create a solution
wrote 4 months ago: What’s the problem? Many of us are overweight, unhealthy and unenergetic. What’s the cause of … more →
Plato: Myth and Logic
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wrote 5 months ago: New on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, an interesting article on Plato’s attempt to m … more →
A Bum Rap: Medieval Magic, Ancient Curses, Renaissance Paper and Peace Corps :)
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wrote 5 months ago: Somebody please tell me Wikipedia loves me back. Because I have fallen and cannot get up. There was … more →
How did the game of hockey originate?
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wrote 5 months ago: Hockey probably originated in a crude stick-and-ball game played by the ancient Persians and Greeks … more →
What I Believe for the 21st Century
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wrote 5 months ago: Along with Bertrand Russell, it is importance to consider what one believes rather than what one kno … more →
Beating the Bed Bug Blues
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wrote 5 months ago: “SUCH BUGS and goblins in my life,” said Shakespeare’s Hamlet during the medieval era when “bug” mea … more →
On Certainty
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wrote 5 months ago: To the Ancient Greeks and Romans, ethics did not stop at the end of philosophical sentence. The thou … more →
The Greek Way: Edith Hamilton
wrote 6 months ago: ” Little is left of all this wealth of great art: the sculptures, defaced and broken into bits … more →
