The door bell goes. I run down the stairs (I call it my exercise for the day!). It’s a parcel delivery service with a big box for ME. I sign for it, tear open the box and yahoo! It’s a box of books, sent courtesy of my publisher.
I love, Love, LOVE [...]
Archive for January, 2007
[ Monday, 23, July 2007 to Saturday, 28, July 2007. ] Lee Weatherly and I will be teaching on an Arvon course entitled ‘Writing for Young Adults – fiction for the over 12s’ from 23rd July this year. The course will run for a week and is designed for adults who wish to write for young adults. The special guest for the week will [...]
Multiculturalism is the word… is the word… is the word…
Published by January 31st, 2007 in News and Opinion. 0 CommentsGrease was the word for a while (I saw that film five times at the cinema when it first came out!) Then the word became Multiculturalism. Well, haven’t we all turned 180 degrees on that one?  Just how did multiculturalism change from a social ideal into a political dirty word? If you want my opinion, part of the [...]
I was recently lucky enough to be involved in the The London Challenge initiative which set out to celebrate the achievements of the pupils of London state secondary schools (see the link below for more details).
To celebrate this achievement, Transport for London (TfL) produced a special map, based on the tube map, highlighting some of [...]