It’s the last week of school and fatigue is beginning to set in. The weariness of my students has begun to manifest in a heady blend of restlessness and cynicism. Students have completed their coursework and the next teaching module isn’t due... Read more
To ‘authorise’ is to endorse, give approval or validate the worth of something. With the weight of that definition comes ‘authority’, so the role of the author is to be elevated by association. A successful, well-known literature author will... Read more
Time for an altogether different bouquet? It has existed for decades, suffers from an image problem… and it stinks. Generally parents love it, but students and young people hate it. I believe it is fair to make a comparison between the... Read more
Since the inception of the video games genre, video games have played catch-up to the medium of film. Not only in terms of social credibility but also in terms of defining itself as a worthwhile art form. A significant proportion of society... Read more