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As an English teacher, one of my favourite poems to teach, to pupils of almost all ages, is Chinua Achebe’s ‘Vultures’. In the poem, the speaker...
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As I have been driving across England’s green and pleasant land visiting friends and family this summer, I discovered that the UK’s phone signal is...
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As part of the ongoing review into the primary and secondary school curriculum, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced that children...