Judi Dench on Shakespeare
Judi Dench's reflections on playing many roles in Shakespeare's plays over decades are essential reading, in a marvellous collection of conversations with Brendan O'Hea.
Read MoreJudi Dench's reflections on playing many roles in Shakespeare's plays over decades are essential reading, in a marvellous collection of conversations with Brendan O'Hea.
Read MoreDrawing attention to the peculiar anomaly in which English has had dramatically less grade inflation in the Leaving Certificate since pre-pandemic times.
Read MoreOn my selection of 12 short stories for Jonathan Gibbs’s ‘A Personal Anthology’
Read MoreA brief account of James Shapiro’s appearance with Fintan O’Toole at the 2024 Dalkey Book Festival.
Read MoreA memory of perfect classes discussing The Portrait of a Lady.
Read MoreComments on the Higher Level literature Paper 2 in the 2024 Leaving Certificate.
Read MoreAn assessment of English Paper 1 in the Leaving Certificate, June 2024.
Read MoreAdditional notes to my ‘Irish Times’ article on the future of education in Ireland.
Read MoreEmily Dickinson: The Gorgeous Nothings is both a lovely book, and a handy resource if you’re teaching the poet.
Read MoreAndrew Atherton’s Experiencing English Literature: shaping authentic student response in thinking and writing provides stimulating ideas for English teachers at all stages of their careers.
Read MoreJottings on Generative AI and English teaching.
Read MoreSome thoughts on the first three years of English Meets at St Columba’s College.
Read MoreLinks and notes from my webinar on Tuesday 7th May 2024 for the English Community of Practice organised by Joe Rolston via Wexford Education Support Centre.
Read MoreA report on the third English Meet at St Columba’s College, in May 2024.
Read MoreThoughts of a teacher on one of the books of the moment, Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation.
Read MoreA review of Carol Atherton’s Reading Lessons: the books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter, with extended comments on English teaching.
Read MoreA free webinar on ideas of ‘light and dark’ in ‘King Lear’, via Wexford Education Centre, at 7.00pm on Tuesday 7th May 2024.
Read MoreA summary of teaching notes on Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, including a free 26-page downloadable guide.
Read MoreJonathan F.S. Post’s ‘Elizabeth Bishop’ in the OUP Very Short Introduction series is an admirable introduction to this most admirable of 20th century poets.
Read MoreA summary of notes on the four comparative modes in the Leaving Certificate as they might apply to Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These.
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