A 1:12 scale room box 55x25x32 of a Tudor kitchen diorama. All miniatures are hand made and wood or clay. Many made by Sue Peel Miniatures. Can be packed for collection by buyer with some notice.

The sleepwalking scene – an extended introduction. Articles about LM: Finding the “fiend-like queen”. The Fiend-Like Queen and her descendants Discussing the ‘fiend like Queen’ -Voice and ppt…

A model response to a poem which has been used by AQA as a GCSE unseen. Written under timed conditions. The question: How does the poet present the speaker's feelings about the city at night? This poe...

My presentation for #litdrivecpd can be found here: https://litdrive.org.uk/remotecpd/what-is-so-great-about-gatsby I hope it is useful.

In Gatsby, in chapter 3 Nick and Jordan explore the Gatsby mansion and meet owl eyes who exclaims : 'the fella's a regular Belasco'. The reference to Belasco is clear - a stage producer and designer a...

This is a suggestion of a colleague - Caroline Spalding - for a series of talking head lectures to contextualise various texts taught at GCSE/IGCSE. My effort looks at JB Priestley and his 'very Engli...

Dear all, Well, that's that! The results are in and although I have left for pastures new, I wanted to share my thoughts with you on this momentous day. I am incredibly proud of all of you! You should...

A site to share my resources for secondary English teaching.

A site to share my resources for secondary English teaching.

Follower -note the lack of an article suggesting the whole range of potential meanings and sub-meanings to the word. Heaney is writing literally of a boy who followed his father around the fields and ...

For the last 9 years I have been a VIth form tutor and have approached A level results with a mixture of apprehension and excitement.  Interestingly, as my eldest son reached Year 13, I found the day ...

Ever since I published 'An art history of school inspections' a few years ago, studying the way that art has portrayed schools has been somewhat of a hobby of mine. In this post, I'll take you through...

Act II.iii of Macbeth is a source of discussion at all levels. To some the base humour of the scene and its jarring of tone suggest an interpolation; to others it is light relief to diffuse tension. T...

I thought I would write a short article instead of a teaching aid to cover this discussion. Hopefully students will read this and let their research and wider reading fill in any gaps in my narrative....

Every now and then I write a personal blog post. All are welcome to read it, but it will contain nothing which will aid the attainment of a certain grade in any upcoming examinations. It is simply a c...

Our profession has a PR problem. A BIG one. I won’t go into why here. That’s for another time. If this lockdown has taught me anything th...

As I approach the end of my job,I want to reflect on 10 years in a relationship and my feelings as I move on to pastures New. What an odd sensation.  But then the whole adventure has been a little str...

A site to share my resources for secondary English teaching.

I have not known a time like this - on Twitter. Students - this is one of my rare posts about education and the industry in which I am proud to work. It has no relevance your exams or your studies - b...

I have been thinking about this for a while following conversations with former colleagues about why the better students in their cohorts seemed to underperform in exams. I have also noticed what seem...

Doc1 Do you use Twitter? Many teachers do use social networking as a valuable source of CPD. Events like the brilliant and inspirational #TLAB14 exist through Twitter and the range of comment and disc...

A site to share my resources for secondary English teaching.