Raising Awareness of Gosling Sports Hall
My latest leaflet delivery to Panshanger homes focuses on raising awareness about Gosling Sports Hall. You can read the leaflet here. Thanks to some good work by community groups, the…
Month: January 2019
Endless surrenders?
There's a situation I observe that has a strange symmetry. Very often I'll read someone on the left lamenting a series of endless surrenders to the right, such that officially…
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Conservative Candidate for Panshanger
As some of those reading this will know, I'm standing as the Conservative Candidate for Panshanger in the Borough Council elections this May. I'm delighted and honoured to have the…
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A follow up on grammar schools
My latest Wonkhe piece summarises my recent paper on selective schools for HEPI, addresses some of the critiques and reflects on that fact that, whilst academics don't need grammar schools…
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Save Gosling Sports Hall
Below is the text of an email I've sent to GLL (who run Gosling) urging them to reconsider their decision to close Gosling Sports Hall.If you live locally, do consider…
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Watership Down is not a Children’s Book
Chorus: Why do you cry out thus, unless at some vision of horrorCassandra: The house reeks of death and dripping blood.Chorus: How so? 'Tis but the odour of the altar…
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Grammar Schools and Progression to Higher Education
My latest paper, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), looks at the impact of selective schools in ensuring progress to higher education. The Impact of Selective Secondary Education…
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Bible Analytics: What do Children’s Bibles Focus On?
We have quite a lot of children's bibles and it's always interesting to see what each one focuses on. This post carries out some fairly surface level analysis of how…
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Christmas Quiz XIII: Winners, Honour Roll and Answers
The answers are now out for Christmas Quiz III, Countries and Regions! Download the answers here. This year we have a joint winner. On 99 points each, we have Alex…
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Predictions for a No-Deal Brexit
Many people are talking of leaving the EU without a deal as being a disaster. Even setting aside the obviously histrionic claims that it will cause millions of deaths, normally…