07 September 2017 Lifelong Learning The fun of acquiring new skills. By Lynda Goetz Monday was the day of la rentrée scolaire in France, i.e. the date pupils started the new school year. It also happened to be the day I returned from my own new learning experience in France. I had been in the Lot,… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: Lifelong Learning (Lynda Goetz)
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Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Craft Villages… (Lynda Goetz)
17 August 2017 Craft Villages; Plant Villages; Flower, Vegetable and Produce Shows Country life in the 21st century. By Lynda Goetz The manager of our village pub is a Londoner. His wife is Polish. The idea of competitive entries for ‘A bucket of potatoes (one plant)’, ‘5 runner beans’, ‘3 matching white onions’, ‘a single… Continue reading Issue 118: 2017 08 17: Craft Villages… (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Universities In The News (Lynda Goetz)
10 August 2017 Universities In The News Economics and education. By Lynda Goetz Universities seem to have been in the news a good deal in the last week. However, none of the news seems exactly positive. First there were Baroness Deech’s comments urging vice-chancellors to stand up to student demands if free speech is to… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: Universities In The News (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 116: 2017 08 03: A Very British Event (Lynda Goetz)
03 August 2017 A Very British Event Open-air theatre and problematic weather. By Lynda Goetz Memories are often founded not on what actually happened, nor, of course, on the boring daily trivia, but centre rather around particular events. Our memories of years past are coloured by these occasions and the weather at these fixed points… Continue reading Issue 116: 2017 08 03: A Very British Event (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Education (Lynda Goetz)
27 July 2017 Education More cash, more rights or more discipline? By Lynda Goetz At the beginning of last week, Justine Greening managed to magic up £1.3bn in extra funding for schools, although it quickly emerged that there was in fact no extra money from the Treasury and that this was going to have to… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Education (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 114: 2017 07 20: A Cashless Society (Lynda Goetz)
20 July 2017 A Cashless Society Is this really what we want? By Lynda Goetz Financial writers and commentators have, for some time, been warning of the plans by policy-makers to remove cash from the global system. American best-selling author and renowned economist Jim Rickards has even written an entire book on the subject, The Road… Continue reading Issue 114: 2017 07 20: A Cashless Society (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)
06 July 2017 Hampton Court Flower Show 2017 Flowers or tennis? By Lynda Goetz It is that time of year again. The time of year when the pull of South West London becomes irresistible to many and the yellow and black AA signs sprout up around Wimbledon and Kingston, directing traffic to either ‘Wimbledon Tennis’… Continue reading Issue 112: 2017 07 06: Hampton Court Flower Show (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Believe Me (Lynda Goetz)
29 June 2017 Believe Me Eddie Izzard and LGBT teaching. By Lynda Goetz Gender and sexuality are, these days, something of a minefield. Whenever I hear the term LGBT, I am ashamed to say I cannot help thinking BLT, which is clearly a frivolous and inappropriate response to a serious subject. However, for those of… Continue reading Issue 111: 2017 06 29: Believe Me (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Caravanning in the Ionian (Lynda Goetz)
22 June 2017 Caravanning In The Ionian Avoiding the car crash at home. By Lynda Goetz I have just returned from two weeks holiday. Oh yes, it was lovely, thank you. Of course I sent off my postal vote before I left. I do feel that we all have a responsibility to vote, but I… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 06 22: Caravanning in the Ionian (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Breakfast on the menu (Lynda Goetz)
01 June 2017 Breakfast On The Menu Is breakfast really the answer? By Lynda Goetz The answer to what, you may well ask? A fair question. Firstly and most importantly, is it the answer to plugging a hole in the Conservative’s education budget? Secondly, is a free breakfast for all primary school children a reasonable… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Breakfast on the menu (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 106: 2017 05 25: Bath Brouhaha (Lynda Goetz)
25 May 2017 Bath Brouhaha Prompts A Look At Rubbish And Recycling Global recycling day scheduled for 18 March 2018. By Lynda Goetz. I was rather fascinated by a seemingly trivial story which appeared in the national press this week concerning the residents of Tennyson Road in Bath. The story, featuring a picture attributed to… Continue reading Issue 106: 2017 05 25: Bath Brouhaha (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Tree planting, topography, timber and toxins(Lynda Goetz)
18 May 2017 Tree Planting, Topography, Timber And Toxins Do we need to plant more trees? How to get one planted. by Lynda Goetz It is believed that around 3,000 BC some 50-60% of the UK was forested. But, that being said, any belief that forest cover has been in continual decline since then is… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Tree planting, topography, timber and toxins(Lynda Goetz)
Issue 104: 2017 05 11: Badminton Horse Trials (Lynda Goetz)
11 May 2017 Badminton Horse Trials Not just for the ‘horsey’ crowd. By Lynda Goetz Really, you do not have to be an aspiring 3-day eventer or even a rider to enjoy Badminton. Of course it helps, as with any sport at which you are spectating, if you have some understanding of the rules and the challenges.… Continue reading Issue 104: 2017 05 11: Badminton Horse Trials (Lynda Goetz)
