SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
Language row is all talk
Teacher ROBERT POOLE cannot, for the life of him, see how introducing Latin to the masses will solve systemic educational inequality
IT’S the summer holidays — six glorious weeks off school to recharge the batteries and this year more than ever the break is needed.
Normally I’d be scouring the last-minute deals for a trip to somewhere with a bit of sun, but due to the changeable nature of Covid decision-making I’m currently sitting in a teepee sheltering from the weather on a rainy day in the Mendips.
I’m using up the last of my phone battery to browse education Twitter to see what the latest outcry is.
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