Tag: Scotland

Orwell’s Scottish Ancestry & Slavery*

Posted by | Published on June 23, 2019

“He hated Scotsmen!”    Kay Ekevall “He wrote under the name ‘Orwell’, partly because he preferred separate identity as an author, partly because he disliked […] 

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In Edinburgh: Thinking About The Scottish Enlightenment & Contemporary Australia

Posted by | Published on October 1, 2014

“This was a townscape raised in the teeth of cold winds from the east; a city of winding cobbled streets and haughty pillars; a city […] 

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Postcard: Kastellorizo, Greece  →

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I had not planned to visit Kastellorizo, just a few kilometres off the coast of Turkey. In fact, I had never heard of this Greek Island nor the deep connections […] 

Homage to Stansky and Abrahams: Orwell’s first biographers*  →

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“I request that no memorial service be held for me after my death and that no biography of me shall be written.”  (Eric Blair, 18 January 1950) “Perhaps Orwell was […] 

The Best of 1:1 Advice  →

Posted in Education, Professional development

Here’s the cream of the 100s of replies from my PLN, you folks, for a 4 minute – ‘best of 1: 1′ laptop suggestions – video. 1:1 PLN Advice  

Twitter Literati for English Teachers  →

Posted in Education

Australian English teachers have not flocked to twitter in the way I envisaged back in early 2008. I have been guilty of spamming email distribution lists, evangelising at conferences and publishing traditional […] 

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