Learning foreign languages

When I sat down in 2007 to create my first site, EnglishLanguageExpert.com, I didn’t know anything about code. It’s great that British children are now being taught programming languages, as code + creativity = Facebook, Instagram, canva.com and a billion other...

Gertcha

Today’s a sad day because Chas Hodges has died. Gertcha, Wallop, The Sideboard Song, Ain’t No Pleasing You and of course Rabbit: all great songs telling funny, relatable, engaging stories. As humans, we’re built to respond to stories. We’re...

The Long Tail

Think of the biggest bands in the world. Now think of your favourite among them. Most people will have heard their music, maybe even bought, downloaded or streamed it. Those bands sit proudly at the top or head of what’s known as the long tail, where popularity and...

The Ross County story

During a lunch break a while ago, I was watching Sky Sports News when a line appeared on the screen that said: Ross County unable to sell tickets online for match with Celtic because club’s website was accidentally deleted I laughed. Who’s done a thing like that? I...

Cryptocurrencies: another inted subject

I was listening to the radio earlier when they were talking about cryptocurrencies, which is a subject I know little about. I was intrigued because it fits in with exactly what I want children to learn about as they grow up. One guest on the programme explained that...

Two ways of learning

In Pazzabaijan*, I wrote about my experience of redundancy, and being that proverbial rabbit in the headlights as I faced the future with the panache and poise of a blindfolded Homer Simpson. I knew the internet represented the most important opportunity for me, the...