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Sabbatical 3
Issue 3 of Sabbatical ‘Zine. Frustrations with academia, a love of teaching, talks about anarchism, another terrible cartoon, music recommendations, and way too much information.
Sabbatical 2
‘Issue #2’ of the online ‘zine’ of my Sabbatical (if you buy into the idea that this counts as a ‘zine). If not - it’s some rambling about what I did this week and some links you might enjoy.
Sabbatical 1
Last week, as the summer came to end and the first week of my self-imposed unemployment loomed, I began to get nervous about what happens next. It occurred to me that it might be fun to document the journey. At first I saw a ‘zine in my mind’s eye: I would call it SABBATICAL and I would work on it every week. I would write a bit about what I did and what I was feeling, and then at the end of however long I’m not working for, I’d put it all together and put it out. I liked the idea, but then I asked myself why a ‘zine when I have this blog already, gathering dust?…
More Philosophy Gets Schooled: Virtue Ethics
Listen to the latest PGS podcast I contributed to on Virtue Ethics.
Eleven Years Later - plus bonus Easter Eggs
The following article was published in the last edition of the school I just left’s online e-zine…
Ties
Being as this week’s heatwave is seeing schools across the country loosening restrictive uniform policy for both staff and students, and I’m finally leaving my current school, I figured it was time to come clean with this article I wrote for The Guardian’s Secret Teacher column in 2016…
Philosophy Gets Schooled
I’m on a new podcast for A-level students of philosophy and you can listen to it here…
The Function of a Crisis in the Time of School
Trying to do academic work outside of academia is difficult for a variety of reasons, but a significant one is the lack of feedback and critique from others…
Quitting My Job - The Thought Behind Making A Change (from Philosophy Unleashed)
I wrote this about my decision to leave my job at the end of the year…
A Plague So Nice I Caught It Twice!
Do you know how frustrating it is to be fully aware of a car crash coming which you have no capacity to stop…
Back To The Theatre
Other than an outdoor performance by the RSC last summer I haven’t been to a theatre and sat in an audience to see people perform since the pandemic started…
How Has Johnson Not Gone Yet?
As I sit reading Cold War Steve’s exceptional Journal of the Plague Year, the media continues to be full of people outraged that Boris Johnson’s government held numerous lockdown-flaunting work parties while the rest of us suffered in isolation, unable to see - or bury - our loved ones…
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