Time for tea?
Ever wondered why the kettle makes a noise?
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Think the world is doomed? Read this.
This week has brought a small beacon of hope, a flicker of brilliance amidst the usual doomscrolling. The ceasefire in Gaza has deservedly taken up much of the headlines, bringing much-needed light and hope for many. But this article focuses instead on the daily drumrolls of brilliance that have also
The smell that controls your life
Today’s breakfast came with an aroma of chlorine. Not in the chic “croissant beside a rooftop infinity pool” way, but in that faint, clingy, leisure-centre chemical way. The smell that sneaks into your hair, colonises your towel, and, apparently, clings to your children as they march out the door
Train your thinking
This week, a Year 9 student hit me with a question that stopped me in my tracks: "Why do we even practice maths challenge problems when they don’t even come up at GCSE?" Cue my face: While thinking: Did they really just suggest that puzzling over maths
It's never too late...
Two surprising things happened to me this week. First, my son voluntarily followed me into a bookshop. Not only that, he announced—without irony—that his English teacher had recommended Great Expectations to him so he was keen to read it. I nearly dropped the armful of books I was