In post-colonial Ghana, music flooded across towns and cities like a tsunami. New genres developed and took the country’s airwaves by storm. The most popular of these genres was highlife
Lockdown Learning from a Family’s Perspective
We value the structure that Liverpool College’s home school is providing. Last lockdown, our child from year 7 Howson’s, was still in primary and school started vaguely during the
A Classics Christmas Cryptic Crossword
We hope you enjoy this Christmas crossword courtesy of one of our classics teachers, Mr McAllister. From all of us at LC Press we wish you a very merry Christmas
Comic or Not
Comic, or Not? You decide: A Look at an Old Way of Learning. ‘Trafalgar Day’, 21st October 1805; the greatest naval victory in
Reflecting on 5 years of constant change and intercultural exchange…
The only constant of life is the inevitability of massive change Graduating in the middle of a pandemic after 5 years doing – and I use that word deliberately –
Dancing with Dead Bears Education from Behind the Circus Curtain
Thinking has been discarded for routine, and the romanticism of trees growing from the mind have been chopped down as fuel. Even language has become idle – by sitting
Why wanting to be a teacher is the most rebellious thing I’ve ever done
For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to be a teacher (bar the few years I thought I could make it as a ballerina.) However, it took me
The Algorithm Must be Obeyed
The A level grading fiasco reveals perfectly and clearly the flawed thinking and monstrous lack of imagination, humanity and sympathy that underpins English education. We are told that the algorithm
By Teaching We Learn
I recently met up with a friend who, for the last two years, has worked for a leading global company, recognised as one of the Top 20 Places to Work
Education- Britain’s role in the world?
Dean Acheson’s 1962 observation that Britain had lost an empire but had not found a role is a compelling one. Conflicts of allegiance between the Commonwealth and the European Economic
Euripides for Our Time
After I completed my preliminary examinations in Classics and English at Oxford, I wanted to engage with my subject in a way which wasn’t dictated by a syllabus or an
We’ve Done Our Bit- Now It’s Time for the Government to Learn
Gavin Williamson was a name few in my year group were familiar with prior to his fateful Commons speech on the 18th of March. None of us really knew what
