Monthly Archives: October 2016


Alligator Wrestling aka Feeding Time at the Zoo Thoughts

This week has prompted me to reflect in depth on this wonderful vocation which some have been prone to call teaching. I have at times referred to it fondly as “alligator wrestling” and to lessons, particularly the last lesson Friday graveyard shift, as “feeding time at the zoo.”  This week a change has occurred: the alligators have multiplied unimaginably, joining forces with thrashing anacondas and...

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Brighton Rock-Black Honey and Dream Wife at the Deaf Institute, Manchester Reviews

“Manchester, we have no words.”   This tweet by the mesmeric Black Honey, following a sell-out show at the Deaf Institute in Manchester last night, says it all. Having seen them five times in the last five months, I am inclined to agree. I am fast losing the ability to put into words what a live Black Honey show is like. Ok let me try: type...

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