
Ukraine, 10 lessons - free for all teachers - Over 1000s years of fighting off oppressors
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine is criminal. But first, before I get on my high horse, let’s address the hypocritical elephant in the...


Add the BBC to the long list of proud British institutions destroyed by the Tories
During the Second World War BBC radio transmissions, using secret code words, coordinated resistance fighters in their fight against the...


Space Race: The Battle to Rule the Heavens
Did your teacher send you here? If so, the extension questions are at the bottom of the post – but read the post first to help you answer...


Persians: The Age of The Great Kings
If you're a student who has been sent here by your teacher - the 5 stretch questions on this blog post are at the bottom of the post....


Ready Player One: Is Assassin's Creed the future of teaching?
Growing up I was obsessed with simulation games. Sim City, Theme Park, Theme Hospital, and Civilisation were my go-to games, the Command...


How Suffolk could have saved the world... but we voted for the Tory Anti-Science Brigade instead.
About a month ago I wrote a blog giving my thoughts on the Ipswich MP Tom Hunt's membership of the so called 'Common Sense' group. This...


Dead in the Water by Campbell and Chellel
A breathless account of yet another behind the scenes industry that shapes out world. The journalists have written a superb story of...


This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends | Nicole Perlroth
This is how they tell me the world ends: The Cyber Weapons Arms Race. Business Book Of The Year 2021 (Financial Times). Again, another...


Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War by Robert Massie
Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War by Robert Massie To call this book mammoth is to do it an injustice. It has...


Why Ipswich MP Tom Hunt's denial of historical evidence would make Wolsey turn in his grave...
I'm an Ipswich boy. I love my town. I love my club. I love our history. I love that we exported the wool of East Anglia to the world (we...