

Intelligent Accountability: Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive
I have never been so excited while reading a teaching book! For the first time, I felt like I wasn’t alone – that someone else ‘got it’....


Doing Middle Leadership Right
I was lucky enough to find the time to read through this recently published book by three incredible middle leaders. I turned the notes...


Empire of Pain by Patrick Keefe
A short review of this as I listened to it as an audiobook over several weeks and did not make any physical notes as I went. A good...


Trillions, by Robin Wigglesworth
Trillions by Robin Wrigglesworth I absolutely loved this book. There is an exciting genre of books on financial shenanigans, at the epoch...


Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Incredible. I have really enjoyed Weir’s previous books (The Martian, Artemis) but this one – I have to say – is probably the best. I...


The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
This, I believe, was one of the first History Teacher Book Club reads and therefore one I missed out on. I read the sequel, 'The New Silk...


Sri Lanka, April 2022
Sri Lanka A hugely enjoyable holiday, wonderful people, gorgeous wildlife and a fascinating history. Also, going through one heck of a...


The role of a SENCO in relation to leadership
Below is a summary of The SENCO Role – Leading on Assessment, by Tracy Edwards and Mhairi C Beaton. Wolsey Summary: Assessment for the...


Ring of Steel, Germany and Austria-Hungry 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson
A giant of a book, hugely well researched and hugely entertaining: Notes below: This book’s central argument is that popular consent was...


Bulgaria!
First trip abroad since Covid. Notes below :) Bulgars from Iran. Mixed with Slavs. First Bulgarian state. Roman invasion. Roman/Greek...