'Morant' by Roy Goddard
Roy Goddard’s novel ‘Morant’ is strange, compelling, and certainly unique.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 8
Episode 8 of the King Lear scene by scene post looks at the horrifying Act 3 scene 7 - the blinding of Gloucester, and how images of seeing and blindness ramify through the story.
Read MoreLeaving Cert English Reform
The integrity of Leaving Certificate English is being threatened by misconceived reform proposals.
Read MoreThe 'King Lear scene by scene' series
Links to all the podcasts and transcripts from the ‘King Lear scene by scene’ series.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 7
Episode 7 of King Lear scene by scene looks at Act 3 scene 4 (the second one in the storm) and scene 6 (the mock trial). Scene 5 is skipped - little to say.
Read MoreFortnightly 176
Fortnightly 176 kicks off with the film of Small Things Like These, What English Teachers Can Do, and Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo.
Read MoreWhat Can English Teachers Do?
There’s a sense that right now the world is particularly dark. We often hear the unlovely word ‘polycrisis’. At such a time, English teaching might seem almost irrelevant and ineffectual. What can we do?
Read More'Small Things Like These': the film
Thoughts on the film version of Claire Keegan’s short novel Small Things Like These.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 6
Episode 6 of the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at the first three scenes of Act 3, as the storm takes over.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 5
Episode 5 of King Lear scene by scene looks at the very significant but very short Act 2 scene 3 and then the much more meaty Act 2 scene 4. They are both connected by the idea ‘nothing’.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 4
Episode 4 of the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at Act 1 scene 5, Act 2 scene 1 and Act 2 scene 2.
Read More'Small Things Like These': repeat webinar
Repeat of a webinar on teaching Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These for those who missed the September session.
Read MoreFortnightly 175
The 175th edition of The Fortnightly leads with Nicholas Olsberg’s superb book on the architect William Butterfield.
Read MoreThe Masterbuilder: William Butterfield and his times
Nicholas Olsberg’s account of the architect William Butterfield is superb.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 3
The third in the King Lear scene by scene podcast looks at Act One scenes Three and Four.
Read MoreINOTE 2024
An account of the 2024 conference of the Irish National Organisation of Teachers of English.
Read MoreSpecial Fortnightly: King Lear
A special issue from the Fortnightly, kicking off my podcast series King Lear scene by scene.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 2
The second talk in the series King Lear scene by scene looks at Act 1 scene 2, in which we are introduced to the sub-plot (unique in Shakespeare's tragedies), starting with the fascinating villain Edmund.
Read More'King Lear' revision webinar
Notes, links and resources from a webinar on revising King Lear for the Leaving Certificate on Wednesday 16th October via Tralee Education Support Centre.
Read More'King Lear' scene by scene 1
The first in the series of King Lear: scene by scene podcasts (with transcripts) looks at Act I scene i
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