Education, education, education January 31, 2007
Posted by gesta in Academia, Boundaries, Debate.2 comments
Thus goes the mantra of our Prime Minister, and indeed, education has been in the news a great deal recently. Reivers commented on the attempts by the government to raise the school-leaving age. Since then, we’ve had announcements that head teachers need not be teachers; the unacceptable face of capitalism appointed as skills envoy (I suppose that is better than skills tsar at least) and initiatives to teach what it means to be British. It is this last bit of news that I want to discuss here. (more…)
Silly medievalism rubbish (but fun anyway) January 16, 2007
Posted by gesta in Medieval.add a comment
I found this on Ancrene Wiseass’s blog (see blog roll), so here are mine and Reivers’ titles. There is also a wonderful site somewhere where you can ‘Merovinginate’ yourself along the lines of the Frankish kings’ nicknames (Pepin the Fat and so on). Inspired by the middle ages; very silly, but fun!
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My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Lady Madame Gesta the Mellifluous of Westessexchestershire Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title |
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My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: His Excellency Reivers the Essential of Much Moulding upon Carpet Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title |
Girls can play: sport and gender politics January 15, 2007
Posted by gesta in Debate, Fencing, Politics.add a comment
Skool’s out – at 18 January 13, 2007
Posted by reivers in Academia.1 comment so far
So the plan is now to change the time that people can escape training. No longer will the entrepreneurs of tomorrow be able to boast about leaving school at 16 or before and dragging themselves up by their bootstraps. But it seems that this idea is about as popular as road pricing. What effect will it really have?
Fame in the twelfth century January 6, 2007
Posted by gesta in Academia, Boundaries, Medieval.add a comment
With the start of celebrity Big Brother meaning that the evening schedule on Channel 4 is now a no-go area for the forseeable future, I am left musing on whether the middle ages endured a cult of celebrity and what it might have meant to be famous during the medieval period. (more…)
