Tag: Education

  • Bedford Library

    While I’m reminiscing about Bedford, I went past Bedford Library on Tuesday and many memories came flooding back. Bedford Library is where my education really began. I never quite got the hang of school, but I spent a lot of time in the Library. I would often end my Saturday afternoons with a cup of…

  • Clehonger C of E Primary School, Herefordshire

    What a great name – Clehonger – it’s a village to the west of Hereford and yesterday, Valentine’s Day, I visited the primary school for their Exciting Writing Week.The theme was Around The World, and I spent a bit of time trying to find around the world links to my books. Having done so, I…

  • Want to improve writing standards? Let them read books!

    You wouldn’t expect a child to make a movie if they had never watched TV or visited the cinema. You’d never expect a child to make something if they’d never seen the tools being used or had never encountered the raw materials before, so why, oh why do we expect children to be able to…