The Affair of the Chocolate Teapot

1 month ago
Josie Holford

Midge Hazelbrow, the indomitable co-head of Wayward St. Etheldreda's Academy, took herself for a brisk constitutional down Riverside Drive to…

Best Practices, Reading Wars, and Eruption at Wayward

2 months ago

Before the eruption, it was a typical senior leadership meeting at Wayward. Head of School, Tim Endibel, was talking. On…

Words Matter

2 months ago

When I taught fourth and fifth grade at a school that didn't assign grades, the topic occasionally came up among…

The Culinary Capers and Comic Catastrophes of Gerald Samper

2 months ago

It was the Gert Loveday review of Rancid Pansies (it’s an anagram) that set me off to read James Hamilton-Paterson’s…

Working and Not Working

2 months ago

A post on LinkedIn caught my attention this week.  It's had over 11,000 views so I'm not alone. Tanya de…

Gall, Nerve, Courage, and The Party of Women

3 months ago

 Women's rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen of Let Women Speak had a big announcement last week. Give it a watch. And…

Making Waves

3 months ago

Two women - Kemi Badenoch and Kellie-Jay Keen - made a splash across the pond on Terf Island this week.…

The Hidden Paw

3 months ago

 "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Julius Caesar Act 1…

Wings of Wax, Feet of Clay

4 months ago

When Claudine Gay resigned as President of Harvard this week the gloating by some conservative activists and commentators was unappealing…

A Break and Some Rebellious Vulgarity in Very Bad Taste

5 months ago

"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow."  You may not remember…