Last week, as you do on a dreary lockdown evening in Ireland in darkest January, we had a family summit. … More
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Gifts of light
It’s mid December, and the duties of a long, demanding semester have finally come to an end. I’m sitting quietly … More
Back to school: curriculum matters
The sun is shining in an almost cloudless blue sky here in Northern Ireland on the day when many children, … More
Morning Light
Not long after lock-down began here in Northern Ireland, I was chatting with my friend Jonathan Rea, Creative Chief Executive … More
There’s a river that flows …
We have lived close to a little river for over ten years. It’s called the Kells Water. We have often … More
This day our daily bread
It’s hard to know what day it is currently. Many of the routines that differentiated our Mondays from our Tuesdays, … More
Schooling and Testing
This morning one of our current educational hunches was confirmed: all practical GCSE and A level examinations have been cancelled. … More
Silver-Lining Blessing
This is a photograph of our family having dinner together one evening earlier this week. It was a happy occasion … More
The Light shines in the darkness
This was a Christmas like no other in our family, for on Christmas Eve my much-loved maternal Grandmother, the ‘adopted’ … More
“More than a badger”
‘Tis the season of the end-of-semester deadline, of the darker morning, and the even darker evening. For some of us … More