A special Fortnightly on English teaching and AI
A compendium of valuable writing about AI in the light of the English classroom.
Read MoreFortnightly 172
A plethora of English teachers in the 172nd Fortnightly.
Read MoreJamie Clark's 'Teaching One-Pagers'
In Teaching One-Pagers Jamie Clark presents complex educational ideas in a pleasingly succinct and jargon-free format.
Read More'Small Things Like These' webinar
Notes and links from a webinar on teaching Claire Keegan's novel Small Things Like These, September 2024.
Read MoreThe Occasional 3
The third edition of The Occasional, for paid subscribers of The Fortnightly, on received ideas in and clichés about Irish eduction.
Read MoreFortnightly 171
Fortnightly issue 171, via Substack. Returning after the summer holidays.
Read MoreRe-reading 'Middlemarch'
Some notes from a long-delayed re-reading of George Eliot's masterpiece Middlemarch.
Read MoreJudi Dench on Shakespeare
Judi Dench's reflections on playing many roles in Shakespeare's plays over decades are essential reading, in a marvellous collection of conversations with Brendan O'Hea.
Read MoreGrade inflation in the Leaving Certificate
Drawing attention to the peculiar anomaly in which English has had dramatically less grade inflation in the Leaving Certificate since pre-pandemic times.
Read MoreThe Fortnightly: a late-summer update
An update on plans for The Fortnightly as it heads into a new 'season' following the summer holidays.
Read MoreThe Occasional 2
The midsummer edition of The Occasional (close-cousin of The Fortnightly) is out now for paid subscribers.
Read More'Missing Persons' by Clair Wills
Clair Wills’s powerful exploration of shame, class and more in the Ireland of her family’s history could be read in conjunction with Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These and Fintan O’Toole’s We Don’t Know Ourselves.
Read MoreBook Club Guide to 'Small Things Like These'
A free book club guide to Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These, with teaching notes.
Read MoreThe Occasional 1
The first issue of The Occasional, for paid subscribers of The Fortnightly.
Read MoreReading Round-Up, January to June
A round-up of short reviews from January to June 2024.
Read MoreA Personal Anthology: 12 stories for the classroom
On my selection of 12 short stories for Jonathan Gibbs’s ‘A Personal Anthology’
Read MoreJames Shapiro at the Dalkey Book Festival
A brief account of James Shapiro’s appearance with Fintan O’Toole at the 2024 Dalkey Book Festival.
Read MoreFortnightly 170
Fortnightly 170 is the last issue of this academic year. ‘The Occasional’, for paid subscribers, follows in July and August.
Read MoreThe Perfect Classes
A memory of perfect classes discussing The Portrait of a Lady.
Read MoreAlex Quigley's 'Why Learning Fails'
Comments on Alex Quigley’s book Why Learning Fails (and what to do about it),
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