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What makes a good teacher?
While not yet thrown on the quango bonfire, the ...
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West Brom have nothing to fear against Manchester City
While one of this Sunday’s ‘major’ Premier...
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Why does history matter?
A conventional discussion in historiography is t...
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Many thanks to Luke Bozier.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 1:51 pm
The Sole Voyage Diaries: Thanks to Sir Robin…among others
Last night after many, many of these reef in reef out businesses in the day I made a critical error at around midnight that has absolutely killed my speed for the past nine hours.
By Chris Stanmore-Major | Sport | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 12:28 pm
The Smoking Gun
I have only just got to page 227 of Jonathan Powell’s The New Machiavelli, which seems to contain the smoking gun: the evidence that links Gordon Brown to the attempt to bring Tony Blair down by exploiting the false allegations of loans for peerages in 2006.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 12:11 pm
Games review roundup: Fable III; The Sims 3; Fallout: New Vegas; Deadly Premonition
A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring uprisings and chickens in Fable III; a day in the life of Sims 3; post-apocalyptic high-stakes in Fallout: New Vegas and a rival for Twin Peaks’ oddball strangeness courtesy of Deadly Premonition.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 11:45 am
Asian Football: End of Afshin Ghotbi’s Iranian saga in sight
It doesn’t take much to get the Tehran sports media excited. When it comes to football, the newspapers have the freedom to say pretty much what they want and are not too concerned as to what is true and what isn’t.
By John Duerden | Sport | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 8:23 am
What makes a good teacher?
While not yet thrown on the quango bonfire, the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), which deals with teacher training, and the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services are clinging for life, put on detention and under review.
By Toby Marshall | Battle of Ideas, Eagle Eye | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 6:00 am
West Brom have nothing to fear against Manchester City
While one of this Sunday’s ‘major’ Premier League games features table-toppers Chelsea away at lower-half opposition, the truly big game between a pair of genuine top-four aspirant clubs is surely West Bromwich Albion at home to Manchester City.
By Brian Sears | Sport | Thursday, 4 November 2010 at 4:04 pm
Games review: Cameras, kicks, and (voice) commands with Microsoft’s Kinect
After all the rumour, conjecture and name changes, to finally see Microsoft’s sleek, black, motion control device in its final release form, and have chance to put it through it’s paces, was something of a relief.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 4 November 2010 at 4:01 pm
Rugby League: A happy England tour does not make it a good one
There is a determined cheerfulness about English rugby league’s representatives in Auckland at the moment. Despite the premature collapse of their Four Nations campaign, there is almost a forced optimism and jollity about the England camp.
By Dave Hadfield | Sport | Thursday, 4 November 2010 at 12:21 pm
Why does history matter?
A conventional discussion in historiography is that of the relative significance of continuity and change in understanding historical events and movements. My first undergraduate history essay asked this question about the Norman Conquest.
By Alan Hudson | Battle of Ideas, Eagle Eye | Thursday, 4 November 2010 at 6:00 am
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