Today is GCSE Results Day
Just took Jake in to collect his GCSE results. Here’s how he did: A – English A – Science B – History B – Additional Science C – Mathematics C – Art & Design C – English Literature C – German He...
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The advantage of having actually learned things out of books Sometimes Jake comes home from school and wants to talk about what he’s been learning. Sometimes I get the feeling that he enjoys knowing...
View ArticleThe MA in Music Industries – Planzai’d
I’ve been running the MA in Music Industries (as well as the MA in Music Radio) this year at Birmingham City University. We had our first intake in February, and things really kicked in for the...
View ArticleCorrupting young minds
I went to Swindon today. It’s not the first time it’s happened, but it doesn’t happen often. I was invited to give a guest lecture to two mixed groups of Music Technology and Media Studies A-level...
View ArticleMy John Peel story
Mark Roach, John Peel and me – photo by Paul Kennedy Back when I was still a radio lecturer in Auckland, we had news that John Peel was coming to town, and so I made efforts to try and get him to come...
View ArticleLessons from Trondheim and elsewhere
I spent my birthday in Trondheim this year. I managed a little record shopping in Copenhagen on the way there too, which was a lovely bonus. In exchange for a little work preparing a keynote...
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