Currying Favour with the Curriculum

Currying Favour with the Curriculum

Way back in ancient times, sport played an important part in the life of everyone, not simply as entertainment but also as education. When we look for trophies that have been contested continuously into modern times, we will find the America’s Cup for...
Make a Career of Humanity

Make a Career of Humanity

We may remember the scene in the 1967 Disney version of ‘Jungle Book’ where the group of Beatles-looking vultures sit and discuss what they should do, culminating in one of them becoming very frustrated and saying, “First I say, ‘What we gonna do?’ Then you say, ‘I...
What Are You Doing?

What Are You Doing?

The term ‘politically correct’ is an interesting one as it implies that everything in politics is correct. We will not enter in any such debate but rather consider its meaning for a moment. It is seen to refer generally to speaking or writing carefully in a way that...
Thirsty Work

Thirsty Work

Horses can get a bit of a rough ride, can they not? Of course, that might mean that they can be ridden badly by their rider, forcing them over hard terrain, through extreme weathers, for hour after hour, at top speed, being whipped harder and harder. We do not always...
Hell for Leather

Hell for Leather

Just for a change, let us talk about eggcorns. Now that may not be a familiar concept to many readers, nor would it necessarily be of much concern to them. Let us learn, then! ‘Eggcorns’ is a term given to a word or phrase that results from...