Every few month a select group (Horney M, Ms Hannon, Jams and me) bowl at All Star Lanes in Holborn. The shoes are so good I think about walking out with them, the milkshakes in the Diner (peanut butter and banana with malt) are amazing and the company is, well, delightful. Can't wait for the next round of blondes vs brunettes.
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Find out more »I've just read this. It didn't take long because a) it's a short book with quite big words, and b) it's a real page-turner. On Chesil Beach is a painfully honest account of a relationship unraveled in one night. Of lives changed dramatically by youthful misunderstanding and the inability to go back and make amends. I'm now reading The Child in Time, which my good friend Valerie tells me is McKewan's best. Read the Guardian review of On Chesil Beach.
The Ideal Government blog encourages debate on what is needed from e-enabled government. It encourages people to observe government first-hand and say "Wouldn't It Be Better If" (WIBBI).
The final report of The Innovation Unit's Next Practice in Education Programme has just been released. Gene has been a field-trial consultant on the System Leadership strand of this programme (working with Knowsley MBC, Barnsley MBC, Harris Federation) for the past 2 years. Download the report.