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It’s been a year since I took on the mantle of President of the School Library Association (SLA) . It was an unexpected and truly special honour to be invited

The Government in England recently ‘shook up’ its Department for Education. It changed its entire ministerial team and with it, its senior advisors. This is great in principle but, there

I hope you’ll forgive my self-indulgence this month, but I’m still dealing with the holiday blues. This summer, I had one of those all too rare experiences, where I felt

I have wanted to write a book for a younger audience for a very long time. Something for those coming to the end of their school lives or early in

I remember it as if it were yesterday. The old Victorian building, the institutionally green classroom, the stiflingly hot June day. It was the summer of 1976 and seven-year-old me

As many also experience, I lost my maternal grandfather when I was quite young.   I was incredibly close to him. We lived with him and my Grandmother for a

As we move into the next phase of the pandemic and see the new emerging world, I’m sure we’re all taking stock of our lives. I definitely am. I’m examining

I’ve been invited on a number of podcasts and interviews recently where we have touched on the same theme: what positives can we take from the last year and the

I must confess, although I’ve tried to stay positive and hopeful this year, it’s been a real test. Like so many, I haven’t seen my parents since February, I’ve lost