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AUK’s Keith Hargreaves’s weekly education column, with the help of some good, bad and ugly americana

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 174 – “A Point of View”

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As I write this week’s column, I can feel the excitement beginning to well up inside. I’m going to a gig tonight. It often seems incredible to me that after 45 years of regular gig attendance, […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 173 – “Promotion”

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 172 “Crocodiles…”

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Grandchildren have become a vital cog in the day-to-day lives of Mrs H and myself and we frequently find ourselves astonished at the simple pleasure that can be derived from watching a small child laughing as […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 173 – “Friends Reunited”

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Every year we have an AUK Writers weekend which our editor Mark referred to in his final piece of the week before last. In the end there were no arguments about banjos but a jolly time […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 171 – “The Sounds of Silence”

January 31, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Regular readers will know that I have often mentioned that since quitting full-time teaching, somehow, my life has become busier. This is, for the most part, a good thing. There’s no ossification or relentless routine as […]

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