Self-publishing: does it spell the end of good quality writing?

Even though I don’t have the courage to have anything of my own published, I subscribe to a writers’ magazine as I like to keep up-to-date with the latest debates and ideas in the writing world. I can’t help noticing, though, the number of errors that sometimes appear within the pages of this somewhat expensive [...]

What chance do children have when even the school head gets it wrong?

First, I’d like to make it clear that I do not read the Daily Mail. I came across the following letter on a teaching website where there was a discussion about how important (or not) the Key Stage 2 SATs are for a pupil’s future. It seems somewhat ironic that the head teacher who wrote [...]