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Jonathan Peel
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Retired English teacher
Retired SLT
Former Opera Singer
Lover of walking, Mahler, pies and sundry other things.
Blogs on English teaching and paedagogy. Left twitter in frustration.
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54 1/2(ulysses) but then I am quite old
November 27, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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I love them- best memory: seeing no 2 in Nantes on Christmas Day in French… was stuck there working and that’s 21/2 hours in a warm cinema hearing people talk about Bilbo Sacquette.
September 10, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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I was so sad that the scouring of the shire was cut
September 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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Not a play, but Wagner’s Die Meistersingers von Nürnberg by Sadler’s Wells on tour in Southampton around 1974 set me on my opera path
September 1, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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10: trying to nail ALevel unseens

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August 2026: There will come soft rains: Unseen paper practice.
See also. The Passage: August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" Ray Bradbury In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o'clock! as if it ...
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August 26, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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USA Lit Unseen: Winesburg, Ohio: Sherwood Anderson
Another unseen for critique and comment. This one was examined in 2017. More information on this collection of short stories can be found here. The passage in question: winesburg   The passage is writ...
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August 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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No Problem: Zephaniah. Unseen poetry preparation for IGCSE and Edexcel GCSE
Before I begin, an excellent video of Zephaniah reading this poem can be found here: http://poetrystation.org.uk/poems/no-problem1/ I am not de problem But I bare de brunt Of silly playground taunts A...
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August 26, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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My book (co author)… I’d add quite a lot now, but proud of what’s here.
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Jerusalem: a new study guide.
A few months ago I was approached by Neil,Bowen: the editor of the wonderful Peripeteia resources (The Art of Poetry, Drama and so forth). I have collaborated in producing a new study guide for Jerusa...
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August 26, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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One of my favourite poems to teach- Bright Lights of Sarajevo
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The Bright Lights Of Sarajevo. An introduction
A short introduction to Bright Lights of Sarajevo by Tony Harrison, aimed at Edexcel IGCSE students but relevant to all. Other posts on this poem: The Bright Lights of Sarajevo – a SCASI reading The B...
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August 26, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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War Photographer: Duffy. An introduction
A visualizer video to introduce Duffy's poem for study at GCSE and IGCSE Microsoft Stream link
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August 26, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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Introducing My Last Duchess
A visualiser talk to introduce Browning's poem. Microsoft Stream Link
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August 26, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Iambic Pentameter: an introduction
I have used the poem Ozymanidas to try to show how the Iambic Pentameter can be used by a poet to emphasise and clarify ideas at the heart of a poem. I hope it is useful. Shakespeare Sonnets in year 7...
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August 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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The Othering of Gatsby.
I have been thinking a great deal about Gatsby recently - specifically why I find the text so distasteful. I think one reason is the 'Othering' which is such an important part of the narrative and is ...
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August 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Bragging!
August 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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Mind you, still needs wine…
August 25, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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Utterly sumptuous
August 25, 2024 at 7:38 PM