Scotland – I Am Learner

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True Friends of Education in Macedonia

Posted on April 14, 2017 by John Connell

Every now and again, I meet some special people who remind me in the most delightful of ways why I have spent the greater part of my life involved in education....

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Putting the Makar in the Maker Movement

Posted on April 14, 2016 by John Connell

The makar has been an exalted component of Scottish literature and culture for more than 600 years. The makars were the makers of poems, the ancient poets and b...

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Kennys Bookshop: “a world of its own, and a key to worlds unknown”

Posted on April 14, 2016 by John Connell

I love bookshops. I love all kinds of bookshops but I have a special liking for stores that sell secondhand books. I do buy a lot of new books, from both physic...