Monthly Archives: September 2021

Kafka in a bookshop

Posted on 6th September 2021 by Ian

Is the bookshop still there? Or has its odd eccentricity disappeared, carried away like so many things by the government’s lockdowns? It had only been encountered because the door of the barber’s shop had been firmly locked. A shutter was … Continue reading →

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Eighteen year olds and ferrets

Posted on 4th September 2021 by Ian

Some of those I teach have reached their eighteenth birthday before the school year has even begun. It seems odd that adults would be sitting at desks in a secondary school classroom. I am not sure when the English school … Continue reading →

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A flock of pigeons

Posted on 2nd September 2021 by Ian

Is the collective term for pigeons a “flock,” or do they have something more obscure like crows and rooks and ravens? Whatever the collective term, there were numerous pigeons sitting on the roof of a house. It was one of … Continue reading →

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