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Latest Blogs
#AdventBlogs – An unfinished product
We are building momentum now with this series and although it is the middle of November as I write this, I'm scheduling three posts today that have all come in within an hour of each other. Our theme is "When I grow up" and it is a joy to see how each person responds...
#AdventBlogs – Making it up as I go along
The fourth of our series is here. Whilst you're reading this on 4 December, it is still the middle of November as I write. Posts are scheduled in the order they come in, and therefore there isn't a hard and fast deadline if you are thinking of contributing - we finish...
#AdventBlogs – Binaries and its discontents – reflections on gender and play
Here's our third post of the series. It is shaping up to be a good series already. There is still hopefully several weeks of contributions left and therefore plenty of time for you to write a contribution on the theme of "when I grow up". Get in touch! Today at home...
#AdventBlogs – The heavy things you need to haul
Here's the second of our #AdventBlogs series today, on the theme of "When I grow up" and it is already shaping up to be a good one. I'm writing this intro several weeks before you will read it, and have been at the CIPD Conference in Manchester where I've had several...
#AdventBlogs – Que Sera, Sera
Today we start the 2023 series of the Advent Blogs. It is the 13th series, and my 5th as curator - a role I am lucky to hold. Each year we have a theme, and this year's theme is "When I grow up". Contributions are accepted up to the night before the final post, which...
#AdventBlogs – an invitation to contribute to the 2023 series
Many of you will be aware of the wonderful Advent Blog series, curated from 2011-2013 by Alison Chisnell, and from 2014-2018 by Kate Griffiths-Lambeth. I was lucky enough to inherit the curation of this series in 2019 and this year marks its 13th (and my 5th as...
#AdventBlogs – The Same River?
Today we reach the end of this 12th series of the #AdventBlogs, which has given us 40 different and inspiring posts across nearly six weeks. It has been an honour to curate this series for the 4th time, and I am looking forward to doing so for a 5th time when the...
#AdventBlogs – Your beliefs are not set in stone
Unexpectedly our series has been extended by one day due to a late arriving contribution. I'm glad of this, though our series will now definitely end tomorrow as the deadline for contributing has now passed. This, then, is the penultimate post of the 12th series....
#AdventBlogs – True Home
As I said yesterday, there is nothing like an impending deadline to motivate people to write, and this is what has happened. I'd thought today would be the end of our series, but a late arrival has changed that. As things stand though the series will end tomorrow,...
#AdventBlogs – Changes
Our series is approaching its end, as it tends to do at this point each year. Unless I receive any new posts by this time tomorrow, then the series will end on Sunday. However, what often happens is that people read the previous sentence and suddenly are motivated to...