My second great granduncle, Arthur Bramah Diplock, outside his shop in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. How has lockdown been for you?My last blog post was a diary of my family's aborted trip to Morocco. It didn't make sense to write a traveller's guide (as I did with Madeira and Wales) because our trip was, within the first few days, rather more of an adventure … [Read more...] about My family history research led to some truly surprising revelations
Home education
Post-pandemic am I still a home educator?
The pandemic forced many parents to become, albeit in most cases temporary, home educators. It was the result of a crisis and the circumstances were far from ideal. Unprepared and, especially in the first UK lockdown, under-resourced, many found themselves juggling their employment with the demands of a school curriculum they had little prior knowledge of. Teachers worked hard … [Read more...] about Post-pandemic am I still a home educator?
