Author Archives: lesleyjonesberry

Thank you for missing me

Posted on February 14, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

Harry Potter is a significant theme in our house.  The children were at the perfect age.  We read the books together at bed time, conducted intensely excited night-time forays to buy the later volumes at midnight publication, and we relished … Continue reading →

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Homeless, with a good book

Posted on February 9, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

I found myself with an enforced absence from home. My son had requested a birthday party. He is a young adult, a ‘bounce back’ after university, so he didn’t want us to organise it.  Rather the opposite: he asked if … Continue reading →

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A new winter coat

Posted on February 7, 2016 by lesleyjonesberry

My parents are both dead.  I loved them both and they were good parents; I was lucky in my relationships.  My mum, in particular, had an ability to accept mortality and this was a great gift to my brother and … Continue reading →

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ResearchEd again, naturally

Posted on September 5, 2015 by lesleyjonesberry

I am off to the national ResearchEd conference for the third time. Last year I said I wouldn’t do this: the date clashes with my local agricultural show, a major community event, and I am no longer an Education student. My … Continue reading →

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Farewell, my dear

Posted on July 13, 2015 by lesleyjonesberry

We are three quarters of the way through our Roger Rees memorial viewing of Nicholas Nickleby. For those unfamiliar with the work, this means 6 hours down, 2 to go.

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Ebacc pigs

Posted on June 28, 2015 by lesleyjonesberry

I see they have started making “Gove – the sequel”. It happens. A character has such impact that the producers cannot resist reviving him. Often the villain or monster, he wreaks such devastation in the original, that repetition of the … Continue reading →

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A birthday thank you letter

Posted on April 23, 2014 by lesleyjonesberry

On this, his 450th birthday, I would like to say thank you to William Shakespeare. As a suggestion of what Shakespeare has given us all, I do not think Bernard Levin can be bettered:  Shakespeare’s language permeates and shapes our … Continue reading →

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Inspiration

Posted on January 26, 2014 by lesleyjonesberry

Last year, my theatre-going declined, for a number of reasons I won’t go into here. The gap was, to some extent, bridged by the NT Live re-broadcasts and our autumn was spent revisiting the past: A Habit of Art, Frankenstein, … Continue reading →

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I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that*

Posted on September 13, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

A week since ResearchEd and a plethora of blogs already.  This is appropriate as ResearchEd evolved from, and remains part of, an ongoing  conversation. 

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it happened on Twitter

Posted on September 7, 2013 by lesleyjonesberry

6.39am and it is not a school day, though my feelings are strangely akin to those felt by our new Year 7s earlier this week. I’m about to start my journey to Dulwich (no, I didn’t know either but it … Continue reading →

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