The original Olympics were based on many fighting skills and as such all the events had a strong physical element. In the new Olympics, having become more benign as a culture over the 2,000 years, we had an art category though one of the organisers won the sculpture medal. We also had poetry. Today we…
Month: August 2024
Phone Addiction
I never mind about kids enjoying technology. I was part of the TV generation and my mother was part of the radio generation. But growing up we had set times for both. Programmes we wanted to listen to that fitted in with school and friends. I never remember a time when I was not model…
Olympics
When the host countries get the Olympics they usually do much better in the medals table as they invest heavily in their athletes for the years running up to the event. It does seem that it is money and the opportunity and training it provides that makes the most of natural ability. How else to…
That old Song
Back in the 1980s when I first began to write for children I was told by the agents and publishers in the UK that children didn’t read about magic anymore, that I needed to add more realism to my work. I didn’t believe them and thought this was the Pollingers teaching (they were agents) and…