LEIGH FORBES: Books of all Sorts

12th January 2019
by Leigh Forbes
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The Secret Teacher: dispatches from the classroom

by The Secret Teacher. The Secret Teacher is just starting out in an English secondary school. He is optimistic, and idealistic, characteristics that would be damped by most jobs in time; but he is quickly put in his place by … Continue reading

4th November 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

by Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart. With a heavy leaning towards Jewish and sexual jokes (many of which felt misogynistic and/or objectifying), this book wasn’t for me. Philosophy and humour is a great premise, and I love clever philosophical jokes, … Continue reading

28th October 2016
by Leigh Forbes
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The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island

by Bill Bryson. Twenty years after Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson tours Britain again. With the “Bryson Line” as his guide, the he (roughly) follows his own footsteps, from Bognor Regis on England’s south coast to the very North … Continue reading