Aardman animation

Tate and Aardman tap children’s ideas for Wallace & Gromit-style movie Tate teams up with Nick Park’s Aardman to give children chance to create characters, stories and drawings for animated film Charlotte Higgins – Guardian 19/10/2009

What is it about Britain?

Devastating criticism of primary education dismissed by ministers • Doing nothing would be weak, say headteachers • Schools department calls report out of date Polly Curtis – Guardian 16/10/2009 Two quotes from this piece in yesterday’s Guardian seem to sum it up “There are recommendations in this report that could transform the Primary ethos and [...]

Hooray for Roald Dahl

We’ve been rereading ‘The Twits’ and the BFG this half term. Dipped into Matilda and Boy too. Interesting piece by Will Self in today’s Guardian. Tails of the unexpected Roald Dahl’s children’s books are full of barely submerged misogyny, lust and violence. The new film version of Fantastic Mr Fox is an ideal introduction to [...]