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If you have been frog marched through books, why would you ever read for pleasure? The award-winning author and screenwriter Frank Cotterell-Boyce is the 13th Children’s Laureate of…

Change the Way you Greet them There is a lot of concern about recently qualified staff who appear…

Slow Pedagogy  Slow pedagogy calls for compassion where we actively do something to address suffering. …

A Shout Out for Children It’s fitting that this podcast is being aired on International Children’s Day because Sir Al is a huge advocate for children over his…

We are all in a terrific conspiracy, we are all making money from it! Listen to Prue Leith’s take on obesity…  In this podcast…

Talking Early Years – In Conversation with Dr Ger Graus The power of play is recognised within the Early Years sector as essential to children’s development. Playing is…

We Are Famly! My first Podcast of 2024 is an interview with the very delightful Matt Arnerich, Director of Brand & Comms at Famly – an…

Welcome to 2024! I’m currently planning my Podcast schedule for this year and, in doing so, reflecting on the most popular and engaging interviews from 2023, in accordance…

Workout to Help with Salas… and Bring Kindness to the World Life is very serendipitous and leads to meeting some very engaging people who want to do something helpful…

I was introduced to coaching by Stephen Gribben many years ago.  It was an interesting experience, and one I was not too sure how to make the best…

Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things Podcast Series For International Men’s Day on the 19th November 2012, I invited as many men as I could find…

Walk ‘n’ Ride to Good Health It is not every day you get to talk to the Mayor’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner, but this is exactly who I…