Archive - Teacher by Trade; Mentor by Mistake

February 2025

A Decision I Never Wanted to Make

My last days in Kyiv on the eve of war

Feb 27 •

Who Cares About Ukraine?

A Simple Solution to the War and a Letter of Apology

Feb 21 •

On living in Ukraine and ending up in Austria

I was featured in 'Should You Move to...?'

Feb 17 •

The Alchemist, a Barmaid, and an Unexpected Life Lesson

a Book I Hated, a Love I Lost, a Life I Chose; plus, a Reading Challenge update

Feb 12 •

Serialising fiction, a podcast with Hanna Delaney, 'prolific hack' and leader of the 'inarticulate cretins'

A discussion with a master practitioner of the craft

Feb 6 •

and

32:27

My social media dilemma

I’m not addicted to it – it just confuses the hell out of me and I’m not sure I need it for so-called marketing purposes

Feb 1 •

January 2025

Embrace winter, ditch Instagram

Substack : winter :: Instagram : spring

Jan 27 •

Use Instapaper to improve your Substack reading experience

It's more comfortable and easy on the eye

Jan 26 •

4:55

To hell with resolutions: it's a Beyond Our Walls podcast

Tim Dawkins joins us on Ditch Your New Year's Resolution Day

Jan 23 •

and

24:56

Language learners (and teachers) rejoice!

We’ve got resources galore

Jan 18 •

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