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Starting from here

Using a simplistic idea

We consider a way to use something so simplified that it’s wrong.

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Multiple-choice History

Making it simple

Our tutor ponders the trade-off between accuracy and simplicity in teaching.

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Back to sea

A different world

Our navigator points out how the world of the sailor has become entirely disconnected from that of the rest of us.

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Back to C

The difference between languages

We are struck by the great range of things included in the term “software.”

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It used to be hard

Now it’s easy

Are some things too easy to do nowadays?

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Cyborg students

Virtually testing times

What do tests measure?

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An opportunity that will be missed

The structure of school

We could use the present disruption to redo education.  But we won’t.

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Astronomy in church

The cathedral as observatory

We add some complication to an often oversimplified story.

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Historical fiction (III)

The uses of King Arthur

Legends are different kind of historical fiction.

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Historical fiction (II)

Parallel genres

We continue a comparison with science fiction.

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