As many of you know, I like walking - Nordic walking. I find it gets me out of the flat and helps to relax my brain. I don't listen to...

You might have seen yesterday that I released a new resource on my resources page here. I thought I would share some of the reasonings...

It is Women's History Month 2022, leading towards International Women's Day on 8th March. In ELT materials, although I think the industry...

OK, so I know I've spoken about this before; the famous (or perhaps infamous) Taboos and Issues, published in 2001. In a note on one...

This post was going to be called 'Missed opportunities'. Then I had second thoughts, because even if we miss opportunities, there are...

It has been remiss of me not to write about this book since its publication last year. Tyson Seburn, the contributors and the ELT Teacher...

Some of you will have seen my earlier posts on Queerience and the book called Taboos and Issues and my problems with it. As I mentioned...

This is really just a follow on from yesterday's post about Taboos and Issues and in particular I took umbrage at Gays and Jobs. So, I...

None of us are getting any younger. Have you heard that phrase a lot? I have yet to decide whether I think it's offensive or not. Is it...

I'd intended to write this blog post today, but I've also been inspired by two other blog posts that I've just read. Liz Marqueiro's new...

February in the United Kingdom is LGBT+ History Month, whereas in the US, it's Black History Month. The UK Black History Month is...

Today, 4th January 2021, is World Braille Day, and on my other social media, I've linked to a few resources which could be useful for the...

This is most likely my last post of the year. However much 2020 has been a clusterf**k of the highest standard, I want to focus on the...

First of all, I want to say, how awesome is the above image? There are so many ideas connected to it that I'm sure it could be used in a...

It seems ironic, and absolutely infuriating, that in the same week as the anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, the British government...

I don't really have sources to list today, but potentially discursive topics. Thanks to Beth Cox's Foundations for Inclusion course,...

I was very fortunate to have been sent a copy of Is That Clear? by the authors, Zanne Gaynor, Kathryn Alevizos and Joe Butler and I...

I'm continuing this mini-series of blog posts by not specifying which aspect of inclusion and diversity in ELT I'm going to focus on. I...

(Lack of) Representation of LGBTQIA2 in ELT materials has been written about, researched and discussed for many years - and I'm not going...

Some people have asked why I'm making this list of resources, specifically aimed at those working in the ELT industry. I say, why not?...