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Showing posts with label Shakespeare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shakespeare. Show all posts
Sunday, September 27, 2026

David Lillis: Shakespeare in our Curriculum

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The New Curriculum The ongoing work on education under Erica Stanford has come in for a great deal of criticism over the last few months esp...
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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Clive Bibby: Another Shakespearian Gem

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"There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" I make no apologies for repeatedly quoting t...
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Friday, June 28, 2024

Dane Giraud: Only the mediocre could dream of banning the bard

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I am a classically trained actor, earning my diploma at Unitec Performing Arts School after an, at times grueling 2-year course, graduating ...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Kevin: Shakespeare Is Back at School, Maybe

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The revised year 7–13 English curriculum, to be released in July, is expected to include compulsory Shakespeare and grammar lessons , as wel...
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Thursday, March 21, 2024

Clive Bibby: All the World's a Stage

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One thing is common amongst great writers ever since humans first put pen to paper. The relevance of their observations are timeless and ar...
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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Peter Winsley: Resolving arguments about opening meetings with karakia - A modest proposal

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Debate continues on whether meetings should open with a karakia, and if so what rules might apply. Some oppose their purported religious co...
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Saturday, July 8, 2023

Peter Winsley: Education as Master, not Servant of Artificial Intelligence

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Knowledge accumulated over Generations When past social or technological advances are discussed young people sometimes disclaim all knowledg...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Point of Order: The art of bragging about govt money being well spent.....

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.....while requiring us to turn elsewhere for the dollar details The benefits that have flowed from pouring public funds into the arts is th...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Mike Hosking: Creative New Zealand's week gets worse

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Creative New Zealand having been stung badly for their behaviour this week. Having been embarrassed by an embarrassed Prime Minister who wen...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Jacqueline Athanasatos: Hands Off Our Bard!

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Is nothing sacrosanct from the insidious creep of The Cancel Culture? Apparently not. The distressing, un-glad tidings that Creative New Z...
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Michael Bassett: Labour's Shakespeare moment

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As a former Labour Minister of Arts and Culture I was shocked to hear that the Arts Council had decided to remove the annual subsidy to the ...
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