Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Alistair’s Journal has Moved
Alistairs Journal has now moved to a new location at http://wombaza.community.edutronic.net – feel free to head over and subscribe to his new site to keep up to date with all his new work.
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Reading Project: City of Thieves
The book City of Thieves is based in World War 2 Russia, in the city of Leningrad where a siege is taking place. The book is about Lev and Kolya, two young men from arrested for different reasons but given the same task of finding eggs or execution. As the city is struggling for food…
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6+ stronger than the M8
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/29/iphone-6-plus-bending-overblown-consumer-reports
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Social Media Transcript
Alistair: when’s the football match Harry Grubb: Tommoz at 6 Get there at 5:30 Alistair: what you doing tommoz Harry Grubb: Nothing Alistair: are you going corrams or not? Harry Grubb: I can do Alistair: do you want to Harry Grubb: Yeah U? Alistair: yh thats what i mean what time Harry Grubb: Up to u I don’t mind Alistair: 1…
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Line Of Enquiry
How are Ginger Haired people portrayed in Modern Day Society?
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English Assessment
Shakespeare constructs our understanding of Lady Macbeth by using emotive language in her speech and through the way she commands Macbeth to make her seem manipulative and controlling of their relationship. One of the ways I think Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth through Shakespeare’s choice to use the superstitious language. The first example I will use…
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book review
Over the half term I read Cherub Mad Dogs. Cherub Mad Dogs is about a boy named James Adams who works for a secret organisation named Cherub. These are highly trained who go undercover against some of the worlds most dangerous criminals. This a turf war breaks out between to gangs and they need information…
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How is Lady Macbeth portrayed?
1. “Why, worthy thane, You do unbend your noble strength to think So brainsickly of things.” I think the impression that i get of Lady Macbeth in this quote is that unsympathetic as she is calling her own husband a coward because of feeling guilty of killing the king. 2.”That which hath made them drunk hath…
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Life Of Pi
Logline A Canadian author strides to find a story for his novel from Pi Patel (Irrfan Khan). As Pi recounts when he was a teenage boy and his journey of survival, courage and faith; In the middle of the Pacific. Review Pi Patel is a boy living in India with his mum, dad and brother in his…
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Harry Hill Film Review
“This will wipe the smile off your face!” cackles Harry Hill’s evil twin (Matt Lucas) in a throwaway vehicle for the bespectacled comedian that spends 88 surreally unfunny minutes doing precisely that. Awash with silliness – gun-toting chickens, performing Dachshunds, Jim Broadbent in charlady drag – yet weirdly bereft of mirth, it’s a rag-bag of…
Got any book recommendations?