Keith Evans
@kpe123.bsky.social
Secondary teacher from 1980 then Senior Lecturer in Music Education, University of Greenwich 2006-2018. Now fully retired and enjoying pleasures of life: family, food & drink, and travel
Good to see the proposed reforms to music education (and arts ed in general) in HM Govt’s response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review this week. But why is the ridiculous obsession with notation singled out yet again?
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Good to see the proposed reforms to music education (and arts ed in general) in HM Govt’s response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review this week. But why is the ridiculous obsession with notation singled out yet again?
“There are … a large number of people in this country who came here legally, but in effect shouldn’t have been able to do so.”
Oh well. So what? Do we want to make the UK ‘culturally coherent’, whatever that might be?
Oh well. So what? Do we want to make the UK ‘culturally coherent’, whatever that might be?
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“There are … a large number of people in this country who came here legally, but in effect shouldn’t have been able to do so.”
Oh well. So what? Do we want to make the UK ‘culturally coherent’, whatever that might be?
Oh well. So what? Do we want to make the UK ‘culturally coherent’, whatever that might be?
Because so far in his 2nd presidency he’s meddled in the two most deadly conflicts in the world and resolved nothing?
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Because so far in his 2nd presidency he’s meddled in the two most deadly conflicts in the world and resolved nothing?
And a return to flogging and children up chimneys?
"What I'm arguing for, is a return to the world it was before Tony Blair and the constitutional vandalism of new Labour."
Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis why he wants 'activist', 'pro-migrant' judges' out of the profession
Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis why he wants 'activist', 'pro-migrant' judges' out of the profession
Robert Jenrick denies 'Trumpian purge' after conference attack on ‘activist judges’ | The News Agents
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute” and vows to make appointments a political decision under a future…
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October 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
And a return to flogging and children up chimneys?
Around 40 breweries in the city and surrounding area plus the statistic that it’s the Swedish city with the most breweries per person explains why Gothenburg has gained a reputation in the past 20 years as the craft beer capital of Sweden
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September 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Around 40 breweries in the city and surrounding area plus the statistic that it’s the Swedish city with the most breweries per person explains why Gothenburg has gained a reputation in the past 20 years as the craft beer capital of Sweden
grapeandhop.blogspot.com/2025/09/goth...
grapeandhop.blogspot.com/2025/09/goth...
Reform party giving serious consideration to education policy I see. Of all the issues facing schools & young people how daft can you get?
September 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Reform party giving serious consideration to education policy I see. Of all the issues facing schools & young people how daft can you get?
The phrase ‘Hoist with one’s own petard’ comes to mind. Looking forward loud mouth Mr Garbage coming a-cropper given the mischief he’s been happily peddling against the DL of the Labour party
September 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The phrase ‘Hoist with one’s own petard’ comes to mind. Looking forward loud mouth Mr Garbage coming a-cropper given the mischief he’s been happily peddling against the DL of the Labour party
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
www.routledge.com/Debates-in-M.... Highly recommended newly published 2nd edition of Debates in Music Education. Other publications tell you how to ‘deliver’ a curriculum. This volume encourages you to develop your own practice by challenging you to reflect on key issues
Debates in Music Teaching
Debates in Music Teaching encourages both graduate and postgraduate students and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It introduces a critical ap...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
www.routledge.com/Debates-in-M.... Highly recommended newly published 2nd edition of Debates in Music Education. Other publications tell you how to ‘deliver’ a curriculum. This volume encourages you to develop your own practice by challenging you to reflect on key issues
He’s not my politics nor my MP but good on Roger Gale, MP for the neighbouring constituency, (and other signatories) for raising this issue and challenging the assumption that art is independent of politics
August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
He’s not my politics nor my MP but good on Roger Gale, MP for the neighbouring constituency, (and other signatories) for raising this issue and challenging the assumption that art is independent of politics
‘A great story’ when you frame it as ‘Irrational xenophobe MP looks a right idiot’
With 5 mins thinking about it before jumping on social media he’d have realised it’s 100 miles from Yarmouth to the Hook of Holland, (nearest point on mainland Europe). An ambitious crossing for desperate migrants!
With 5 mins thinking about it before jumping on social media he’d have realised it’s 100 miles from Yarmouth to the Hook of Holland, (nearest point on mainland Europe). An ambitious crossing for desperate migrants!
August 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
‘A great story’ when you frame it as ‘Irrational xenophobe MP looks a right idiot’
With 5 mins thinking about it before jumping on social media he’d have realised it’s 100 miles from Yarmouth to the Hook of Holland, (nearest point on mainland Europe). An ambitious crossing for desperate migrants!
With 5 mins thinking about it before jumping on social media he’d have realised it’s 100 miles from Yarmouth to the Hook of Holland, (nearest point on mainland Europe). An ambitious crossing for desperate migrants!
You’d think this was far fetched but funny if it were a storyline for a sitcom. The fact that it is a judgment from a sitting MP. God help us!
Ex-Reform Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for ‘illegal migrants’
Ex-Reform Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for ‘illegal migrants’
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August 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
You’d think this was far fetched but funny if it were a storyline for a sitcom. The fact that it is a judgment from a sitting MP. God help us!
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
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The actual article also notes that around 50 schools close every year anyway so it's no more than usual.
August 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The actual article also notes that around 50 schools close every year anyway so it's no more than usual.
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I really, REALLY wish we could get beyond the misunderstanding that music education = extra-curricular instrumental provision. Music is a statutory subject of the National Curriculum, and the heart of music education is inclusive classroom music lessons, not optional instrumental provision.
August 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I really, REALLY wish we could get beyond the misunderstanding that music education = extra-curricular instrumental provision. Music is a statutory subject of the National Curriculum, and the heart of music education is inclusive classroom music lessons, not optional instrumental provision.
Classic Simon Heffer in Telegraph. He should get out more, visit a few schools where music is thriving rather than banging on about his ‘golden age’ after which it all went downhill. Good music ed DOES exist in UK. May not be universal but nor was it in 1960s, as many can testify
July 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Classic Simon Heffer in Telegraph. He should get out more, visit a few schools where music is thriving rather than banging on about his ‘golden age’ after which it all went downhill. Good music ed DOES exist in UK. May not be universal but nor was it in 1960s, as many can testify
Visiting southern Italy in the heat of summer with temperatures hitting 35C a hefty rich red Primitivo or Negroamaro is hardly the most attractive option.
But with delicious seafood aplenty crack open the white Verdeca
grapeandhop.blogspot.com/2025/07/viva...
But with delicious seafood aplenty crack open the white Verdeca
grapeandhop.blogspot.com/2025/07/viva...
Viva Verdeca !
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July 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Visiting southern Italy in the heat of summer with temperatures hitting 35C a hefty rich red Primitivo or Negroamaro is hardly the most attractive option.
But with delicious seafood aplenty crack open the white Verdeca
grapeandhop.blogspot.com/2025/07/viva...
But with delicious seafood aplenty crack open the white Verdeca
grapeandhop.blogspot.com/2025/07/viva...
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How charity works, 1985 vs 2025
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
July 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
How charity works, 1985 vs 2025
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Touché
June 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Touché
And you coukd add that Trump is ignorant, shameful and total dusgrace
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Donald Trump was wrong – Ukraine still holds some cards
Editorial: All the nations of the world that believe in freedom, democracy and national self-determination must continue to stand by the Ukrainian people
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June 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And you coukd add that Trump is ignorant, shameful and total dusgrace
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
I’ve always thought that any form of school assessment / exam should focus on what students ‘can do’. Conservative govt’s education reforms 2010-2024 have not served majority of young people well. observer.co.uk/news/nationa....
Too many exams, too many pupils let down: Whitehall plans reset of GCSEs | The Observer
Strategy to help failing white working-class boys will be included in plans to rethink policy on exams and training. But how far will leaders be prepared to go?
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June 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’ve always thought that any form of school assessment / exam should focus on what students ‘can do’. Conservative govt’s education reforms 2010-2024 have not served majority of young people well. observer.co.uk/news/nationa....
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Like others, I understand why they released the fact that the perpetrator of the horrendous Liverpool attack was a white British man.
But it is a bad sign of where our country of at.
Nationality or ethnicity are not the causes of crime & should not be our first concern #r4today
But it is a bad sign of where our country of at.
Nationality or ethnicity are not the causes of crime & should not be our first concern #r4today
May 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Like others, I understand why they released the fact that the perpetrator of the horrendous Liverpool attack was a white British man.
But it is a bad sign of where our country of at.
Nationality or ethnicity are not the causes of crime & should not be our first concern #r4today
But it is a bad sign of where our country of at.
Nationality or ethnicity are not the causes of crime & should not be our first concern #r4today
Great post by drlizstafford.bluesky.social on issues for new National Centre for Arts & Music Education. As someone who a decade ago was funded to enhance trainee primary teachers’ knowledge & confidence in teaching music I concur that initiatives must be F2F, collegiate & predominantly within ITE
May 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Great post by drlizstafford.bluesky.social on issues for new National Centre for Arts & Music Education. As someone who a decade ago was funded to enhance trainee primary teachers’ knowledge & confidence in teaching music I concur that initiatives must be F2F, collegiate & predominantly within ITE