Tuesday 7 June 2011

What are you reading?



To the guys, initially:

Just wondering... what are the lads reading? Read anything decent lately (and by lately, I mean, ever)?
Don't worry, I'll be asking the girls too!
Let me know--what magazines are you reading, what books, newspapers, websites, anything at all which you read. Either post a comment here below, or send me an email. Either is fine.
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3 comments:

  1. Will Hoffmann7 June 2011 at 17:05

    Currently I read...

    Magazines:
    Country Living
    Esquire (though it's gone down hill since the new editor has taken over)
    New Statesman and Specator occasionally if there's anything decent
    Sunday Times Magazine

    Comic Books:
    Batman: The Killing Joke (which I actually thought was a mistake by Alan Moore as it demystifies the Joker)

    Books:
    Elements of Style (to help me perfect my writing technique for my illustrious career in journalism)
    The Rivals by James Naughtie (a book about the relationship between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair)

    I doubt that will help as I have eclectic tastes Mr Green - but I thought it was important to contribute! :)

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  2. Mr Green7 June 2011 at 23:21

    Thanks for your excellent post, Will. Eclectic is good! I imagine you are reading a good range of broadsheets to further your understanding of journalism... and that we will of course see some of your efforts printed in the school magazine.
    PS. Could you please send me a copy of your award-winning Neil Gunn piece? I'm putting together a celebratory display of everyone's fine work.

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  3. Mr Green7 June 2011 at 23:46

    Upon reflection, it seems only fair that I put some of my own reading materials down for internet posterity!

    I, like Will, have fairly eclectic tastes in reading. Having been bitten by the nostalgia-bug recently, as well as being extraordinarily pressed for time, I am currently dipping into Byron's very long, entertaining, satiric poem 'Don Juan', which some of you in the upper school may enjoy.

    I'm also reading a lot about the Curriculum for Excellence, both in print and online, as well as various education-related blogs and websites from all over the world. Most of my online reading is education-related, but I also check up on news related to Canada and the world in general, or topics which take my interest when I happen to be online.

    When I can catch a little time, I read the newspaper, or Men's Health magazine, in the vain hope that in simply reading it, I will defeat all ills AND get washboard abs even if times are so busy I can't get to the gym ;D. It's not working, so I guess I'll have to go back to Plan A and go back to the gym after all (has anyone figured out how to put some extra hours in the day?).

    I read a lot of cookbooks, as this is a fairly major interest of mine (some are absolutely amazing in terms of content beyond recipes--I'd recommend anything in the River Cottage series if you're into food/cooking, but ask me for more if you like).

    I have an overly extensive personal library at home which includes children's fiction (thanks to my son, in part... so starting from cardboard books), younger fiction, world religions and philosophies, histories, dictionaries and style guides, picture books, comic books, right on down to obscure medieval Middle English works on hermitism and Lollardy. Of course a fair few on one of my areas of expertise: palaeography. Of course there are novels there, too, from the classics to 'The Da Vinci Code' to 'Gone With the Wind' to anything which seemed interesting at the time, whether by the cover or blurb. I read them all (ok, not the obscure Middle English stuff so much anymore!) in various ways, at various times.

    The important thing to remember is that reading itself is an intensely enjoyable activity. Books are beautiful things (I even have a book on that). I've received a few emails in response to the original post, and hope to see lots more--c'mon guys, what are YOU reading? I'm not expecting everyone to be reading lofty things... that's not what it's about (Men's Health and cookbooks are certainly not lofty)! Anybody reading any good graphic novels, for example? Tell me about them. Or even name an author or two who you've enjoyed or would recommend to others (perhaps younger than yourselves?).

    Come on, then!

    PS Lewis is reminded that he still has my books on calligraphy.

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