The challenging task of moving to new chambers is eased by finding a local cafe that not only has abundant seating but also serves good coffee.  On top of that, City Lit is across the road and the bank is around the corner.  This is perfection.

Meanwhile, in Crouch End, there is a poetry evening at the local Oddbins.  It is rumoured that John Hegley will attend. In the interim, fortified by a small glass of red wine, we listen to various poems and pieces of music, one particularly interesting song is called Tax the Dead.

Sadly, pressure of work means that we cannot stay.  Later reports indicate that John Hegley came and was very good.

A close adviser to the Education Secretary Michael Gove, says that genes are more important than teaching.  Rather than the teaching a child receives, performance is due to genetics.  So presumably, he would say, all those struggles for workers’ education were pointless, the fight for women’s education unnecessary.  The man who dictates what happens in our schools is advised by an unelected person who believes this tosh.  What conclusions can we draw from this?