Cultural Geography Blog

One of my favourite musicians is Aimee Mann . She has been a regular part of my listening life for over 30 years. Her first band and success was with 'Til Tuesday but she has had a long solo career... with her soundtrack to 'Magnolia' and recent albums being highlights. Today, she posted this message on Instagram which has resulted in quite a lot of excitement. Aimee Mann’s ’80s new wave band ‘Til Tuesday will reunite for their first show in 33 years (it’s billed as their first show with the original lineup in 35 years)  I spent the day with all her music on Spotify... 

 As per the previous post, here's a bit of TD with an Earth-related video projection they used...

Earlier this week I headed for the Barbican to see Tangerine Dream again. This time it was the 50th anniversary of Phaedra. A really excellent evening with a long semi-improvised session. Someone shot a video of one of my favourite tracks from the evening. Not great quality but you can see the energy and interactions between Thorsten and the others, and you have the inevitable people who use the evening as a pub crawl... sit down for the duration!

An RGS-heavy day today alongside my teaching. This post is a cross-posting from my dedicated RGS blog - please go and check it out if you haven't already.   It shares all the news linked to my role as Vice President: Education. This curriculum review will be one of the things I'm interested in for the next year or so. Joined a very interesting Zoom call followed by some emails related to the opening of the RGS' request for your thoughts as part of the 'call for evidence' of the Francis Curriculum Review. That request is now open as of lunchtime today. New on the RGS website is this call for your thoughts ahead of the Curriculum and Assessment Review for England, which is being chaired by Becky Francis. At the moment, the review is in a phase where they call for evidence. This evidence will inform later stages of the consultation. The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired