In GBA 183 we get better acquainted with Vicky who I met through the Ministry of Stories where she works and we talk about engaging children through creative writing, working in a Monster Supplies shop, the human capacity for learning, how the French Horn is received in folk clubs, commuting between the country and the city, the joys of birdwatching, navigating the education system and so much more.

Vicky plugs:

Her band the flowing: https://www.facebook.com/theflowing

Birdwatching

We mention:

Ministry of Stories: http://www.ministryofstories.org/
Ministry of Stories on Cbeebies: http://bit.ly/MiScbeebies
Poetry Garden: http://www.ministryofstories.org/planting-poetry/
Acrostic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrostic
Mesostic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesostic
Matt Hill: http://rethinkdaily.co.uk/
The Story: http://thestory.org.uk/
Hoxton Monster Supplies: http://www.monstersupplies.org/
Plainchant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainsong
Early Folk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music#Early_folk_music.2C_fieldwork_and_scholarship
Yann Tiersen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Tiersen
Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/applesforeveryone
Isle of Grain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Grain
Boris Johnson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson
How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher: http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Bad-Birdwatcher-Greater-Glory/dp/1904977057
Jem Rolls: https://www.facebook.com/jem.rolls.1 - Bird Poem: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/track/i-know-what-the-birds-are-thinking-and-i-understand-that-look-in-their-eyes
RSPB Website bird songs: http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdidentifier/

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