Films over the festive season

Over the festive period, I watched as many films as I probably did the entire year just gone. Most of the films were not my choice - rather, the choice of friends and family. In fact, I wouldn't have chosen to watch any of the films if it was up to me, yet ended up enjoying every single one of them and really learnt to value the film choices. It is definitely worth letting other people chose the film sometimes - that can really broaden your mind and let you explore options you wouldn't have even considered!

The best ones that I watched over the festive period are:

1. The modern Sherlock Holmes series: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/12_december/19/sherlock.shtml

2. The new Narnia film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_The_Voyage_of_the_Dawn_Treader

3. Come Fly with Me: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/comedy/come-fly-with-me/

They are all entertaining and thought-provoking so go and see them when you get a chance!

Music Album Cover Exhibition

Have you ever thought that music album covers are a form of art? Go and see this exhibition and you'll think about album covers differently after that:

http://www.coinstreet.org/whatson/calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2010/11/18/1080/111%7C110%7C112/NWQ4Yzg2NzliNmUyYTk2NjE2NTFhMzA1YzU5ZWRiOWU=/the-art-of-the-album.html

Educational Research Journal

I've had the privilege to be invited to be a member of the review team for an excellent academic research journal. Educational Research is a brilliant journal that covers a wide range of topics related to education. The specific topics range from educational policy to curriculum development, informal education and anything else even remotely related to educational systems.

In particular, it publishes a large number of research papers concerned with education in developing countries. There are several articles on the school systems and educational policies in different African countries, for example. Personally, I have learnt a great deal about issues and dilemmas faced by educationists and locals in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda since starting to review articles for the journal.

Educational Research is now calling for submissions on relevant topics. Check out more details on their website:

http://www.interesjournals.org/ER/index.htm

War is Boring

When I was browsing books at a local bookshops the other day, I noticed this comic book titled 'War is boring'. I flicked through: the book consist of short comics from present war zones (Iraq, Afganistan....) that highlight how war is the most boring thing on earth and why would anyone want to get into war with another country. It is a very political book, which has tried to turn a touchy subject into humour and, in addition to the usual reasons for why we should stop wars, it lists many other reasons from the point of view of soldiers and locals who suffer at the hands of war.

Here is the website of the authors of the comic:

http://www.warisboring.com/