HeyJaredThe Fortnightly from Julian Girdham
The Fortnightly is about thinking, writing, reading, teaching & more. Every 2 weeks in the school term since 2016 - on Substack since 2024. Always free, but contributions are most welcome, and paid contributors will receive The Occasional, a close-cousin.
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209: Windfall-sweetened soil (opens the original)
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The second Fortnightly of this academic year.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="371.05263157894734" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vtnH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F
(Extra) The Wolf You Feed: pay attention! (opens the original)
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This is an essay built around my presentation on Attention at researchED Cork in Bandon Grammar School on Saturday 19th September 2026. It incorporates most of the materials, and attempts to make a coherent outline of what I said. It is not a transcript: much of what I said was off the cuff, but slides are a very poor representation of what happened in any presentation so at least here’s something for those who weren’t there, and those who were and would like to … pay it more attention.Many than
208: The Absent Ones (opens the original)
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The first Fortnightly of this academic year. Welcome to all who have joined over the summer since number 207 on June 13th.It started ten years ago (first on TinyLetter, then Mailchimp, arriving on Substack in 2024). <div class="image2-ins
Late summer update, August 2026 (opens the original)
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Thanks to the many who subscribed during the summer, which means you haven’t actually received a Fortnightly yet. But you will soon, during term-time every two weeks starting on September 12th, an issue which includes Julia Bell, Ben Lerner and Théodore Géricault.Who reads The Fortnightly? I’d say people interested in books and teaching mostly, and of course the Venn diagram overlaps at English teachers (I recommend the US-based too). But of course all are welcome!<a class="image-link image2 is-
The Occasional 16 (opens the original)
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For paid subscribers, the final Occasional of these summer holidays. There will be an update for everyone near the end of this month, and then The Fortnightly will resume in September, with some Extras in the planning stage (such as one on veteran English teachers). It started in 2016 (on TinyLetter, then Mailchimp, here since 2024).<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vtnH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-
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