Author name: Tom Bigglestone

I spent last Sunday at The National Gallery in London with my friend, Steve. Navigating the rooms of world-famous paintings isn’t easy, especially at the weekend. But, on the brink of retiring for another coffee, we found ourselves motionless and staring in puzzlement at one particular piece.  It wasn’t the biggest, nor the most famous […]

This week, three curriculum-based session plans, exploring big questions in History, Maths and friendship. Each begins with a stimulus and simple question… …and guides you and your pupils to new philosophical depths through our three core principles of Philosophy Circles. Also a They’re taken from our popular Philosophy Circles Curriculum Pack – now in its third edition after

This week, an activity based on a conversation overheard amongst baristas in a cafe in Tynemouth.   If a genie could grant you only one of the following abiltiies, which would you choose? Listening to their conversation, whilst tucking into a very good artisan donut, reminded me of the power of evenly appealing (or unappealing) choices in P4C. After all,