Music for Peace

Music for Peace

Exeter Sings No To Trident! Pete Stevenson reports on day of hope for a better world Exeter CND put on a fantastic event last weekend at Exeter City Football Club. Music for Peace featured over thirty musicians, dancers and poets who performed free of charge to over...
Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion

Who are Extinction Rebellion and how can they help to bring about environmental change? Pete Stevenson reports on a public meeting in rural Somerset. It was a packed but rather odd meeting. The main speaker spoke for an hour and was followed by another who spoke for...
Equality & The Creative Curriculum

Equality & The Creative Curriculum

Racism is alive and well in the West Country but sadly the creative curriculum in schools is not. Both issues concern Pete Stevenson who, as Pete the Poet, delivers creativity workshops in schools to celebrate the values of cultural diversity and race equality. As a...
Education Progress

Education Progress

Education – How are we doing? Pete Stevenson is a teacher and former head teacher with 37 years’ experience in primary, secondary and special schools. He currently runs an equality and diversity creativity programme in schools. Education has been a hot topic for...
Don’t Look Up

Don’t Look Up

A Netflix film review. This is a disappointing science fiction film with a powerful message, presented as an analogy of the dangers of climate change. An asteroid is heading for earth that, on contact, will kill us all. Two scientists played by Leonardo DiCaprio and...
Creativity in Schools

Creativity in Schools

Creativity is at the heart of a healthy society. I work as a teacher in schools promoting the values of cultural diversity and race equality through inter-active storytelling workshops and it’s great to feel part of ongoing projects to challenge racism which is sadly...