Comments for TdG https://tdg.me/ Tom de Grunwald | Digital Strategist & Social Entrepreneur Thu, 28 May 2020 01:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 Comment on My teacher, my friend.  by Catharine Cay Chandler https://tdg.me/2016/04/my-teacher-my-friend/#comment-5768 Thu, 28 May 2020 01:43:39 +0000 http://tdg.me/?p=728#comment-5768 There were two Brian Thompson’s at Lionel Rd in 1969. This Brian Thompson was my teacher and helped me through the awful time of my parents divorce. He taught me to read with the orange folder system and was so kind, caring and patient. I don’t recall him being Australian. never knew he was gay, but I ended up living in Sydney and have been a Buddhist, yoga, creative designer and a fag hag all my life. And what a wonderful life it’s been. Thank you Brian.

]]> Comment on My teacher, my friend.  by Tom https://tdg.me/2016/04/my-teacher-my-friend/#comment-5762 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:54:17 +0000 http://tdg.me/?p=728#comment-5762 In reply to Jitander Dudee.

I couldn’t agree more – thank you for sharing your memories. I don’t know the rooster musical, but I played the Pied Piper himself (with help from an offstage flautist)! I also vividly remember his ‘Circe’, in which my sisters performed, some years prior

]]> Comment on My teacher, my friend.  by Jitander Dudee https://tdg.me/2016/04/my-teacher-my-friend/#comment-5761 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:11:21 +0000 http://tdg.me/?p=728#comment-5761 I only found out about Mr Thompson’s passing a few months ago from my brother who say his obituary in the Guardian and it brought back a lot of half forgotten memories. I never realized what an exceptional teacher he was until I reached adulthood because as a kid, I thought all teachers had a touch of the superhuman. I still find myself mentally humming the songs from his self-written musicals. One was about the Pied Piper of Hamlin and another about a French rooster if I recall correctly?

]]> Comment on My teacher, my friend.  by Marilyn Benton (Hodgson) https://tdg.me/2016/04/my-teacher-my-friend/#comment-5373 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:30:44 +0000 http://tdg.me/?p=728#comment-5373 I have often wondered whathappened to MrThompson. He was our wonderful library teacher at Hartwell State School (Victoria, Australia) and he introduced us to Tolkein and CS Lewis. The library was in a portable classroom at the side of the school and our lessons would consist of readings from ‘The Hobbit’ where he would take on all characterisations (I still remember his marvellous voicings of Gandalf and Gollum) and he would draw wonderful chalk pictures on the crusty old blackboard. We wrote poetry and prose. He taught us how to care for books; he was our buddy and he was kind and funny. The year after I left he published ‘Once Around The Sun’ a collection of poems written by the Hartwell Chidren. 60 years later I have never forgotten him and thought of him often through the years. He began my great love of literature and learning and inspired me to become a teacher. I wishn I had been able to thank him for being my teacher.

]]> Comment on My teacher, my friend.  by Tom https://tdg.me/2016/04/my-teacher-my-friend/#comment-5278 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 22:45:25 +0000 http://tdg.me/?p=728#comment-5278 In reply to Janet.

Thanks for sharing your memories, Janet, they accord very much with mine and, I know, with many others’ of him. I still think of him regularly, it is a rare person that affects so many people’s lives for the good and so significantly. I’m sorry to have been the bearer of sad news, but glad we could somehow, at a distance, share in good memories of him.

]]> Comment on My teacher, my friend.  by Janet https://tdg.me/2016/04/my-teacher-my-friend/#comment-5277 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 22:16:19 +0000 http://tdg.me/?p=728#comment-5277 Very sad to have only just seen this post. Brian Thompson was also my teacher at Lionel Road School in Brentford. He taught me in 1970 in my last year of junior school. I have never forgotten him and often thought about him over the years. He was an inspirational teacher who opened my eyes to art and literature. He really got our imagination going and read stories to us, took us to the National Gallery in London and explained the paintings in a way that a ten year old could appreciate. He accompanied us on our school journey to Ross on Wye and taught us so much about map reading, castles, history and wildlife. A truly gifted teacher and a very sad loss. I still have a book that he gave to me at prize giving by David Mackay, a Flock of Words. I loved the poems in the book and will always think of him when I read it.

]]> Comment on Swap My Vote by Tom https://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-1539 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:40:29 +0000 http://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-1539 We’ve launched at http://swapmyvote.uk – and the feedback has been immense. If you’re looking to make your vote count for more, do check it out.

]]> Comment on Swap My Vote by Tom https://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-755 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:23:09 +0000 http://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-755 Watch this space…

]]> Comment on Swap My Vote by Tom https://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-51 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:09:03 +0000 http://tdg.me/2010/05/swap-my-vote/#comment-51 After last year’s failed AV referendum I have decided not to renew the domain (it’s May 2012).
However, come the next General Election I’d be keen to make sure our votes count. To that end, please get in touch if you’d like to help build something…
Cheers,
TdG

]]> Comment on 10 Reasons Your Idea Isn’t Being Commissioned by Tweets that mention 10 Reasons Your Idea Isn’t Being Commissioned -- Topsy.com https://tdg.me/2011/02/10-reasons-your-idea-isnt-being-commissioned/#comment-30 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:15:20 +0000 http://tdg.me/2011/02/10-reasons-your-idea-isnt-being-commissioned/#comment-30 […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Nicola Lees, Liz Newton, stuarthadley, Holly Blake, Tom de Grunwald and others. Tom de Grunwald said: "10 Reasons Your Idea Isn’t Being Commissioned" http://tdg.im/hILgxG Blog post from Development Producers' meetup @TVMole's talk #TV […]

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