Michael ShanksOn public service, and a fresh start for Rutherglen and Hamilton WestValues matter.3 min read·Apr 27, 2023----
Michael ShanksThe Return of Exam Results DayIt’s one of those days we never really missed during the COVID years. To be fair, it never really went away. Even with the predicted grades…4 min read·Aug 8, 2022--1--1
Michael ShanksThe unappreciated exhaustion of election campaignsI wrote a version of this blog five years ago after the last Scottish Parliament elections. I’m re-writing it a wee bit this time —partly…4 min read·May 5, 2021----
Michael ShanksAdverse Childhood Experiences and education — a newbie teacher’s perspectiveMany of you will have already seen ‘Resilience’, a brilliant film about the “biology of stress and the science of hope”. It’s been shown…15 min read·Jun 14, 2020----
Michael ShanksAnxiety, and the fact it has nothing whatsoever to do with public speaking.Understanding anxiety5 min read·Jan 22, 2019--1--1
Michael ShanksMarcothon 2017 and a brief word about homelessnessA couple of years ago now I spent a night at the Glasgow City Mission Winter Shelter. I met men and women who had literally nowhere else to…2 min read·Dec 1, 2017----
Michael Shanks2016 — here’s to comradeshipIf nothing else, 2016 will certainly go down as an unforgettable year. A roller-coaster of world events and political decisions that will…4 min read·Dec 30, 2016----
Michael ShanksMale or female, young or adult, prison isn’t (always) the answer.There has been much in the news today of the most recent case of the infamous ‘u-turn’ — that awful cardinal sin in politics of changing…5 min read·Jan 26, 2015----
Michael ShanksIt’s time for Scottish Labour to stop kicking itself and catch up with the rest of Scotland.Johann Lamont said in 2011 that Scottish Labour’s performance in the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections was “a tired old politics machine…6 min read·Oct 22, 2014----
Michael ShanksWhen a Freudian Slip isn’t just a Freudian Slip.“Now there is a small… there is a group, and I know exactly who you mean, where actually as you say they’re not worth the full wage” — Lord…4 min read·Oct 15, 2014----
