{"id":412,"date":"2009-04-24T11:02:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/?p=412"},"modified":"2009-04-24T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T19:02:10","slug":"hassle-free-hassenbrook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Hassle-Free Hassenbrook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Herewith a couple of quick pics from today&#8217;s brilliant visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hassenbrook.org.uk\/\"><strong>Hassenbrook School<\/strong><\/a>, in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex (UK).<\/p>\n<p>First up, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spaghetti_Western\">Spaghetti Western<\/a>-style widescreen shot to give you a flavour&#8230;!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-415 alignnone\" title=\"hassenbrook240409widescreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/hassenbrook240409widescreen.jpg\" alt=\"hassenbrook240409widescreen\" width=\"800\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/hassenbrook240409widescreen.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/hassenbrook240409widescreen-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this (below) which shows pretty clearly how the warm welcome that I received there made me feel&#8230;! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-417 aligncenter\" title=\"hassenbrook240409cheesygrin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/hassenbrook240409cheesygrin.jpg\" alt=\"hassenbrook240409cheesygrin\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/hassenbrook240409cheesygrin.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.timdefenderoftheearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/hassenbrook240409cheesygrin-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This visit was a lot of fun. The Year 7 and Year 8 students in all three sessions asked excellent questions and I had some great chats while signing in the library at lunchtime. A giant monster thank you to Ms Brockwell for inviting me (and taking these pics). Thanks, too, to everyone I met and spoke to, but especially to <strong>Ricky<\/strong> for helping out (and listening so politely to all three talks!) and to <strong>Jordan<\/strong> for suggesting some <em>fabulous<\/em> possible <strong>book titles<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I&#8217;m off to the awesome <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/palacefestival.wordpress.com\/\">Crystal Palace Children&#8217;s Book Festival<\/a>!<\/strong> I&#8217;ll be in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksellercrow.co.uk\/\"><strong>The Bookseller Crow<\/strong><\/a> bookshop from about 2pm, so if you&#8217;re in the area do drop by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herewith a couple of quick pics from today&#8217;s brilliant visit to Hassenbrook School, in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex (UK). First up, a Spaghetti Western-style widescreen shot to give you a flavour&#8230;! And this (below) which shows pretty clearly how the warm welcome that I received there made me feel&#8230;! \ud83d\ude00 This visit was a lot of fun. 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