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Ride special with Mark Gardener in conversation with David Eastaugh Gardener formed Ride with Andy Bell (guitar), whom he met at Cheney School in Oxford, and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bass guitarist), whom he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989 "Ride" were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Polytechnic that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989, McGee signed them to Creation Records. With Ride, Gardener released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled Ride, Play and Fall. While the EPs had only limited chart success, enough critical praise was received to make Ride the "darlings" of the UK music press. The first two EPs were eventually released together as Smile in the USA in July 1990 (and later released in the UK in 1992), while the Fall EP was incorporated into the CD version of their debut album, Nowhere, released in October 1990. Nowhere was hailed as a critical success and the media dubbed Ride "The brightest hope" for 1991.[citation needed] This was followed in March 1992 by the band's second album Going Blank Again. Despite having a solid fanbase and some mainstream success, the lack of a breakthrough contributed to inter-band tension, especially between Gardener and Bell. Their third album, Carnival of Light, was released in 1994, after shoegazing had given way to Britpop. Carnival of Light was oriented towards this new sound, but sales were sluggish and the shift in musical tastes devastated much of their original audience and critics alike.
In this episode, Flávia talks to Mr Ben Preston from Cheney School in Oxford Sam talks about his career path from enjoying explaining things to friends to Head of Science. They also discuss the importance of research, evidence and cognitive sciences to teaching and learning. How can teachers keep up with new findings? How can those be shared across the school? Does technology help? For more information on the discussion, visit https://www.senecalearning.com/?utm_source=Podcast-2 or tweet @FlaviaBelhamPhD, @PrestonScience, @SenecaLearn
In this episode, we explore how the project collaborated with Year 8 pupils at Cheney School to make Victorian Light Night (16/11/18) a success. For further information - and to view the winning designs - see our blog at www.diseasesmodernlife.org Produced by: Dr Catherine Charlwood With thanks to: Dr Lorna Robinson and Cheney School Music for this episode came from the Free Music Archive, with two songs (Little Nemo Selection and L’Encore) performed by the Victor Hugo Orchestra and recorded on Edison Cylinders between 1909-1910. This music is licensed under the Public Domain Mark 1.0 License. The sound effects came from the BBC Sound Effects Archive, which are made available for educational use under the RemArc Licence: - Electric school bell rings. (Recorded in London, 1980.) - One unshod horse passes at trot on rough track, with some birdsong.
Sixth-form artists from Cheney School search out the decorated and opinionated residents of Oxford to get their views on Body Art.