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45-456: An essay on Mulcahy's song "Hey Self-Defeater" (from the album Fathering ) was featured in Nick Hornby 's book Songbook . In 2003, Mulcahy was invited to sing a Haiku poem, "Haiku Three In The Museum Garden", by Nobel laureate George Seferis , on the international release of electronica band Sigmatropic Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories. A subsequent limited edition 12-inch by Sigmatropic

90-527: A Boy was adapted for television and aired on NBC from 22 February 2014 to 17 February 2015. The show was developed by Jason Katims and it is the second adaptation based on the 1998 novel. The series stars David Walton, Minnie Driver and Benjamin Stockham. Hulu premiered a 10-episode reboot of High Fidelity starring Zoë Kravitz on 14 February 2020. The importance of music in Hornby's novels, and in his life,

135-526: A collection of essays about American writers such as Tobias Wolff and Ann Beattie , titled Contemporary American Fiction . Hornby's second book, Fever Pitch , also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for Arsenal Football Club . As a result, Hornby received the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award . In 1997, the memoir was adapted for film in

180-608: A different education system and priorities. Schools need to accommodate students, staff, storage, mechanical and electrical systems, support staff, ancillary staff and administration. The number of rooms required can be determined from the predicted roll of the school and the area needed. According to standards used in the United Kingdom, a general classroom for 30 students needs to be 55 m , or more generously 62 m . A general art room for 30 students needs to be 83 m , but 104 m for 3D textile work. A drama studio or

225-628: A greater variety of classes, or sponsoring a greater number of extra-curricular activities . (Some of these benefits can also be achieved through smaller but specialized schools, such as a dedicated special school for students with disabilities or a magnet school for students with a particular subject-matter interest.) In terms of structure, organization, and relationships, larger schools tend to be more hierarchical and bureaucratic , with fewer and weaker personal connections and more rigidly defined, unvarying roles for all staff. Teachers find that large schools result in more information to process in

270-419: A hopelessly addicted Boston Red Sox fan who tries to reconcile his love of the game with that of his girlfriend ( Drew Barrymore ), was released in 2005. Johnny Depp purchased film rights to the book A Long Way Down before it was published. The book was made into the 2014 film of the same name starring Pierce Brosnan , Aaron Paul , Toni Collette and Imogen Poots . The film adaptation of Juliet, Naked

315-597: A major donor to the charity and is still involved as a vice-president. In 2010, Nick Hornby co-founded Ministry of Stories , a writing charity based in Hoxton, east London. The charity was inspired by Dave Eggers ' 826 Valencia model in San Francisco and aims to offer young people a chance to develop writing and literacy skills and develop a love of writing for pleasure. Hornby supports Arsenal Football Club . Secondary school A secondary school or high school

360-466: A minor tour in the U.S. Mulcahy appeared on J Mascis ', Tied to a Star (2014), singing on two tracks. Miracle Legion reformed in 2016–2017. Nick Hornby Nicholas Peter John Hornby (born 17 April 1957) is an English writer and lyricist. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity and About a Boy , all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and

405-565: A neurotic record collector and his failed relationships, was adapted into a 2000 American film starring John Cusack , a Broadway musical in 2006, and a television show High Fidelity starring Zoë Kravitz in 2020. His second novel, About a Boy , published in 1998, is about two "boys" — Marcus, an awkward yet endearing adolescent from a single-parent family, and the free-floating, mid-30s Will Freeman, who overcomes his own immaturity and self-centredness through his growing relationship with Marcus. Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult starred in

450-422: A secondary school may have a canteen, serving a set of foods to students, and storage where the equipment of a school is kept. Government accountants having read the advice then publish minimum guidelines on schools. These enable environmental modelling and establishing building costs. Future design plans are audited to ensure that these standards are met but not exceeded. Government ministries continue to press for

495-561: A single basketball court could serve a school with 200 students just as well as a school with 500 students, so construction and maintenance costs, on a per-student basis, can be lower for larger schools. However, cost savings from larger schools have generally not materialized, as larger schools require more administrative support staff, and rural areas see the potential savings offset by increased transportation costs. Larger schools can also support more specialization, such as splitting students into advanced, average, and basic tracks , offering

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540-417: A specialist science laboratory for 30 needs to be 90 m . Examples are given on how this can be configured for a 1,200 place secondary (practical specialism). and 1,850 place secondary school. The ideal size for a typical comprehensive high school is large enough to offer a variety of classes, but small enough that students develop a sense of community. Research has suggested that academic achievement

585-555: Is a 16-year-old skateboarder named Sam, whose life changes drastically when his girlfriend gets pregnant. Hornby's following novel, titled Juliet, Naked , was published in September 2009. Addressing similar themes as his earlier novel High Fidelity , the book is about a reclusive 1980s rock star who is forced out of isolation, after the release of demo recordings of the songs on his most famous album brings him into contact with some of his most passionate fans. In 2010, Hornby co-founded

630-502: Is an institution that provides secondary education . Some secondary schools provide both lower secondary education (ages 11 to 14) and upper secondary education (ages 14 to 18), i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. There may be other variations in the provision: for example, children in Australia, Hong Kong, and Spain change from

675-550: Is best when there are about 150 to 250 students in each grade level, and that above a total school size of 2,000 for a secondary school, academic achievement and the sense of school community decline substantially. Arguments in favor of smaller schools include having a shared experience of school (e.g., everyone takes the same classes, because the school is too small to offer alternatives), higher average academic achievement, and lower inequality . Arguments in favor of larger schools tend to focus on economy of scale . For example,

720-903: Is evidenced by his long-standing and fruitful collaborations with the rock band Marah , fronted by Dave and Serge Bielanko. Hornby has even toured in the United States and Europe with the band, joining them on stage to read his essays about particular moments and performers in his own musical history that have had a particular meaning for him. Hornby's music criticism (most notably for The New Yorker and in his own Songbook ) has been widely criticised by writers such as Kevin Dettmar (in his book Is Rock Dead ), Curtis White (in an essay at www.centreforbookculture.org, titled "Kid Adorno"), Barry Faulk and Simon Reynolds for his embrace of rock traditionalism and conservative take on post-rock and other experimental musics (exemplified in Hornby's negative review of

765-415: Is producer Amanda Posey . They separated in 2021. They have two sons, born in 2001 and 2004. Hornby's sister, writer Gill Hornby, is married to writer Robert Harris . Nick Hornby was directly involved in the creation of the charity Ambitious about Autism , then known as TreeHouse Trust, and its school TreeHouse School , as a result of trying to find specialist education for his son Danny. Hornby remains

810-567: The 2002 film version . In 1999, Hornby received the E. M. Forster Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters . Hornby's next novel, How to Be Good , was published in 2001. The female protagonist in the novel explores contemporary morals, marriage and parenthood. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2001 and won the W.H. Smith Award for Fiction in 2002. Part of the money he earned with his next book, Speaking with

855-615: The Ministry of Stories , a non-profit organisation in East London dedicated to helping children and young adults develop writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Hornby discussed his bouts of depression in 2012 on the BBC Radio 4 broadcast of "Fever Pitched: Twenty Years On". Hornby's most recent novels are Funny Girl (2014), about a 1960s beauty queen determined to make her mark upon television comedy, State of

900-503: The Radiohead album Kid A ). Hornby has also had extensive collaboration with American singer/songwriter Ben Folds . Their album Lonely Avenue was released in September 2010. Folds wrote the music, with Hornby contributing lyrics. Prior to the album's release, the single "Picture Window" was released on Ben Folds' website. A bootleg version of a song about Levi Johnston written by Hornby and Folds and performed by Folds, appeared on

945-409: The 'minimum' space and cost standards to be reduced. The UK government published this downwardly revised space formula in 2014. It said the floor area should be 1050 m (+ 350 m if there is a sixth form) + 6.3 m /pupil place for 11- to 16-year-olds + 7 m /pupil place for post-16s. The external finishes were to be downgraded to meet a build cost of £1113/m . A secondary school locally may be called

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990-459: The Angel in 2002, was donated to TreeHouse , a charity for autistic children: Hornby's own son is autistic. He was editor of the book, which contained twelve short stories written by his friends. He also contributed to the collection with the story "NippleJesus". In 2003, Hornby wrote a collection of essays on selected popular songs and the emotional resonance they carry, called 31 Songs (known in

1035-557: The English model, but differs significantly in terms of labels. This terminology extends into the research literature. Below is a comparison of some countries: Schools exist within a strict legal framework where they may be answerable to their government through local authorities and their stakeholders. In England (but necessarily in other parts of the United Kingdom) there are six general types of state-funded schools running in parallel to

1080-469: The English-speaking world, there are three widely used systems to describe the age of the child. The first is the 'equivalent ages'; then countries that base their education systems on the 'English model' use one of two methods to identify the year group, while countries that base their systems on the 'American K–12 model' refer to their year groups as 'grades'. The Irish model is structured similarly to

1125-707: The UK , and in 2005 an American remake was released, following Jimmy Fallon 's character's obsession with the Boston Red Sox , a baseball team. With the book's success, Hornby began to publish articles in the Sunday Times , Time Out and the Times Literary Supplement , in addition to his music reviews for the New Yorker . High Fidelity — his third book and first novel — was published in 1995. The novel, about

1170-742: The US as Songbook ). Also in 2003, Hornby was awarded the London Award 2003, an award that was selected by fellow writers. Hornby has also written essays on various aspects of popular culture and, in particular, he has become known for his writing on pop music and mix tape enthusiasts. Since 2003, he has written a book review column, "Stuff I've Been Reading", for the monthly magazine The Believer ; all of these articles are collected between The Polysyllabic Spree (2004), Housekeeping vs. The Dirt (2006), Shakespeare Wrote for Money (2008), and More Baths Less Talking (2012). Hornby's novel A Long Way Down

1215-619: The Union (2019) and Just Like You (2020). Hornby has also developed a career as a screenwriter, and has said that he enjoys the challenge of working in film as opposed to writing novels. In his BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters' Lecture he said: "once you get to a certain point in your novelistic career, unless you screw up very badly the book is going to come out. With a screenplay there are all these hurdles that seem to have some kind of objectivity to them. The screenplay has to work and I love that." In 2009, Hornby adapted an autobiographical memoir by

1260-450: The ages of 13 and 18. Secondary schools follow on from primary schools and prepare for vocational or tertiary education . In high and middle income countries, attendance is usually compulsory for students at least until age 16. The organisations, buildings, and terminology are more or less unique in each country. In the ISCED 2014 education scale, levels 2 and 3 correspond to secondary education which are as follows: Within

1305-572: The aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists. His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide as of 2018. In a 2004 poll for the BBC , Hornby was named the 29th most influential person in British culture . He has received two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for An Education (2009), and Brooklyn (2015). Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey , the son of Sir Derek Hornby ,

1350-451: The chairman of London and Continental Railways , and Margaret Audrey Withers. He was brought up in Maidenhead , and educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge , where he read English . His parents divorced when he was eleven. Before becoming a novelist, Hornby worked for a time as a secondary-school English teacher. Hornby published his first book in 1992,

1395-442: The education has to fulfill the needs of: students, teachers, non-teaching support staff, administrators and the community. It has to meet general government building guidelines, health requirements, minimal functional requirements for classrooms, toilets and showers, electricity and services, preparation and storage of textbooks and basic teaching aids. An optimum secondary school will meet the minimum conditions and will have: Also,

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1440-463: The following year, Could That Be The Voice? (Tongue Master Records), featured Mulcahy on two featured alternate remixes, "Haiku One" and "Haiku Four", as well as contributions by Edith Frost & Carla Torgerson ( The Walkabouts ). Mulcahy composed the music for and performed in Ben Katchor's 2004 musical, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower . Mulcahy also co-wrote

1485-506: The internet. Remaining Hornby lyrics provided the title song of the 2012 Ben Folds Five reunion album, The Sound of the Life of the Mind . In 2022, Hornby released the book Dickens and Prince , where he makes connections between the musician Prince and author Charles Dickens . Hornby has been married twice. He and his first wife have one son, born in 1993, who is autistic. Hornby's second wife

1530-534: The journalist Lynn Barber for the screen as An Education , a feature film starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan . He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and for two BAFTAs . In 2014, Hornby adapted another autobiographical memoir, Cheryl Strayed 's Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail . Wild , which starred Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern ,

1575-477: The jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of Fever Pitch , starring Colin Firth . It was followed by High Fidelity in 2000, starring John Cusack , with the action shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, About a Boy was quickly picked up, and released in 2002, starring Hugh Grant . An Americanized Fever Pitch , in which Jimmy Fallon plays

1620-410: The larger environment (e.g., announcements about 100 programs instead of just 10) and that as individuals they form fewer relationships with teachers outside of their primary subject area. Smaller schools have less social isolation and more engagement. These effects cannot be entirely overcome through implementation of a house system or " school within a school " programs. The building providing

1665-405: The musical The Rosenbach Company with Katchor. Mulcahy recorded a cover version of Shania Twain 's "From This Moment On" for Engine Room Recordings ' compilation album Guilt by Association , which was released in September 2007. His song "Cookie Jar" was used in the 2008 movie Management over the closing credits. A tribute album titled Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy

1710-650: The performance, a Twitter and Facebook page for Polaris appeared. Mulcahy played a four-date tour in England in early December, including a performance at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival. In addition, Mulcahy's single "Low Birthweight Child/The Cottage That We Rented Had a Name" was released on December 10 by the UK-based Tongue Master Records. In 2013, he released his first full-length album in eight years, Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You , and undertook

1755-644: The primary to secondary systems a year later at the age of 12, with the ISCED's first year of lower secondary being the last year of primary provision. In the United States , most local secondary education systems have separate middle schools and high schools . In the United Kingdom , most state schools and privately funded schools accommodate pupils between the ages of 11 and 16 or between 11 and 18; some UK private schools, i.e. public schools , admit pupils between

1800-579: The private sector. The state takes an interest in safeguarding issues in all schools. All state-funded schools in England are legally required to have a website where they must publish details of their governance, finance, curriculum intent and staff and pupil protection policies to comply with The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and 2016 . Ofsted monitors these. School building design does not happen in isolation. The building or school campus needs to accommodate: Each country will have

1845-539: The same name . Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph said it was "his strongest work ever as a screenwriter". According to Metacritic, the film is on eighty "top 10" lists for 2015. He was nominated for his second Oscar for writing the screenplay and received two BAFTA nominations, winning one. In 2016, Hornby adapted Nina Stibbe's book Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life into a television series. Love, Nina received its debut on BBC One on 20 May 2016, and ran for five episodes. Several of Hornby's books have made

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1890-410: Was nominated for Best Actress for Witherspoon and Best Supporting Actress for Dern. Speaking on the challenge of adapting such a packed book, Hornby said it was really a case of boiling everything down and making the realisation that he could have made a two-hour film without mentioning walking at all. In 2015, he wrote the script for the film Brooklyn , an adaptation of Colm Tóibín 's novel of

1935-501: Was published in 2005, with a film version of this book released in 2014. It was on the shortlist for the Whitbread Novel Award . Hornby has also edited two sports-related anthologies: My Favourite Year and The Picador Book of Sports Writing . Hornby's book Slam was published on 16 October 2007; it is his first novel for young adults and was recognised as a 2008 ALA Best Books for Young Adults . The protagonist of Slam

1980-469: Was released in 2018 starring Rose Byrne , Ethan Hawke and Chris O'Dowd . High Fidelity was also the basis for a 2006 eponymous musical that shifted the action to Brooklyn ; its book is by David Lindsay-Abaire with lyrics by Amanda Green , and music created by Tom Kitt . The production ran for a month in Boston , then moved to Broadway , closing after 18 previews and 14 regular performances. About

2025-421: Was released on September 15, 2009, featuring contributions from Thom Yorke , Frank Black , The National , Dinosaur Jr. , Michael Stipe , Juliana Hatfield , Mercury Rev , David Berkeley , Frank Turner . The album also serves as a benefit for Mulcahy, whose wife Melissa died in 2008. Mulcahy re-emerged in 2012 with a reunion show with Polaris at Cinefamily's Everything is Festival III on August 28. Following

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