And a happy new year one and all. With an extended Brucie Bonus, here’s January’s music of the month from the Green Wedge team.

Blandine Demailly speaks to Fairewell’s Johnny White and falls under the spell of his dreamy, blustery debut.

As Michael Gove’s eduction reforms fall down around his ears, an English teacher at an inner city London comp reports from the education coalface.

The music-loving writers of Green Wedge, and some of our good friends, present their favourite 3 albums of 2011. Enjoy.

Tomorrow, radical Christian Symon Hill begins his long pilgrimage of repentence for past homophobia. Here he explains why.

The campaign to save British sea power began this morning. A rock band, green groups, industry and MPs are supporting it. Now we just need you.