In August last year, a fifteen-year-old girl, Greta Thunberg, decided to sit outside the Swedish parliament rather than go to school. Education has little point, she said, if the…
The long drawing out of my mother’s life was against her wishes. I was there to witness it. As a consequence of this experience, I – like many people – have come to the…
I would like us all to put aside our preconceived ideas of private education for a moment, open our minds and allow ourselves to reconsider some of our attitudes.
So shins up further Firbank Drinks water, preaches to a thousand These lines from UA Fanthorpe’s poem ‘Fox Unearthed’ contain everything necessary for good media practice…
I was a stranger and you took me in… - Matthew 25:35 In early October 2018, as autumn’s gentle welcome attended us, we enjoyed the privilege of hosting seven refugees and…
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