The ties that bind us
Whether your child loves it or hates it, school uniform can bring a sense of allegiance and be a source of pride.
Category Archives: Independent Education Today
Making a meal of it
School food has changed beyond recognition. And that’s something which benefits everyone.
Boldly going
Travel, they say, broadens the mind. I’m not so sure.
The proof of the pudding
If there is one job in the whole world which most of the world would find tedious beyond measure, it is surely proof reading. On the other hand, those who do enjoy the tireless trawling through every word on the page, noting every comma and colon and scrutinising every inverted comma around quotations and titles,… Read More »
Card tricks
So here we are, ‘Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun.’ And sure as the tannoys start broadcasting an unrelenting diet of ‘Christmassy’ music and the tills start ringing – do they still do that? – for the annual spending splurge of everyone on the planet buying a present for at least half a dozen people, so… Read More »
Doing time
For the last six weeks, I’ve had a hard working left hand. I am right handed, but with a nod to my Latin A level, I might note that the left hand has become quite dextrous, that it’s even quite sinister how dextrous it has become (ho ho ho). While my right hand has been… Read More »
No time like the present
Victoria Station has been undergoing a re-fit for – oh, it seems like forever, possibly even longer than I have been habitually walking through it en route to work. My scoot through its thronged halls and teeming platforms has been impeded not just by the scurrying hordes, mostly clad in a working uniform of black… Read More »
True Grit – Blithe Spirit
By the time you read this, you will know which film got the Oscar for Best Film this year. I write, thinking, ‘How could it not be ‘The King’s Speech’ – how could it not?!’ But I am aware that stranger things have happened, and there is no doubt it is a very British film,… Read More »
Socks, pants and the meaning of life
My daughter is at that stage of life, with a husband, a toddler and a new baby, where life seems an endless round of dealing with laundry – gather it up, get it washed, get it on the line, get it off the line, iron it if the spirit is willing, re-distribute it to its… Read More »