Perhaps it really was Thomas Jefferson who first identified the causational link between hard work and good luck but I doubt that this is the case at all. The extraordinary sight…
ABBA’s revival and the immense soul of Rossall School The idea for this blog arose from a debate about the National Anthem. Last Saturday evening, as the sun faded over…
There is no denying the fact that this has been an extraordinarily challenging year. However, it has also been a year during which we have celebrated the outstanding achievements of…
Tuesday, 6th July This afternoon, Gavin Williamson announced that school bubbles and face masks will be scrapped from Monday 16th August. Those under the age of 18 will no longer…
This has been an incredibly challenging eighteen months and it is easy to focus upon the negatives. However, we should be heartened by the resolve that our young people have…
A common misconception is that schools ‘wind down’ towards the end of the Summer Term. With internal examinations, TAGS to complete, Prize Day to organise, travel arrangements to confirm and…
Some years ago, the writer, essayist and filmmaker Jonathan Meades decided to produce an achingly intellectual televisual riposte to the ‘The Only Way is Essex’. Determined to demonstrate that there…
In Merrion Square, the languid figure of Oscar Wilde slouches on a quartz-like rock hewn from the Wicklow Mountains. Created in 1997, it constitutes a belated tribute to one of…
So Mark Selby is the new world champion! I have always enjoyed snooker although I could never understand why my grandmother was so absorbed in a game that she watched…
