With grene hath clad the hill and eke the vale: The nightingale with fethers new she singes: The turtle to her make hath tolde her tale: Somer is come, for…

Rossall has produced its fair share of impressive alumni over the years. However, few can rival the intergalactic achievements of Dan Dare – Pilot of the Future. Dare was the…

Until recently, I found myself inadvertently living in the midst of a reality television series called The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE). The series is so phenomenally successful that it…

Last week, Robert Plomin, Professor of Behavioural Genetics at King’s College, London, argued that sending children to private schools is essentially a waste of time because academic success is written…

I was never one of those children who needed a wheelbarrow to collect my prizes on Speech Day. Inexplicably, I did win an art prize for a decidedly average painting…

Recently, I was talking to a close relative of mine who was less than amused by the spectacle of striking school children protesting against our collective failure to respond effectively…

As we enter the season of public examinations, it is no surprise that Damian Hinds chose this moment to give an interview to The Times in which he let off…

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Roald Dahl It has been an…

The Holocaust Educational Trust is a truly remarkable charitable organisation whose aim is to ‘educate young people of every background about the Holocaust and the important lessons to be learned…