The days are drawing in and Christmas is fast approaching. It is Sunday afternoon and the weather is wild. Storm Atiyah is fast approaching and the swollen sea is crashing...Read More

This week I have had the incredible privilege of meeting some truly outstanding young people. Our Sixth Form Scholarship candidates have inspired us with their personal reflections whilst they grappled...Read More

There is much debate as to whether or not it is possible to teach ‘character’. Whilst character is undoubtedly unique to the individual, the vast majority of schools purport to...Read More

Anyone afraid of what he or she thinks television is doing to the world is probably just afraid of the world! – Clive James I am immeasurably fond of the...Read More

There can be no more powerful evocation of pre-war Shanghai than J.G Ballard’s autobiographical masterpiece, Empire under the Sun. Claustrophobic, chaotic and exotic, the city emerges from the pages with...Read More