From the Headmaster

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This page collects all of the posts created by the Headmaster of Rossall School. These are reflections on a very wide range of topics related to education, history, and ethics.

21
Apr

A Grief Observed

In a world where there is little that is truly taboo the matter of grief remains an aspect of human experience upon which public and private discourse is strikingly reticent....
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21
Apr

Dear All Vlog Week 1

In this week's vlog the Headmaster welcomes everyone back for the start of Summer Term, congratulates the 1st XI cricket team on their victory, praises the student musical Chicago, and...
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24
Mar

Gary Lineker and the BBC Singers

It was difficult to ignore the media furore surrounding Gary Lineker’s comments made in response to Suella Braverman’s new immigration policy.
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17
Mar

Roger Ellis CBE (1929-2023)

A sprightly and highly erudite man in his late eighties came over and introduced himself as Roger Ellis.
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10
Mar

14,448 Days and the Trials of ‘Adulting’

Do you ever feel like an imposter? I spent three years at Cambridge wandering along King’s Parade feeling like a bit of a fraud. Perhaps there had been some mistake...
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