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.

03
Mar

Salman Rushdie, Roald Dahl and Freedom of Speech

On 12th August, 2022, a man stabbed the Booker Prize winning novelist Salman Rushdie as he was about to give a public lecture in some leafy small town in upstate...
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24
Feb

The Dunlop Road-Racing Dynasty

Motorcycle road races are uniquely dangerous and uniquely thrilling. Since 1911, the Isle of Man TT has claimed the lives of two hundred and sixty five riders.
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10
Feb

ChatGPT and the Art of Cheating

In 2015, a nonprofit artificial intelligence lab was established in San Francisco. The founders of the new company wanted to protect against a future which they anticipated would be dominated...
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03
Feb

Celebrating Independence In The North-West

There is much to admire in this volume of essays edited by David James and Jane Lunnon, but there is also a great deal to lament
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27
Jan

The Power of Protest?

Almost exactly twenty years ago, I took part in a protest march which, according to The Guardian, brought Dublin to a complete halt. The demonstration was part of the international...
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