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.
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...Read More
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.Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More