I recently met up with a friend who, for the last two years, has worked for a leading global company, recognised as one of the Top 20 Places to Work
Education- Britain’s role in the world?
Dean Acheson’s 1962 observation that Britain had lost an empire but had not found a role is a compelling one. Conflicts of allegiance between the Commonwealth and the European Economic
Euripides for Our Time
After I completed my preliminary examinations in Classics and English at Oxford, I wanted to engage with my subject in a way which wasn’t dictated by a syllabus or an
In Defence of Home Education
It was always an underlying assumption that parents choosing home-schooling were a bit off. The general caricature was that of a- normally American -religious or cultish nut who had an
Teaching Beyond the Exam – What students look for in a classroom
Over the last few years, the teaching profession has become increasingly receptive to garnering and collating the opinions of students on the teaching they receive. We ask them if they
Education in Lockdown
The Prime Minister’s twelve second-long announcement that A Level and GCSE exams would be cancelled was perhaps the most impactful twelve seconds those of us in the upper sixth have
LC Press: A short manifesto
I do not read self-help books, even though I am acutely conscious that my self needs a lot of help. Part of my aversion stems from the ubiquity of these
