Quality teaching involves subject expertise, and knowledge of child development A most helpful Report has just been published by the Think Tank Politeia about teacher ... Read on

The essence of education Life is problematic; despite all the enticement of life assurance companies to save for your retirement, life will always be unpredictable.  ... Read on

Seeing beyond political correctness The English have a predilection for argument, and especially love those who challenge political correctness.  We like the underdog.  First it ... Read on

In an article in The Spectator on July 11th the philosopher David Selbourne (author of “The Principle of Duty”) wrote that the present Parliamentary crisis ... Read on

The sound of bat on ball; the excited cry of ‘how’s that?’ and the respectful clapping for the batsman for being dismissed without scoring a ... Read on

All kinds of things land on my desk, both trivial and profound, urgent but not important as well as important but not urgent.  Too many ... Read on

I couldn’t help paternal pride breaking out last evening as Anne and I went to the Mall Galleries in London with David our second son ... Read on

The first chapter of the book I finished writing ten years ago was entitled What Kind of Education for What Kind of World; Do we ... Read on

It is said that there is really nothing new in the world, and that which comes around once will inevitably come around again.  Most of ... Read on