To the headteacher of East London Science School… Dear David On this warm and sunny Friday afternoon, I thought you might appreciate this short…
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“Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now” – Bob Dylan It now looks as though the result of the…
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It has the makings of an iconic and historic photograph. Lucie, a young Scout from the Czech Republic, squares up to a demonstrator at a…
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Dear UK politicians, There’s a Year 7 assembly story I remember very well from my time as a middle school headteacher… It involves a frog,…
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IN 1975, John T. Molloy published “Dress for Success,” a manual for male office attire. The book proved to be a best-seller. I’m not sure…
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UK Scouting is celebrating YouShape month at the moment. Youth Shaped Scouting takes place all year round – indeed it’s at the very heart of…
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This summer, our friends at the Fédération du Scoutisme-Français organised Roverway, a gathering of 5000 young Europeans, focused on European citizenship, commitment and living together. This event…
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I’ve been asked by a number of people if I could share the words of the address that HRH The Earl of Wessex gave at…
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This morning, I was privileged to join more than 2,000 people at an extraordinary service of thanksgiving, held at a Westminster Abbey, to celebrate 60…
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I learned a new word recently: “Waithood”; the bewildering time in which increasingly large numbers of young people are spending their best years waiting. They’ve…
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