


The Primary Curriculum should let the spirit of enterprise thrive – an article for The Independent
Jack picks up the story: We left Kumjong in the early morning and set off down the hill to “Funky Town” where we stopped for lemon tea (again). We then started the long climb up the Temboche bump, which actually wasn’t nearly as bad as it had been made out to be. At…
Tonight I was invited to represent the Oxfordshire Lieutenancy as guest speaker at Oxfordshire Scouting’s recognition evening for adult volunteers. Here’s what I said: It’s lovely to be here tonight, amongst friends and fellow members of the Scouting family, celebrating some truly remarkable contributions to young people across Oxfordshire. I’m here as a Deputy Lieutenant,…
I woke at 2, 4 and then at 9:30; grabbed a quick breakfast and then joined the morning’s committee meeting – the cultures may be different, but the issues are the same – how to get better youth participation in decision making; how to reinvigorate training and support of adults; how to tell the story…
Babar Ali lives in Murshidabad, West Bengal. He attends the Raj Govinda School, a 10km auto-rickshaw ride away. He is the first person in his family to go to school. He is 16 years old and he is a model student. But it’s not what he does at school that is so extraordinary. It’s…
Happy Founders’ Day and Thinking Day! It’s all about the apostrophe. Some would like one between the “r” and the “s”, to show possession by Robert BP alone. Others put it after the “s” to show possession by both Robert and Olave – which I prefer. Others leave it out completely, but the punctuation pedant…