The London Times this morning is reporting that the headmistress of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, one of the UK’s most prestigious private schools, is considering getting…
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Stories like this, which I’ve adapted from an American website, always have a way of putting the right perspective on life. Jean Thompson stood…
Leave a CommentWherever I travel around the world, I find myself having the same conversation with business leaders. “There’s something wrong with the education system,” they…
Leave a CommentI was delighted today to speak to BBC Radio Oxford’s Breakfast Show presenter, Howard Bentham, about the fundraising that’s been going on for Oxfam’s disaster…
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A friend of mine is about to change roles in Scouting from working with Beavers (6-8 year olds) to working with Cubs (8-10 year…
4 CommentsNews overnight from friends suggest that the Scouts and other youth groups throughout Kathmandu are doing amazing work in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.…
Leave a CommentI’ve run marathons before. 5 times, in four different cities. But yesterday’s experience in London was the most difficult, emotionally challenging and exhausting race…
2 CommentsI’m running the London Marathon tomorrow. And, until today, Saturday 25th April, I’d decided that I was just doing it for fun. To prove to…
1 CommentDear all I’m sitting at the airport in Kathmandu, waiting for my plane to Delhi, so I thought I’d drop you a quick note. …
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