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HRH The Earl of Wessex’s DofE address
ByJohn MayI’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 last week’s diamond anniversary celebration of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Westminster Abbey. I can do better than that. Here is a recording of the speech itself.
Are exams the be all and end all?
ByJohn MayI would not trade in my education for anything. It has formed my mind and character, enhanced my ability to enjoy the experience of living and enriched my understanding of other people. I revere education as the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another. But…
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ByJohn MayAt the very top of one of the teaching blocks in Anniesland College, Glasgow, is a very small training kitchen and restaurant. In it, the college’s catering and hospitality students practise the skills and techniques they hope they’ll be using for the rest of their working lives. If the lunch I had today is anything…
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