The Journey
A lasting memory I have from our family summer break is in a canoe. Bodhi and I were racing my daughters around Lake Windermere, in…
Space ships, time machines, teachers, friends and gateways
The title comes from a letter that writer and professor of Biochemistry Isaac Asimov sent to celebrate the opening of a new library in…
What we aspire to be
Welcome back! The start of a new school year is always a time of such possibility, even if the sun isn’t always shining quite this…
Prom or Ball?
Prom? Ball? What’s the actual difference, and does it matter?
Farewell
Wednesday was National Thank a Teacher Day. I hope some of my colleagues received a note of appreciation.
Transformative Landscapes
When I was growing up in Surrey, long before I crossed the Atlantic and eventually joined an industry which took me to every part of the…
The memory project
What is the value of Pi to 16 decimal places? The answer is 3.1415926535897932, which is Pi expressed with sufficient accuracy for the…
Testing times: examinations and their wider context
Much of the Senior School is undertaking examinations this week, with Upper III to Upper IV sitting their School Examinations and Fifth and…
The pain you can’t see
‘“Mr. Holliday, have you ever been to the tropics?”’ This question was asked of my father some 38 years ago by Dr Gutman, his…
Passing on the baton
One of the highlights of the Coronation Concert, during last weekend’s celebrations, was a performance by James Nesbitt of Daljit Nagra’s…