Much of the Senior School is undertaking examinations this week, with Upper III to Upper IV sitting their School Examinations and Fifth and Sixth Form students taking their GCSEs and A Levels.

‘“Mr. Holliday, have you ever been to the tropics?”’ This question was asked of my father some 38 years ago by Dr Gutman, his highly-skilled (if somewhat ironically-named) gastroenterologist.……

One of the highlights of the Coronation Concert, during last weekend’s celebrations, was a performance by James Nesbitt of Daljit Nagra’s poem We’re Lighting Up The Nation. Many of us at The Abbey…

We end the week amid a party-like atmosphere, the school bedecked with bunting, Union flags and the splendid sight of our students and colleagues proudly sporting outfits of red, white and blue.

Women's sport has never had a higher profile nor a larger fan base - but there is still so much work to do to connect girls and women into sport.