Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Schools. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2026

The Joy of Six 1596

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Chris Grey detects "an upsurge of discussion about whether and how the UK could join (or 'rejoin') the EU, whether that would ...
Thursday, October 22, 2026

The Joy of Six 1595

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Ian Lucas argues that Andy Burnham has the opportunity to lead the fight against Russian interference: "The threatening alliances now ...
Sunday, October 18, 2026

The Joy of Six 1593

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"Reform’s problems today, reflected in its diminished polling, stem in large part from the difficulties and limits of professionalisati...

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band: Autumn's Child

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Issued in 1967, Safe as Milk was Captain Beefheart's first album. It features a 20-year-old Ry Cooder on guitar – he also wrote some of ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2026

The Joy of Six 1591

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"Conservatives have called Burnham’s intervention 'dangerous and divisive', which could be interpreted as a denial that interfe...
Thursday, October 08, 2026

Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’

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Metro wins Headline of the Day and may just have identified a phenomenon that explains some of my own school experiences.
Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Plans resubmitted for controversial 'state-of-the-art' crematorium next to Northampton secondary school

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There's nothing sinister about this. Nothing sinister at all. Our Headline of the Day Award travels down the A508 to the Northampton Chr...
Sunday, October 04, 2026

The Joy of Six 1586

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Jonathan Freedland argues that the Greens' anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews what they should think: "In eac...
Monday, September 28, 2026

The Joy of Six 1583

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The New World warns that Rupert Lowe is coming for your parents: "Lowe’s success exemplifies how Facebook has weaponised the anxieties...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

The Joy of Six 1577

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Sam Bright says the government's indecision on how to meet the threat of Nigel Farage has cost us all: "Labour has been dismally s...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Private school that suddenly closed after 'misconduct' allegations burns down

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The Scotsman wins our Headline of the Day Award, though the judges said that in their day a school would have carried on regardless.
Saturday, September 05, 2026

The Joy of Six 1572

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"How did a former lawyer-turned theologian become Reform UK’s lead ideologue and political heavyweight on so many issues? To understand...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The Joy of Six 1564

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"If there is one consistent theme running through Farage’s political career, it is his striking ability to make enemies out of friends....
Monday, August 17, 2026

The Joy of Six 1563

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"Toby Young stole his status and career. And in every sinew of his body, he knows that. For most people, imposter syndrome is an irrati...
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Friday, August 14, 2026

Five reasons to stop our sending future leaders to boarding school

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Piers Cross blends the psychological and the political to produce a convincing list. I wrote about Richard Beard's book Sad Little Men ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

The Joy of Six 1560

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"Every week I read of people seeking planning permission for children’s homes whose backgrounds are in real estate, building, motor dea...
Friday, August 07, 2026

The Joy of Six 1558

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"Someone who attended a private school in London or the South East is 24 times more likely to become a permanent secretary than someone...
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Sunday, August 02, 2026

The Joy of Six 1556

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"Dartford Warblers skim across the heather before diving into the vegetation, defying all but the quickest observers. At dusk Nightjars...
Friday, July 31, 2026

The Joy of Six 1555

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Benjamin Goodair says Andy Burnham is right to want for‑profit firms out of social care: "The majority of social care in England is ru...
Monday, July 27, 2026

The concept of the 'school run' dates from the 1990s

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Adam Webster , full-time father and part-time Associate Professor in Law and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, argues tha...