Well, What a Coincidence
I’m swimming in the beautiful Bay of Stivari on the Greek isle of Andros. My companion, Kalliopi, has just climbed out of the water onto...
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Vincent Guy
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With his satchel, and shining morning face*
Among my vivid memories of schooldays are some cutting comments from my teachers. They seemed harsh at the time. Reflecting on them now...
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Richard Pooley
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The Value of Standing and Staring - a Japanese Life Lesson
At the end of his article on the French presidential election in the last issue David Lee quoted the well-known opening couplet of a poem...
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Tina Moskal
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My Most Unforgettable Teacher: Willie Traill and the Attic
My all-girls’ Edinburgh school in the Sixties was strung skew-whiff across three once-grand terraced houses, with their assorted staircases
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Tina Moskal
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The Delights and Decline of the OTT Teacher
A most joyous pastime at School in the 1960s was acting out the mannerisms of our extraordinarily quirky teachers for schoolmates to...
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