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Can our oldest schools survive?
June 28, 2018
“Will England’s great Catholic schools survive the century?” a journalist friend asked me the other day. I wished the answer was a simple yes....
It’s time for the monks to hand over control of Downside
January 15, 2018
As on old boy, I think we must face up to a dismal truth about the school
Downside has faced the truth
January 11, 2018
Those who think that the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is too big to succeed should have paid more attention to its hearings...
What we have in common with trees
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The Lord of the Rings has never been my thing (too many elves and spells), but one part of Tolkien’s fantasy has always grabbed...
The computer is always right
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When did customer service in this country become so unspeakably bad? I only ask because we’ve recently moved house – out to the suburbs:...
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Will Heaven: Seething? You should be
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Will Heaven: Peace has come, but the reckoning hasn’t
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Will Heaven: I’m taking no chances with hell
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Will Heaven: Our Machiavellian PM
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