Category Archives: Possibly related posts

The Third blog of three in a series on creating, growing and caring for a school, now during the most turbulent of times. Last week, I wrote about my mother Josephine’s singular worldview: her sharp, unsentimental reminder that life is … Continue reading →

The second of three. Last time I ended with Haliburton’s sailor, who comforted a friend with the thought that this life ain’t all beer and skittles. My mother had her own version of that consolation, and hers had an edge. … Continue reading →

The following blog is written as a trilogy, initialised by hearing further on the work of Alan Milburn and his final report due out after the Budget in November. Listening on the radio this morning, Tuesday 20 October 2026, there … Continue reading →

In 1284 Hamelin had a plague of rats. A stranger in red and yellow offered to clear them for gold, played his pipe, and led every rat down into the Weser. The mayor and burghers then declined to pay, assuming … Continue reading →

The irony of the inspiration for this week’s blog is that it was triggered by a reminder I received from Facebook this morning (7 October) that I’d posted 9 years ago about the Comic Relief’s ‘Anti-Social’ cautionary tale for Halloween. … Continue reading →

The Story of Our Taplow Home… but first a poem in the style of Alfred Lord Tennyson. On Monday, 21 September, a quiet pen stroke on a legal document secured a vibrant future for local sport on Institute Road in … Continue reading →

Many leadership programmes talk about styles of leadership, in different words but meaning the same: Atlas holding the world in his hands, or Zeus looking down from on high. Gandalf or Aragorn. Guardians of the bridge like Horatio. Whether it’s … Continue reading →

‘I know that LinkedIn is not every readers cup of tea, a social network for professionals, with none of the excitement of Instagram, the aggression of X, the doom scrolling of TikTok etc.etc. Over the past 2 weeks, the postings … Continue reading →

How England keeps importing other countries’ success stories — and leaving the essential ingredients behind. You can hear the podcast below the blog, The illusionist’s trick relies on keeping the eye on the reveal while the mechanism stays in the … Continue reading →