I was thrilled to spend the afternoon of October 7th with the students of Thomas Keble, when I joined them on their annual 7-mile sponsored walk. This event is a highlight of the school year, where the 700 students walk along the streets, through the countryside, and beside the canal of Eastcombe. Money raised is [...]

Warning: this particular blog entry contains language and topics that some may find offensive! “40 and a little bit naughty” were the words on one of the birthday cards I opened on October 3rd, which I obviously took as more of a compliment as opposed to an accusation. Despite the books and businesses, speeches and [...]

I finished off the trip to North Devon with a day at Instow Community Primary School. A full day of assemblies and class visits had been coordinated by Lesley Turner, who was unfortunately away that day but had left me in the hands of Mark Gough — the young, enthusiastic, and very friendly headteacher who [...]

My heart started racing, my thoughts got muddled, and I felt like I was going to faint — I was halfway through an assembly to students at Ilfracombe College and realized I was either going to pass out or get a really bad migraine right then and there, in front of a couple of hundred [...]