The Soul of Nature: Caspar David Friedrich and Byron’s Childe Harold

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A cold, wet February day - perfect backdrop for a journey into Romanticism—off on the M4 bus to the Met…

DEI and Getting Back on Track

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Dialogue with Dignity I’ve been thinking about issues of racial justice since I was a teenager. I’m not claiming to…

In Love with London Fog

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I kept coming across paintings of London by Yoshio Markino - gauzy portraits of a mysteriously colorful, old-world city often…

The Horizontal Man

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There’s something irresistible about a crime story set in a school or college. Like the classic snowbound country house setting,…

A Better Class of Train

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The two-forty-five express — Paddington to Market Blandings, first stop Oxford—stood at its piatform with that air of well-bred reserve…

The Reverse Ferret and the Vicar of Bray

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Changing your mind is perfectly normal—and often essential. After all, it’s what education is all about - updating your thoughts…

The Day Trip

2 months ago

One childhood ritual during the days between Christmas and the return to school was the day trip to London. The…

Wayward and The Turning Tide

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“That woman is pursued by demons,” Wally Brigley, the Board chair, declared as he settled into Tim Endibel’s office, plonked…

Seasonal Cheer at Wayward Academy

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“You look about as festive as a radish sandwich,” Midge had said. And she wasn’t wrong—Tim Endibel, co-head of Wayward…

Train to Nowhere

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"We were young and we were keen; Europe was in flames, and we were ready for whatever came."  “I used…