Jean-Luc Barbannneau10 minLost in the Labyrinth of LanguageThis little story starts with me waiting nervously in the anteroom of a Magistrates Court in Brighton in 1975, not because of any crime,
Denis Lyons9 minFrom Russia With RoublesKate Simpson, a rising star at MI6 and thrilled to be back in London after her Moscow posting, studies James Oliphant, the improbably...
Lynda Goetz5 minWhat should we teach our children?Roedean, the prestigious private girls’ school in Brighton, announced recently that it is holding lessons on issues which will affect its...
Lynda Goetz7 minTime for the British to Revise their Perceptions of Doctors and VetsThere are still plenty of ‘old schoolers’ who believe that both doctors and vets, like clergymen, are following a vocation. Apart from...
Richard Pooley8 minAs Others See Us...and HistoryIn “To A Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church”, one of Robert Burns’ most amusing yet profound poems, written in 1786, the...