Over the blissful calm of the Christmas break, I had some time to think, and one of the things I was thinking about was New Year’s resolutions. Because I’m not actually a big believer in New Year’s resolutions, or endless … Continued
2023: The Year of Lightness This blog is adapted from the Head’s opening assembly of the academic year I’d like to transport you, if I may, to a wheatfield, on a small island in the Baltic Sea, just off the … Continued
As you know I had a bit of an unusual Christmas this year as I headed off to Texas, including some beautiful big skies and amazing cacti in the Chihuahuan desert. Now apart from doing lots of hiking through the … Continued
Looking ahead to 2022, I can’t help but feel that so much has happened in the last two years that making new year’s resolutions has – for me anyway – become a bit irrelevant. I haven’t felt able to plan … Continued
Well, it happened, and boy did it happen: the sun shone, the children streamed through the gates (new additions with some trepidation, old hands with great joy at being reunited with friends), and the start of term felt much more … Continued