In memory of Mr Bennett – Magister praeclarus. Nyaw.

Mr Bennett was a great teacher who inspired us to want to learn Latin. For that he surely deserves to be remembered. His infectious enthusiasm for his teaching, his love of distance running and his dedication to charity work established him as a teacher pupils in the...

A cautionary tale about election day

On this election day, as well as encouraging those in the UK to vote Conservative, in Northern Ireland to vote Conservative and Unionist and encouraging people in Ireland to wait until tomorrow, I am moved by the lovely and fragrant @sharonashambles on twitter to tell...

We must show compassion to Gordon Brown

I never thought I’d say this, but I feel very sorry for Brown right now. Yes he’s a hoon, yes he’s a moron, yes he’s a dreadful Prime Minister, but imagine how that laughter would have felt. In our desire for red meat, we run something of a...