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December 2012

The Indelible Terror of the Cruelty of Children

Sixty years ago I was subjected to systematic verbal and physical abuse by a boy called Michael. I have never forgotten the fear I felt

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September 2009

Must Try Harder

The excitement of learning has been lost in our schools. It's time to end the intellectual poverty of the national curriculum

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June 2009

Silence, Please

For our children’s sake, we should follow the Trappist monks and turn off everything, including ourselves, once in a while

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January 2009

A Novel Way to Treat a Writer

I have been inundated with emails from GCSE and A-level students who want me to spoonfeed answers on their set texts

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About Susan Hill

Susan Hill is a writer, playwright, and literary critic. Her novels have been translated into many languages and have won the Whitbread and Somerset Maugham awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.