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

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

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

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