Three photographs taken sometime in the mid thirties of the last century plus another one taken in the early years of this century testify to the lifelong relationship I have had with my dear cousin Robert. Two of the early photographs show the two of us playing in the sand by the sea at Fleetwood. In... Read more

Introduction: I came to Indiana for the first time with my wife Leslie and my three year old son Ben in the second week of March 1991 to buy a house, after Leslie had accepted a job to teach French at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville. Subsequently, I wrote a poem that is both... Read more

Although, in common with just about every teacher since the Second World War trained in England and Wales, I was examined in the philosophy of education, I cannot claim to have been influenced by Rousseau, Spenser, Dewey or Montessori – at least as far as I can tell. As for educational psychology, I developed a healthy... Read more