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January 2026: Making over scrolling
On 5 January, Lego unveiled the Smart Brick, an innovation and direction perhaps heralding the company’s biggest move since patenting their plastic brick in 1958. As an

Quiet Service
The sense of quiet that has now descended on Packwood will be in contrast to the noise of happiness and festive spirit that will have

November 2025: The Knowledge
A split-second decision yesterday to take a Black Cab from an IAPS meeting in London led me to a brilliant conversation with Adam, my driver. Within moments he asked where I’d travelled from. “Shropshire,” I

November 2025: Rest Eternal – the Gift of Life
There is a beautiful dichotomy at the heart of Remembrance. For centuries, composers have written Requiem Masses – Duruflé, Fauré and Mozart among the most well-known –

Lessons Beneath the Canopy
I have recently read a wonderful book that has been reprinted over 120 years since it was written. William J. Long’s ‘The School of the

Calming the Inner Squirrel
Greetings from Brighton, where I have spent two days with nearly 400 Prep School Heads for our annual conference. Whilst I never enjoy being out