This post briefly discusses the sadists and psychopaths across history within the context of corporal punishment and other crimes against
Perhaps the ‘whole world’ now knows about the ‘house system’ used in English schools. One factor are the ‘houses’ in
As already noted here in these recollections, other principles are often in operation. In the story, ‘Crime and Punishment’, it
Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter – Mutterehrenkreuz In the post, “Child Labour in Post-War Britain”, I mentioned how I got to
We didn’t need to end up on a deserted island, like the boys in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies,
Mountain Bikes The cinder footpath I used to pass through when going to Risley Chapel cannot be forgotten; it was
Jumping Cats and Broomsticks I carried on telling Natasha about our cat Poppy, the family’s Medieval Princess. My mother and