Schools were historically Christian and it was the local parish vicar who got the gig by default, basically. But school history is complex - essentially a mix of voluntary/charsitable and parish oper… (View Post)

But that's true of many businesses. And - crucially - that is not relevant to education. So it does nothing at all to counter the damage to education more generally. But I forget: you don't… (View Post)

Also O/T on the history front - fascinating crime maps (also to see how the towns looked at the relevant times) https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/medieval-murder-maps-of-three-english-c… (View Post)

Tell us when it's better than this: This is the night mail crossing the Border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor, The shop at the corner, the … (View Post)

Having a wee protest against the PB grammarians, I see. (View Post)