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New Year, new me?

January is a dispiriting month, isn’t it? The weather is cold and often miserable (the recent snow ...

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It is a pleasure to wish you all a very happy New Year. I hope all members of our community had the...

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We all have rituals and traditions over the Christmas period, some of which will be repeated in hom...

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In September this year, I joined the Abbey as Deputy Head Academic from Magdalen College School in ...

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The idea that certain places are in some way special, unique, or important is - as far as we can te...

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I appreciate I am starting this week’s Abbey Connected on a somewhat disheartening note, but hear m...

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Which are the memories that we are most likely to retain with clarity from our schooldays?Several s...

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The Sixth Form, where I spend most of my time in school, is buzzing with energy at the moment; two ...

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George Eliot is often credited with coining the term “meliorism", defined by the Oxford English Dic...

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Our household is now halfway through the annual two-month march towards my oldest daughter’s birthd...