Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I won't copy Andrew's exhaustive message about a tax on assets; he covered most of the points well so I will add from a different perspective. My wife's pension includes not only the normal cash monthly but a subsidy against any car she or a family member buys (but no one can get more than one in an...

Sorry Robin. Although we suffered at the same time (I think you might have missed the nearly edible food) I hope that some Col A denizens have survived to meet up for the 60 year reunion.
Enjoy your meet - up

Loringa. Reading your post you seem to be opening the country open to a non-violent (initially) takeover by a foreign culture / nation. I would cite the demands for Islamic law courts to rule in the north. Next it will be the chopping off of hands etc. When I live in a foreign country (which I have ...

He's done it again, only this time it's the lead letter in the Weekend FT -. A first for Freaky and maybe for CH. I doubt very much if I was the first but I did precede the Freak. The first time for me was when, against international competition, I won the FT annual writing contest "Who is the...

It's in the eye of the beholder. My question about other forms of perceived 'privilege' concerned where exactly the parameters of privilege start and end. This topic always seems to polarise between white and black. Do certain minorities have privilege with regards to other minorities? Is there a p...

CH was, at most, 7 years of someone's life, so unless they're 8, they will have some practical experience of a world outside of it. Given that magical realism is, as far as I can tell, just a literary style, that world is indeed a real one. 9 years of my life and of those of some contemporaries. If...

POLICE EXTEND 'STOP AND SEARCH' TO CITY TRADERS In order to stop a repeat of the 2007/2008 financial crash, the police are now making use of new powers to stop and search all those in the financial district. This is in response to public concern about the way that these people tanked the economy an...

Post by Ben Zimmer yesterday on Twitter Today's the 120th anniversary of a key moment in the history of English honorifics. On Nov. 10, 1901, the Springfield (Mass.) Sunday Republican suggested that "a void in the English language" may be filled by "Ms." (pronounced "Mizz&qu...

Yup - off topic but that's hardly unusual with this forum. That was why I created this thread - anything (decent) goes. Anyway, I shall be attempting to squeeze myself into a uniform made for me in 1980 this Sunday and paying my respects to the memories of those who made the supreme sacrifice. I am...

I have a lot of respect for the active soldiers and Hereford College even more so. Supply clerks in the War Office - very different matter. I In the Falkland's conflict one company group of RM from 45 Cdo was ashore, yomping across the islands yet never engaged the enemy; were they any less heroic ...

I am always a little concerned when I hear the word 'heroes' used. I do know some genuine heroes but most people who put on a uniform and serve their country are just ordinary men and women who may, or may not, find ourselves working under extraordinary conditions. I certainly don't know may (any?)...

Back in September, on the first day of school, Martha Cothern, a social study schoolteacher at Bobcaygeon (north of Peterborough, Ontario) public school, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with permission of the school, Superintendent, the principal, and the building supe...

question by an Aussie. I don't know who replied What marks the border between Scotland and England? It doesn’t. Since 1707 there has been a 110 foot (5 chains as defined in the original agreement of Union) demilitarised zone between the two countries, so the borders aren’t technically shared. The UN...

Actually no. I didn't put myself very well. I was agreeing with Chrissie about much of the teaching at CH being overrated. The state schooling system always seems condemned to be underfunded and has to deal with taking in children from difficult backgrounds while the government underfunds it. In ot...

Good for you in not persueing the cases. The press is a major problem in anything they start looking at.