School stories

Huddled haphazardly on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, there is a sprawling slum where about 55 000 people squash into 5000 mostly one-room "houses"....

It was a school camp at dusk after a big day and as the group took in the evening air along a gravel road I crept ahead through the side grass and po...

I like to say that misbehavior at school was the result of being bored in class because I was too smart for what I was being taught. Let’s not dwell on this aspect of the story....

We were full of the energy and optimism of youth as we set out that day as we set off on our DofE expedition....

My friend and I were about 8 years old, we used to dash about the village on our bikes with few cares in the world....