Tag Archives: Boarding Schools
Adventures of the feathered kind
Two recent additions to the Education in Literature Collection both feature birds – a pair of Tawny Owls and a Magellan penguin! Two Owls at Eton by Jonathan Franklin was originally published in 1960 whilst he was still a pupil … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, 1970s, Argentina, birds, Boarding Schools, Boys, Elizabet Heygate, Eton College, Headmasters Conference, HMC, Jonathan Franklin, Magellan Penguin, owls, Penguins, Public Schools, Robert Birley, School and College Histories Collection, St Georges College Buenos Aires, Swanbourne Village School, Tawny Owl, Tim Card, Tom Michell, United Kingdom, Village Schools
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Fictional favourite
I studied History at school until A’ Level and am still interested in the way in which is taught. Upon recently rereading one of my favourite books in the Education in Literature Collection, To serve them all my days by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1914-1918, authors, BBC TV, Boarding Schools, collections, Devon, dramatists, England, history, hsistory teachers, male teachers, novelists, novels, private schools, R. F. Delderfield, schools in TV series, shell-shock, social history, teaching, Television, West Buckland School, West Country, World War
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Don’t judge a collection by its title
You could potentially be missing out on a great read or an entertaining DVD if you find the name ‘Education in Literature Collection’ off putting. The criteria for inclusion in the Collection is ‘novels, poetry, plays and DVDs about the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Alan Bennett, America, biographies, Boarding Schools, Britain, crime, DVDs, fiction, girls, Grammar Schools, India, John Carey, laughter, LGBT, novels, Oxford University, plays, poetry, Science Fiction, South Africa, special collections, Yemen
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An American Classic
A Separate Peace by John Knowles (1959) is regarded as an American Classic. The two main protagonists Phineas (Finny) and Gene Forrester are pupils at Devon, a New England Prep School. Gene is a quiet, introverted boy who, because he … Continue reading
