Time has a curious way of changing memories. Events that once seemed frightening often become softened by the passing...
Looking back over the many recollections gathered together, one thing becomes immediately clear. There was never a single answer...
Although corporal punishment was once common throughout Britain, there was never a single set of rules followed by every...
For many former pupils, the pain of corporal punishment faded surprisingly quickly. What remained was something far more powerful....
As former pupils reflected on their school days, one question surfaced again and again. Which punishment was actually the...
If there was one lesson that many former pupils agreed upon, it was that the severity of corporal punishment...
For many children who attended school in Britain during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, corporal punishment was simply part...
Back in 1985, I bought a complete run of The Beano from 1955 from a shop in London (yes,...
If school caning really caused widespread, lifelong trauma, why was it so often portrayed as harmless comedy in the...
It’s worth noting that this comic contains 32 pages featuring 24 separate stories. Of those 24 strips, three include...
For millions of British children growing up after the Second World War, comics were an essential part of childhood....
Eton has long been regarded as England’s most famous public school, and perhaps the most prestigious in the British...