Interest in historical records concerning corporal punishment in schools has grown considerably in recent years. In earlier decades many...
Debate has long persisted regarding whether state schools in England were legally obliged to maintain records of corporal punishment....
To understand how corporal punishment has been regulated in different places and at different periods, it is first necessary...
It is difficult to believe that every instance of corporal punishment was formally entered into an official record, at...
The following correspondence raises an interesting question concerning the purpose and use of punishment record books in schools. From...
The correspondent assures readers that he has never personally experienced corporal punishment while wearing a skirt, let alone one...
John Smith, aged 60, was told by a court that he had placed his wife, Kim, across his knee...
He was a contemporary of, though a few years junior to, Ken Clarke at Nottingham High School, having arrived...
In a measure that has provoked considerable public discussion, the French Parliament is expected to approve legislation on Tuesday...
In a discussion on juvenile vandalism, several members of Newark Town Council called for the restoration of corporal punishment...
The phenomenal commercial success of Fifty Shades of Grey and its sequels must surely provide considerable satisfaction to its...
In a recent column, Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris Johnson, reflected upon the subject of corporal punishment and her...