In recent years, the topic of childhood discipline has resurfaced in the public eye, often in the context of...
When we look at today’s celebrities—whether they’re world-famous athletes, actors, or musicians—it’s easy to forget that, once upon a...
Talking of today’s celebrities, whether in sports or entertainment, as youngsters they were no different to the rest of...
Rachel Johnson describes her schooldays at Ashdown House in her autobiography. It was an all boys school but her...
Roger Daltrey from The Who recently wrote in his book that, at age 15, he received six strokes of...
Estelle Skornik, the well-known young French actress from the Renault Clio TV commercials in the UK, once shared in...
Doug Scott was one of the world’s leading high-altitude and big-wall climbers of his time, and the first Englishman...
The subject of corporal punishment in the home and at school remains a complex and often contentious one, particularly...
In her autobiography “Unzipped”, Susie Quatro mentions on page 6 that she was spanked with a wooden spoon by...
(short pause) School was no escape from discipline. The corridors echoed with the clatter of muddy boots and the...
(gap: 2s) A couple more footballers caned at school; the Fashanu brothers, Justin and John. Both caned in 1977,...
A few more footballers caned at school:-John Barnes caned at a strict Jesuits school in Jamaica, and Dwight Yorke...