Ampleforth

The unintended consequences of the Macpherson report

20 February 2021 9:00 am

Sir William Macpherson of Cluny has died. His obituaries praise him for his 1998 inquiry into the Stephen Lawrence case.…

Can Mike Ashley defy high street reality?

12 December 2020 9:00 am

Separating heroes from villains in the great retail survival struggle is like spotting bent coppers in Line of Duty —…

Pupils at Ampleforth in 1952 [Getty]

The sorry demise of Benedictine education

4 August 2018 9:00 am

Twenty years ago, Douai, a monastic boarding school in West Berkshire, shocked parents with an announcement that it was ‘no…

For a true moral lesson, Rugby School, get your pupils drunk

9 January 2016 9:00 am

Rugby and Ampleforth schools have decided to give their charges experience of sensible drinking by introducing a little alcohol, under…