Profiles
Andy Burnham, advocate for the comprehensive system
The Guardian 9 November 2010The shadow education secretary will fight government moves to fragment and segregate the education system.
Andy Burnham sits down in the lobby of the Midland Hotel in central Manchester, takes off his on-trend geeky glasses and grins widely. He's looking rather chuffed having made his first major speech as Labour's shadow education spokesman. He feels it's gone down pretty well.
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My best teacher - Kate Humble
TES 8 January, 2010A ‘rufty-tufty’ junior school where the TV naturalist had to swim in the open air four times a day was transformed by a ‘terrifying’ teacher who turned out to be an enduring inspiration.
The whole atmosphere at my very small junior school was about enjoying learning. It had a library, a tiny library even to us at the time, but we were allowed in whenever we liked. It was exciting because it was like having a sanctuary where we could go to find out anything we wanted to about the world, and I loved it.
My best teacher - Jacqueline Wilson
TES 2 October, 2009
A keen, good-looking young teacher brightened the drab world of post- war education for a shy girl who dreamt of becoming a writer
I started at Latchmere infants and junior when I was six. I didn’t have many friends at first as they’d all got to know each other a year earlier, so I did a lot of wandering around on my own and sucking my thumb.
Remote frequency
The Guardian 7 July 2007
Tom Morton broadcasts to Scotland from an isolated Shetland croft - hundreds of miles from his production team.
'Don't knock" is the stern instruction scrawled in white chalk when you fetch up at Tom Morton's "Radio-croft". Having been warned in an earlier email not to bang on the door when I arrived for our interview, I'd already peered, burglar-like, through the windows of two wrong houses in search of his studio before being chased away determinedly by five of his neighbour's ferocious black chickens.
Have Baton Will Travel: A Global Repertoire
The Independent on Sunday 13 August 2006Can a destination influence the style of a performance? The principal conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda, believes that it can. His travels have been truly inspiring.
The chance to travel - to meet different people, absorb new cultures and visit strange and mysterious places - was a dream of mine from a very young age. I would never have imagined that I might travel not only in my holidays but also for my work.
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