The import of Hallowe’en from North America to England has not been wholesale: what has happened to the collection for UNICEF which provides, inter alia, for the education of children in developing countries?
Entries from October 2008
31 October 2008
Where is the iconic orange and black UNICEF box this Hallowe’en?
Filed under Hallowe'en, Uncategorized
Tags: cyanide, developing countries, Hallowe'en, third world, trick or treat, tylenol, unicef
30 October 2008
The best kept British school secret…
Over the next few days, I’m going to share with you a few affordable school gems if your current school has become unaffordable. Note that I am not defining “affordable”. We each have our own snack brackets. Some of you have kids at the likes of Eton or Benenden which you can’t afford as we [...]
Filed under Boarding schools, Credit crunch, Fee-paying schools, Grammar schools, Hockerill Anglo-European College, Independent schools, Old Swinford Hospital School, Oxbridge admissions, Private schools, Public schools, Russell Group, Schools, Sevenoaks, State boarding schools, State schools, Summer Fields, University, benenden, cranbrook school, eton, harrow, sunningdale
Tags: benenden, boarding school, cranbrook school, Credit crunch, eton, harrow, hockerill, ib, international baccalaureate, kcw, king's college wimbledon, Old Swinford Hospital School, oxbridge, Russell Group, Sevenoaks, stabis, State boarding schools, Summer Fields, sunningdale
29 October 2008
Credit crunch: When they can’t afford the school fees any longer
The credit crunch has begun to hit my middle class circle recently in a very personal way. When the last bubble burst (dot com, circa 2000), I was younger. No kids. No mortgage. Very few real responsibilities. Most of my friends at the time were similarly situated. It was a blip for us. We moved [...]
Filed under Credit crunch, Fee-paying schools, Independent schools, Private schools, Public schools, State schools
Tags: Affordable Education, Credit crunch effects, credit crunch; fee-paying; independent school; fee-paying school; private sector; state school; public school;, education, fees, registrar, Schools
