The other day I watched a group of children at one of our schools doing African dancing and drumming. They were completely absorbed — moving in ways they had never moved before, laughing, concentrating, pushing themselves physically. What struck me most was not the energy or the joy, though there…
The announcement that the government intends to ban children under sixteen from using social media was genuinely welcome. When Keir Starmer says that children are being “robbed of their childhoods” by social media platforms, he is right. When he adds that he will also prevent under-eighteens from accessing AI chatbots used for…
Last weekend, Kingham Lodge hosted three concerts as part of the Dean and Chadlington Music Festival. Two others took place at Chipping Norton Theatre, a third at Bruern Farm, and a gala in the theatre at Heythrop (a Warner Resort Hotel but a splendid historic site). A Desert Island Discs took place in Chadlington…