The Enigma of Kidson
Quiller Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84689-265-3 (ISBN)
teacher. Move over Mr Chips. Kidson had everything that central casting requires of a legendary schoolmaster: a passion for his subject, a brilliant didactic style, a silly walk, a smelly spaniel, breath-taking rudeness, eccentric mannerisms and catchphrases, a maverick attitude towards authority, and above all, a deep empathy, loyalty and dedication towards his boys. He had an extraordinary influence on his pupils - David Cameron, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Johnnie Boden, Nicky Henderson, Sir Matthew Pinsent, `Lupin' and Dominic West among them.
This unique portrait features recollections and vignettes of incidents in the classroom and the tutorial. As Kidson was an inspirational History Beak (master), history is a strong theme throughout the book and through Kidson's life story we get a vivid social history of the latter part of the twentieth century where the themes of education, culture, teaching, adolescence, discipline, mentorship, pronunciation, parenting and old age are all examined.
Jamie Blackett was born in 1964 and educated at Ludgrove, Eton (where he was tutored by Michael Kidson), the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and later Warwick Business School (MBA). After working in South Africa he joined the Coldstream Guards, serving in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War, Hong Kong, the Falkland Islands, Zimbabwe and Germany. He returned to his roots in Galloway where he is now a farmer, forester, bed and breakfast and holiday cottage host, gardener and odd job man and occasional freelance journalist writing on farming and the countryside. His housemaster would be astonished to learn that he is a Deputy Lieutenant for Dumfriesshire and a member of the Queen s Bodyguard for Scotland Royal Company of Archers. He is married with two children.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Prologue
1. Eton Revisited
2. Abdul the Camel Driver
3. Private Business
4. Crime and Punishment
5. A Shropshire Lad
6. Toiling Upward
7. The Corner House
8. Beaks
9. A Sheeted Tombstone
10. The Heartless Ramparts
11. Sport
12. Parents
13. Hold on, Jack!
14. Outside the Classroom
15. The End Game
16. After Eton
17. Retirement
18. I Can't Stand the Preliminaries
19. Vale
Epilogue
Appendix: History Matters
Postscript
Eton Glossary
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.12.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Photos |
| Verlagsort | Shrewsbury |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84689-265-1 / 1846892651 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84689-265-3 / 9781846892653 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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