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Chapter 1: Apprehension
“We had been expecting it for a long time, and we weren’t surprised when the Captain spoke to the ship’s company and told us that we were ‘on our way’.
“As we waited off the beaches shortly before the troops landed, I experienced a feeling of apprehension (or, to put it more bluntly, fear) and wonde...
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Letters to Miss Baker: Behind the Book: entry 1
It was 2017, and I was in my eighth year as Headteacher of Kingsbury High School, a wonderful comprehensive of 2000 students with backgrounds as diverse as the city in which they live. It was due to be my final year, although in the event I returned for a short stint following just two terms of reti...