Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction xiv
1 Memories: Introduction by Joy Schaverien 1
1.1 For my own good Mike Timms 6
1.2 Tying it all together Crispin Ellison 6
1.3 Raining pain Khalid Roy 10
1.4 I was wonderfully good and never shed a tear John Duncan 18
1.5 A five-year-old's mad rush to prove himself to be a man Philip Batchelor 28
1.6 The life of a modern boarder Gareth Coleman 31
1.7 Surviving boarding school Ardhan Swatridge 39
1.8 Sursum Corda Anupam Ganguli 53
2 Reflections: Introduction by Marcus Gottlieb 59
2.1 Leaving home Mike Dickens 64
2.2 Life in the Ha Ha Robert Arnold 68
2.3 As secret as a lady's handbag Gordon Paul Knott 70
2.4 All self left behind Peter Adams 76
2.5 'But how did you survive?' Simon Darragh 80
2.6 Schooldays David Bennett 82
2.7 A former boarder's habits of feeling and thought Jonathan Sutton 87
2.8 Antipodean reflections Andrew Patterson 92
3 Recovery: Introduction by Nicholas Wolstenholme 96
3.1 Emotional courage Thurstine Basset 102
3.2 Pulling h together Jonathan Burr 108
3.3 With sadness comes joy Robert Arnold 117
3.4 The metamorphosis … and back Lech Mintowt-Czyz 120
Afterword 125
About the editors and resources 128
Bibliography 131
