In Praise of Teachers

Teachers, the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska has said, have in common with poets, artists, doctors and gardeners that they are visited by inspiration. They have consciously chosen their calling and they do their job with love and imagination.

In six topical lectures, Robin Richardson pays tribute to teachers' courage, commitment, imagination and energy, and defends them against the ill-informed and unfair attacks they have suffered from successive governments since 1988. He re-affirms conce...