A couple of years ago there was a programme on the BBC in which well-known public figures gamely revealed the contents of their school reports. We learnt that Margaret Thatcher was a ray of sunshine in the classroom: ‘Her cheeriness makes her a very pleasant member of her form’. And if David Beckham (‘makes good cakes’) is looking for a career change he could always give Mr Kipling a call.
There was a bumper crop of entries this week. Commendations to Barry Baldwin and Lynn Haken for entertaining glimpses of the schoolboy Jesus. The winners, printed below, get £25 apiece. Top of the form is Bill Greenwell, who scoops the extra fiver.
Master BUNYAN hath best revise Arithmetick, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about (1 Kings 7:35-37). He hath also needs study his Physicks and Chemistrie that he be cunning in knowledge, and understanding science (Daniel 1:3-5).
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