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Will he write about any more prime ministers? "I said I'd stop, but then I did Cameron so I can't say I won't write about May. I think about her in relation to my own children because she lost her mother at a similar age." In 1986 Seldon co-founded, with Professor Peter Hennessy, the Institute of Contemporary British History, a body whose aim is to promote research into, and the study of, British history since 1945. Seldon is a co-founder of Action for Happiness [6] with Richard Layard (Baron Layard), and Geoff Mulgan. He is also a patron of The Iris Project, [55] which runs literacy schemes through Latin in schools in deprived urban areas and of DrugFAM, [56] which supports families affected by a loved one's abuse of drugs or alcohol.

Hurst, Greg (13 December 2013). "Gove's reform champion to take sabbatical". The Times . Retrieved 15 March 2014. Epsom College: New head appointed after school gun deaths". BBC News. 17 February 2023 . Retrieved 17 February 2023. Joanna was an author and wrote a number of acclaimed novels and short stories as well as a large number of poems. As an English teacher she played a key role in school life at Wellington College, where Anthony was previously Master.In March 2023, he replaced Emma Pattison as head master of Epsom College, following her murder. [17] History, politics and other writing [ edit ] Just ten days before she died Joanna completed the last draft of the book about her father. Her biography marks the 50 th anniversary of the successful campaign by her late father, Maurice Pappworth, to stop medical experiments on human guinea pigs. Seldon, Anthony (2000). The Foreign Office: The Illustrated History Of The Place And Its People. HarperCollins Illustrated. p.240. ISBN 000710118X. Other edited books include Ruling Performance, with Professor Peter Hennessy and Conservative Century, with Professor Stuart Ball. He has written a number of booklets on education, including Private and Public Education: The Divide Must End (2000); [36] Partnership not Paternalism (2001); An End To Factory Schools (2010); [37] The Politics of Optimism (2012); and School United (2014). His 2011 Cass Lecture was published as 'Why Schools? Why Universities?' [38] He also founded two journals, Contemporary British History (as Contemporary Record) and Twentieth Century British History. During his time at Brighton College, Seldon wrote Brave New City: Brighton & Hove Past, Present, Future, an analysis of the city of Brighton and Hove focused principally on its buildings. [39] Work in education [ edit ] SirAnthony Seldonis a political historian and commentator on British political leadership as well as on education and contemporary Britain

He is the deputy chair and instigator of the Times Education Commission, former chair of the Comment Awards, president of the International Positive Education Network (IPEN), chair of the National Archives Trust and he was the originator of the Via Sacra/Western Front Way Walk. Seldon was born in Stepney, [10] the youngest son of economist Arthur Seldon (born Abraham Margolis), who co-founded the Institute of Economic Affairs and directed academic affairs at the think tank for 30 years. [1] His father was the child of Jewish immigrants who fled antisemitic pogroms in Russia. [11] a b "Dr Anthony Seldon: Truly happy people are made, not born". The Independent. London. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022 . Retrieved 5 September 2013.

My wife’s last tribute

After a number of years teaching at different schools, Joanna took time out of her career to have their three children, Jessica and Susannah, who both work in the civil service, and Adam, now a teacher. When Anthony became headmaster of Brighton College she returned to work. She adored the coastal town and would go swimming in the sea in winter. Joanna’s death leaves a hole in the lives of all who knew her, especially those who saw the immense courage and unfailing dignity with which she battled the illness that blighted, but never spoiled, her last few years at College. She was a true inspiration to everyone whose lives she touched, and the thoughts and prayers of the entire Wellington Community are with Anthony, Jessica, Susannah and Adam at this time. He was a board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company [57] and was executive producer of the 2017 film version of Journey's End. [58]

No doctor, however great his capacity or original his ideas, has the right to choose martyrs for science or for the general good." Human Guinea Pigs: Experimentation on Man. Seldon, Anthony (2007). Blair's Britain, 1997–2007. Cambridge University Press. p.708. ISBN 978-0521709460.Folded on to a yellow sofa in his office at the university, prints by Klee and Matisse on the walls, Anthony is a neat figure who stands on his head every morning as part of his yoga practice. Lady Joanna Seldon Author, poet and teacher, who was the forbearing wife of the public school headmaster and writer Sir Anthony Seldon. Joanna knew Wellington from many angles: wife of the Master, English teacher, Mother to Adam, who spent two years in the Lynedoch, friend and colleague. Whatever role she was called to play, there was always one constant: her own fierce independence, and from that came her intelligence, her perspective and her love. Despite the chronic pain, Seldon retained her positive mindset. "I start each morning when I get out of bed with the words 'I am grateful' in Hebrew," she said.