Blog
Our Executive Director, Tim Middleton has been writing articles on Education and School Sport each week in the Standard for the past 10 years. These 4-minute reads cover timely topics that may be of interest to the ATS Community and the Education body as a whole.
Many readers will be aware of the famous poem by Rudyard Kipling entitled simply ‘If’ but may...
The first lady British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, once famously said that, “Being powerful...
We have previously considered how ambition can be dangerous and unhelpful to children if...
One of Shakespeare’s most quoted lines comes from his play ‘Twelfth Night’ when a lowly...
Climbing Mount Everest is seen to be the ultimate challenge, though it is certainly not one that...
In the 1970s there was a popular children’s collection of stories in book and television...
Sports teams aspiring to greatness face a difficult dilemma. In order to gain promotion from a...
Muhammad Ali was an extraordinary showman as well as an amazing boxer; the public never...
Increasingly in professional sport, we find that teams will no longer have a coach and an...
In a poll of forty-nine historians and political scientists, organised by the Chicago Tribune in...
Many schools have an eagle in their crest; many speakers will encourage children to have an...
Roy Keane, the former Manchester United captain who won the English Premier League seven times...
“Oh what a circus! Oh what a show! Argentina has gone to town over the death of an actress...
Emil Zatopek was an extraordinary athlete. He won the 10,000 metres track event at two...
The world of soccer has been shocked and rocked this week by the announcement of the...
It is an obvious thing to say but we must take whatever opportunity comes our way. How we do...
People living in Zimbabwe for many years have been brought up in a very different culture to...
Even the younger generation of today have heard of Neil Diamond; they may not know it but...
