Whatever happened to Holland Park?
People often ask me what my old school, Holland Park comprehensive, was like and what it is like now. For the moment, I will direct people to Michele Hanson’s excellent article in The Guardian about the school in recent years. Enough said.
I will be returning to this subject again, in this, Holland Park’s fiftieth year.
June 15, 2009 at 8:59 am
I wrote about Michele Hanson’s piece on Holland Park School (where my own children are in the 6th form) on my own blog: sonofabook.blogspot.com. I’m also at present trying to interest agents/publishers in the work of Leila Berg – who wrote about A.S. Neill and other education innovators in the England and the UK in the 60s and 70s, as well as many glorious books for and about children (such as Look at Kids) and a classic autobiographical book. No one, of course, is biting. Leila is now in her 90s, and not one of her books is in print. A feature on her life and work in the Guardian would be timely, and might help to rekindle interest.