I have just been spending the evening with St George’s Alumnae in London at a lively reunion at the Caledonian Club. As ever when I meet former students of the school I am impressed by the diversity in the routes that their lives have taken. Amongst ...

What do we mean by ‘character-forming?This week Nadiya Hussain, winner of the 2015 Great British Bake Off opened up movingly in a documentary about the extreme anxiety that has affected her since childhood, which she has identified as stemming from t...

One of the most inspiring experiences that I have enjoyed recently was an outstanding after-dinner speech at last week’s SCIS conference. SCIS is the Scottish Council of Independent Schools, the body which represents all of Scotland’s independent sch...

My final message for this term is for all those about to go on study leave and especially our Upper Sixth girls. On the night before the end of term the staff and the Upper Sixth leavers shared a meal together. This is one of St George's loveliest tr...

Last Thursday evening we were privileged to hear a distinguished panel of women writers and publishers speaking to the title A Voice of One’s Own. They had been given the task of speaking about one or more women who they felt had been the most influe...