During the 1960s and 1970s, many childhood games reflected the customs and discipline commonly found in family life and...
In retrospect, it is perhaps unsurprising that children of earlier generations often imitated the customs and discipline of the...
The recollections shared by several individuals suggest that childhood disciplinary games, once regarded as harmless amusements, often left a...
In recalling the curious private amusements of an earlier period of adult life, one woman has described a game...
The recollections of childhood games and informal punishments described above reflect a curious aspect of post-war British childhood, when...
During a discussion of historical school disciplinary records, attention was drawn to an earlier observation that, in addition to...
Interest in historical records concerning corporal punishment in schools has grown considerably in recent years. In earlier decades many...
Debate has long persisted regarding whether state schools in England were legally obliged to maintain records of corporal punishment....
To understand how corporal punishment has been regulated in different places and at different periods, it is first necessary...
It is difficult to believe that every instance of corporal punishment was formally entered into an official record, at...
The following correspondence raises an interesting question concerning the purpose and use of punishment record books in schools. From...
Throughout history, societies have linked spirituality, morality, discipline, and the body in complex ways. Practices associated with witchcraft, pagan...
The correspondent assures readers that he has never personally experienced corporal punishment while wearing a skirt, let alone one...
John Smith, aged 60, was told by a court that he had placed his wife, Kim, across his knee...
He was a contemporary of, though a few years junior to, Ken Clarke at Nottingham High School, having arrived...
In a measure that has provoked considerable public discussion, the French Parliament is expected to approve legislation on Tuesday...
In a discussion on juvenile vandalism, several members of Newark Town Council called for the restoration of corporal punishment...
The phenomenal commercial success of Fifty Shades of Grey and its sequels must surely provide considerable satisfaction to its...
In a recent column, Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris Johnson, reflected upon the subject of corporal punishment and her...
The case under discussion concerned not a former headmaster who physically chastised his wife with his hand, but one...
Regarding the school itself, relatively little information is available. It appears to have begun as a state secondary modern...
The televised caning of Cathy in Grange Hill appears reasonably authentic in its depiction. Mrs McClusky seemed to feel...
Debate concerning disciplinary practices in Scottish state schools during the mid-twentieth century has often centred upon several distinctive features...
The debate surrounding disciplinary practices in British schools has, in recent years, prompted renewed examination of methods once regarded...