I recently had the pleasure of listening to Gervase Phinn doing one of his stand-up routines in my home town (admittedly I was the only person there under 30, but didn't let that bother me) and I can geniunely say he is one of the funniest people I know of to have gone from being a school inspect...
There comes a book in everyone's life which is totally different from all the books s/he has ever read. And there comes a book which brings out a beautiful smile and at the same time a pang of nostalgia and memories of a time when all was so peachy, innocent, silly and yet beautiful. For me, thi...
This is more of the same from Gervase Phinn - the second year of his job as a school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales. Once again, we meet a cast of wonderful characters, including the three other inspectors - Harold, David and Sidney; Connie, the rather draconian caretaker of the Staff Developme...