“From the opening sentence, it is clear that we are in the presence of a writer with a distinctive voice and uncanny… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
I was a boarding school product from the age of eight, and I hated it. Though I do have a theory that… — Simon Mawer Copy Share Image
My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like… — Carmen Busquets Copy Share Image
You know I went to the Hunt Schools, a boarding school in Princeton, and I've heard so many Rhodes scholars have gone… — Myron Rolle Copy Share Image
“The boarding school memoir or novel is an enduring literary subgenre, from 1950s classics such as The Catcher in the Rye to… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was… — Cameron Mackintosh Copy Share Image
Being at boarding school in the pre-internet era, especially a boarding school tucked away in the Oxfordshire countryside, was like being in… — James Lovegrove Copy Share Image
“... but that's the beauty of boarding school. I make all my own decisions, small and medium, while the big ones are… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
I was sent to boarding school - a grim place. The only good thing the headmaster did for us was every Sunday… — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
I have been a frequent air traveler since I was a few months shy of my sixth birthday, when my parents packed… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
In the middle of my sophomore year, I was sent to boarding school, at the Cranbrook School for boys, in Bloomfield Hills,… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was… — C. C. H. Pounder Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I went to boarding school, where I discovered the computer, which meant I no longer had to write… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka. — Jonah Lomu Copy Share Image
“Ah, such a good pretty one.' There was a pause, 'You even got yourself dressed up.” — Charlotte Munro Copy Share Image
I'm from the Detroit area, just north of Detroit. But then I went to boarding school in northern Michigan, so a little… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
“Our midnight feasts aren't so much 'lashings of ginger beer' as 'whatever booze we can smuggle in'.” — Cat Clarke Copy Share Image
“By the sound of things, you know nothing about mathematics.' 'You can put it like that. I'm utterly useless.' 'Useless is such… — Charlotte Munro Copy Share Image
Older boys were allowed to beat younger ones at my 15th-century English boarding school, and every boy had to run a five-mile… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I won a scholarship to boarding school. My parents let me choose whether to go, and I decided… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
I probably deserve a bit of a kicking. And having been to boarding school, I've learnt to enjoy a good beating. — James Blunt Copy Share Image
“The novel is apparently autobiographical and is being publicised as such but Doust has done with his material what so many autobiographical… — Jon Doust Copy Share Image
“I sunk to my knees in the spot he had left me. I felt a part of me had just been lost.… — Charlotte Munro Copy Share Image
