LAST WORD After having the front cover, it seems appropriate that Jonathan Miller should have the Last Word. This was written in 1983 and is reproduced by kind permission of Jonathan Foreman (1979-83), who at that point was Editor of Folio. He had asked five famous men of the time to send in their musings on school magazines. They all replied. Below are Jonathan Miller’s memories of The Prickly Pear.
And these are some extracts from Jonathan’s Leaver Report. Mr Strawson: ‘A brilliant boy…. He has little sense of judgment, and has never fitted well to the discipline of school life… I like him but I am glad he is leaving.’ Mr Pask: ‘Brilliant and versatile…His state and open scholarships at Cambridge speak adequately for his academic attainment… He has shown himself able to deliver a very good lecture.’ Mr Reed: ‘He has done nothing at all for his Club.’
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