68 m. ago Summer’s ending – and the delusion that a new me might be possible is back | Emma Brockes

The start of a new school year always awakens my resolve: time to be more disciplined, less cluttered and nicer to the catsSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreEvery year at this time, I think of a quote from the Bible, but which I know from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, in which seven-year-old Jeanette stitches a needlepoint sampler decorated withthe inscription: “The summer is ended and we are not yet saved.” We are not yet saved: no, not in this house, where I experience the back-to-school week in September far more urgently than New Year’s Day as the time of year for a behavioural reset. New school year, new me, new cast-iron conviction I can put the rocky road on the top shelf after I’ve used it in my girls’ packed lunches and not get it down until tomorrow.This is the first and most pressing item on the list: diet. Ten days o...

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18 h. ago Accepting my gray hair was one thing. Going back to school was another

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago The lesson I needed: going back to school later in life with gray hair

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Headteacher's final words before jumping from cliff after homophobic abuse

Police found the body of tragic Caroline Grandjean on the the first day of school in France after she had been harassed for years with homophobic graffiti and even death threats

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23 h. ago Celebrity kids go back to school after summer and Kai Rooney is fuming

Megan Pickford was among the many celebrities who shared snaps from their children's first day back at school after a long summer holiday

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25 h. ago Lesbian headmistress's chilling words before jumping off a cliff to her death on first day of term following campaign of homophobic abuse

The body of Caroline Grandjean was found by French police near Anglards-de-Salers in Cantal where she lived on September 1 - the first day of the new school term.

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41 h. ago Emmerdale star Laura Norton asks 'how' amid 'first' family milestone

The Kerry Wyatt actress updated her social media as she shared her son's first day at school

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46 h. ago Lesbian school principal jumps to her death off a cliff on first day of term after campaign of homophobic abuse

Caroline Grandjean, 42, had contacted France 's suicide helpline hours before she jumped 30 metres off a steep hill near Anglards-de-Salers in Cantal where she lived.

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2 d. ago How you can help this high school band perform at London's New Year's Day parade

How you can help this high school band perform at London's New Year's Day parade  WPTV

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2 d. ago Help Palm Beach Lakes Community High School band perform at London's New Year's Day parade

Help Palm Beach Lakes Community High School band perform at London's New Year's Day parade  WPTV

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4 d. ago Nasa technology saves girl who died TWICE after heart stopped for 31 minutes

EXCLUSIVE: Ten-year-old Evie Gore had to be brought back to life after her heart suddenly stopped, but has just competed in her first ever school sports day and competed in the British Transplant Games

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6 d. ago Further extra buses introduced in bid to solve Dumfriesshire school transport issues

McCalls have announced there will an extra 246 bus at both the start and end of the school day.

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7 d. ago Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire

The pews of a Minneapolis church were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren paired with older ‘buddies’ listening to a prayer on their third day of the new school year

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7 d. ago Kids in Upper Nithsdale village denied school transport despite living in catchment area

Pupils in Kelloholm are having to use a service bus which gets to Sanquhar Academy an hour before the school day begins.

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8 d. ago Met Office weather maps show best day of week as school holidays come to an end

The weather is expected to turn this week after a sustained dry period

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1 week ago Pole dancers cause chaos as they gatecrash wedding ceremony with racy performance

Two high school sweethearts got and unexpected free performance on their special day – but not exactly the ones they asked for, as organisers had to make a big call

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2 w. ago American students face new phone bans in school – not everyone is happy about it

For students, the rules add new school-day rituals, like putting phones in magnetic pouches or special lockers

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2 w. ago UK state school in deprived borough outshines Eton on A level results day

Over 250 students at the school in East London achieved straight A grades

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2 w. ago Wales’ most diverse school that’s oversubscribed and sending kids to Oxbridge

We went along on results day to hear the success stories and find out what the school is doing right

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3 w. ago Multiple students injured in school bus crash carrying more than 40 kids on first day back to school

Authorities say a Texas school bus carrying more than 40 students rolled over after veering off a rural road on the first day of class, injuring multiple students

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