NIGEL RICHARDSON taught history at Uppingham 1971-89; was Second Master 1983-9 and house tutor of L and C. After leaving Uppingham he was Head of the Dragon School, Oxford; the Deputy Head of the King's School in Macclesfield; the Head of the Perse School, Cambridge 1994-2008 and Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference in 2007. He is now a book editor/writer, governor of several HMC schools, appraiser of Heads, and Syndic of the Cambridge University Press.