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He is married with three children and eight grandchildren, and he and his wife live in East Sussex. At the end of 2016 he had major cardiac surgery to replace his aortic valve, bypass a cardiac

In 1976, he was a Research Fellow at the University of York, and for 23 years he was a headmaster (Principal, Island School, Hong Kong, 1978–83; Headmaster, Berkhamsted School, 1983–9; Master, Wellington College, 1989–2000). [2] [6] Writing career [ edit ] After his time at Oxford, Driver taught at Sevenoaks School and then at Matthew Humberstone Comprehensive School in South Humberside. In 1976 he was a Research Fellow at the University of York, and for twenty-three years he was a headmaster (Principal, Island School, Hong Kong, 1978-1983. Some Schools, a memoir covering the years 1964-2000 and Jonty's work as a teacher and headmaster in five very different schools, was published by John Catt Ltd in 2016 and isThe translator and facilitator was a charismatic young teacher, Sizwe Dyasi, then a popular figure at the school and among the town’s young people in general. At the time, Jonty remarked: ‘That young man deserves a good future.” Whether or not this has come to pass is of course yet another story. In July 2019, as part of the JAM (John Armitage Memorial) Festival in the Romney Marshes, and again in July 2022, Jonty read some of the poems to an audience in the church of St Mary the Virgin, Hospital poem) and "On Shadows". A letter to the Oxford Magazine, No 397, explained that "On Shadows" was dedicated to Ken Gross and Liza Lorwin; Ken recently edited a new edition of John One user reassured him, saying, “Sir you are a legend and please don’t pay attention to these online trolls.”

in St Mary's in the Marsh. At the first, Helen Thomas (who plays with the London Phil) played excerpts from the Bach Cello Suites Nos I & 2 in between some of the poems. In the second, Lady This is all narrated in an easy but expressive jargon-free style with a great deal of humour, much of it directed at the author himself and a picture emerges of someone whom we can unreservedly admire and not only because of his opposition to apartheid, something the author barely mentions. Jonty Driver is not only an idealist, as I said, but one whose idealism is tempered by an underpinning of pragmatism. During and after his studies at Oxford he taught at several schools in England, including Sevenoaks School and Mathew Humberstone Comprehensive school. He then became principal of Island School in Hong Kong, Headmaster of Berkhamsted School, and Master of Wellington College. He was also a noted poet and writer, and held honorary teaching posts in literature and creative writing, as well as fellowships associated with writing programmes.

Omdraaivlei", "A Game of Tennis" and "Puppets"), and four poems in No 396 (April 2018): "Last Lesson of a Wintry Afternoon: a Kaddich for Joanna, Lady Seldon", "Extract from a Diary", "Diary Entry"