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Nicholas Burgess Farrell
Nicholas Burgess Farrell (born 2 October 1958) is an English journalist and the author of ''Mussolini: A New Life''. Early life Farrell was born in London, on 2 October 1958. He attended The King's School, Canterbury, and studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, earning his B.A. on 20 June 1980. He completed his apprenticeship and his National Certificate Examination exam in October 1984. Career He worked as journalist for the ''Sunday Telegraph'' from 1987 to 1996, later moving to ''The Spectator'' from April 1996 to July 1998. Farrell then moved to Forlì, Italy, married an Italian woman and joined the Italian journalist association, at first working for the local newspaper ''La voce di Romagna'' and later for the national publication ''Libero (newspaper), Libero''. Farrell's most famous article is a 2003 interview with Silvio Berlusconi for ''The Spectator'', where the Italy, Italian prime minister made statements which sparked criticism in Italy. Today he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's School, Canterbury
The King's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year old pupils) in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's oldest public school; and is arguably the oldest continuously operating school in the world, since education on the Abbey and Cathedral grounds has been uninterrupted since AD 597. History The school started as a medieval cathedral school said to have been founded during Late Antiquity in AD 597, a century after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, by Augustine of Canterbury, considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church, thus making it arguably the world's oldest extant school. This is based on the fact that St Augustine founded an abbey (within the current school's grounds) where it is known that teaching took place. When the Dissolution of the Monasteries took place, the school was re-founded by royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
