Bøger af Nigel Richardson

The primary purpose of Air Traffic Control worldwide is to prevent collisions, organise and expedite the flow of air traffic, and provide information and other support for pilots. While we as passengers may not see them, ATC staff are an integral part of our travel experience and safety. This book provides a unique look at the inner workings of ATC in the UK, and sheds light on those who often operate unseen.

The book covers the history of Flybe, from its inception in 1979 as a small regional airline to its establishment as Europe's leading regional airline in the 2010s. The book will be illustrated with over 140 images and will include a full listing of the airline's fleet through time.

After the Public Heath Acts of 1872 and 1875, British local authorities bore statutory obligations to carry out sanitary improvements. Richardson explores public health strategy and central-local government relations during the mid-nineteenth-century, using the experience of Uppingham, England, as a micro-historical case study.

Edward Thring on EducationEdward Thring (1821-1887), who founded the Headmasters'' Conference of prominent schools in Britain in 1869, was the best-known headmaster of his generation.Formed by a nature-loving childhood in rural Somerset, survival in the notorious Long Chamber at Eton, a fellowship at King''s College Cambridge and a harrowing curacy in the slums of Gloucester, he developed the conviction that education was God''s work. This in turn led him to a passionate belief in the potential of every child.From 1853, over 34 years, Thring transformed a small grammar school in Uppingham into a widely-celebrated boarding school with an international clientele. He battled against intransigent governors, growing debts and the encroachment of government control over every type of school. After facing potential disaster from a series of typhoid outbreaks, he relocated his staff and pupils to Borth in Wales, returning only after securing radical improvements in Uppingham''s drainage and water supply. Although dismissively labelled "the enthusiast Mr Thring" by the Cambridge philosopher Henry Sidgwick and King of Boys by other critics, his social conscience led to the founding of a mission in London''s East End, the first venture of its type.Through two books, Education and School (1864) and The Theory and Practice of Teaching (1883), Thring provided a blueprint for high-quality boarding schools, a broad curriculum and child-centred teaching methods. This is the first modern biography of this multi-faceted and emotionally complex man.