WHAT’S BLOCKING THE DRAINS?

Andrew Perry never intended to be a teacher, let alone a headmaster.Intent on becoming an orchestral conductor, reality soon compelled a change of tune: he bought a school.Plunging headlong into boarding prep-school life, it was serendipity - despite all the absurdities. The smell of overcooked cabbage and the long holidays combined to become his enduring passion for eleven years.A merry blend of humorous memories from the seventies headmaster at the heart of a school.