He was already a figure of some controversy, as would become a lifelong habit, among the younger pupils and staff at Dulwich college in south-east London. She was not personally acquainted with Farage and did not see or hear his alleged racism and antisemitism, she said. “Of course Farage directly abused pupils,” Deakin said. “Emms [the headteacher] called me in: he was quite a forbidding figure for me as a young teacher,” she said. I participated fully in College life and enjoyed teaching such lively, intelligent and talented pupils, whom I remember with affection.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2025 06:10 UTC