A Thousand and One Sleepless NightsPaperback, 27 November 2017

Everything does not always go to plan: the trick is to appear confident throughout and not let it get you down - even if you can't get to sleep afterwards. Life as a teacher has plenty of challenges, especially when you organise trips abroad for your pupils. Paul Henderson shares some entertaining tales from the many adventures he and his pupils have had on archaeological sites as well as music and sports tours. When he rises to the dizzy heights of Deputy Head and then Headmaster, the tales continue causing even more sleepless nights. Some further tales, allegedly discovered from a lost version of the Arabian Nights do not help him sleep - they remind him too much of events in his own "sultanate"! This book spans forty years in schools, recalling with affection and humour the ups and downs of his time in Norwich, St Albans and Eltham College, London.