Clive Hartwell was a cool dude: glossy collar length hair, shiny platform shoes and the latest cut of suit. He marched into the Sixth form introducing himself as "Just call me Clive". Dangerous, since this was a girls' school. He lasted two weeks.
Within rugby teams, they address each other with names like "Wrighty", "Johnnie", "Johno", "Simo" etc. It might appear odd to the outsider but is friendly banter and not cruel in any way.
It was with an uncomfortable feeling that I watched Prince Harry's recent experiment as a documentary maker. At one level, hearing a racist term to 'label' a member of his platoon was quite shocking, but then it became obvious that other platoon members were also being given odd names - albeit not of a racist nature. Could it be that the army has a culture that is somewhat adolescent in nature, when they are winding down or away from danger??
The third in line to the throne has a tricky career path to follow: he is always the 'spare': the understudy, and has to be kept occupied. Few would deny that he would have been accepted to Sandhurst had he not been the boss's grandson, and one wonders how many people within that organisation have had the courage to reprimand him without fearing that their progress upwards will be affected.
I am just wondering what Harry's colleagues call him? Given that Clarence House declared that he had returned from Afghanistan "A Hero" and Gordon Brown called him " A role model", I am sure he won't mind me calling him "Ging", "Plank" or even "Idiot".
Within rugby teams, they address each other with names like "Wrighty", "Johnnie", "Johno", "Simo" etc. It might appear odd to the outsider but is friendly banter and not cruel in any way.
It was with an uncomfortable feeling that I watched Prince Harry's recent experiment as a documentary maker. At one level, hearing a racist term to 'label' a member of his platoon was quite shocking, but then it became obvious that other platoon members were also being given odd names - albeit not of a racist nature. Could it be that the army has a culture that is somewhat adolescent in nature, when they are winding down or away from danger??
The third in line to the throne has a tricky career path to follow: he is always the 'spare': the understudy, and has to be kept occupied. Few would deny that he would have been accepted to Sandhurst had he not been the boss's grandson, and one wonders how many people within that organisation have had the courage to reprimand him without fearing that their progress upwards will be affected.
I am just wondering what Harry's colleagues call him? Given that Clarence House declared that he had returned from Afghanistan "A Hero" and Gordon Brown called him " A role model", I am sure he won't mind me calling him "Ging", "Plank" or even "Idiot".
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