My favourite subject at school was Philosophy. I loved it because it showed me that many of the questions I lazily pondered at night — such as why we should do right over wrong, and how we know who we are — have been vigorously debated for thousands of years. My first lesson was on Plato, and we went on from there. It showed that I was, in my own tiny way, part of a very old and distinguished family of questioning humans.
Studying Philosophy at school also made me, by learning about Plato and Aristotle’s ideas, study a portion of the Classics, and my favourite module in my English undergraduate degree also featured Classics. From school to university, I have been enchanted by Classics. I still am.
