An enabler, not an egoist – the Orkney English teacher who changed lives

11 September 2025, The Tablet

Stromness Academy, 1926-27: in the centre row George Mackay Brown is on the far left, and Ian MacInnes is holding the Infants sign

Courtesy of Morag MacInnes

Education feature – lessons for life

He had no ­discipline ­problems because he just looked faintly ­puzzled when ­anyone ­misbehaved

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