Episode 7: A Conversation with Tim Hands

Sue Cunningham interviews Dr. Timothy Hands, Headmaster of Winchester College, an all-boys boarding school in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Winchester College was founded in 1382. He became headmaster in 2016, after eight years as Master at Magdalen College School in Oxford, where Sue served on the Board of Trustees.  Their conversation starts with a discussion of the parallel universes of those experiencing the disease personally and those who are not directly affected. He discusses his interest in the conditions that produce the works of literature, as a parallel to the circumstances that enable educators to better understand and motivate their students through curiosity about their individual backgrounds so that educators are able to motivate them and understand them. The interview closes with an interesting discussion of “comms squared” and how communications is the backbone of community.