The test

No, not the 5th and Final Test. Although I am on my way there as I type this. I am thinking about the tests undergone by today's A level students.

I'm not saying I wasn't nervous about my A level results way back when. I was. Very. I had been in prison, was less than half way through my probation and could only be keenly aware that A levels and University were the last best hope for Our Hero.

My generation (I am going back 32 years to the summer of 77) had certain advantages of course. Neither we