Index
Adrian, Richard 283
Alliance for Inclusive Education 189–190
Amis, Hille 134
Amis, Kingsley 134
Antinori, Severino 221
artificial insemination by donor (AID) 202–203, 209, 211–212, 218, 220, 227–228
artificial insemination by husband (AIH) 202, 218
arts, funding for 234, 275, 279
assisted dying 297, 303–312, 314
Austin, John L. 83–84, 91–93, 95, 99–100, 108
Ayer, Sir Alfred J. “Freddie” 83, 93, 99, 108, 110
Baker, Lord Kenneth 157, 162, 165, 169, 187, 248, 252
Barton, Mary 202
Barton, Michael viii, 281–282, 294
Beer, Dame Gillian viii, 235, 242–243, 259–260
Berlin, Sir Isaiah 93–94, 98, 254
Bickley, Olga 91
Blood, Diane 224
Bodichon, Barbara 235
Bragg, Lord Melvyn 291
Britten, Sir Edward 180
Brown, Andrew 291
Burton-Brown, Beatrice (Bice) 39, 66
Callaghan, Sir James 155–156, 165
Campbell, Juliet viii, 247, 261
Carlisle, Mark 185
Cigman, Ruth viii, 153, 168, 191, 199
Coleman, Emily (Nan) 28–29, 32–33, 121–123, 266–268
Collingwood, Robin 255
Committee of Enquiry into Education of Children with Special Needs viii, 140
Committee on Human Fertilisation and Embryology vii, 202, 233–234, 303
Corpus Christi College, Oxford 56, 59, 95, 245
Crossley, Jean, née Wilson 23, 25–28, 30, 46–47, 309
Curtis, Sarah, née Myers viii, 86, 110
Davies, David viii, 205–206, 210, 213–214, 217–218, 229–231
Davy, Humphrey 255
Donoughue, Lord Bernard viii, 155, 168
Dusinberre, Juliet viii, 244–245, 260
Edelman, Gerald 256
educational psychologists 175, 177, 187–188, 191–192
education, special v, vii, 12, 16, 140, 153, 156, 171, 172, 174, 176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 201, 218. See also schools: special schools; See also inclusion of children with special needs; See also special educational needs, statements of; See also Special Educational Needs Report
aims of 172–173, 180–183, 185, 187, 189–191
assessment for 180, 183–189, 192–193, 196
health and care plans 188–189, 193
partnership with parents 183–193, 196
Edwards, Robert (Bob) 201, 203–204
embryo research vii, viii, 203–204, 206, 212, 214–220, 222, 227–228, 236
fourteen-day rule 215–216, 220–221, 228, 230
euthanasia 2, 297–298, 301–302, 307–308, 310, 313–314
Evans, Richard 281
Falconer, Lord Charles 312
Fernihough, Anne viii, 244–245, 260
fertility 5, 201, 217, 227. See also infertility
right to have children 211, 223–226
Field, Lord Frank 185
Fisher, Archbishop Geoffrey 202
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 273
Working Party on Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 273
Fraenkel, Eduard 54–60, 98, 254
Franklin, Sarah viii, 228, 230, 232
Fraser, Giles 18, 80, 114, 324, 327
Galton, David 215
Gaulle, Elisabeth de 61–62, 66–67
General Teaching Council (GTC) 165
Girton College, Cambridge 1–2, 18, 166, 234–236, 240–249, 254–255, 258, 273, 275–276, 317–318, 320
Golombok, Susan viii, 227, 232
Gregory, T. S. 97
Grove, Valerie 117, 120, 122, 137–139, 141, 260
Habgood, Archbishop John 219
Hague, Judy viii, 150, 152, 167–168
Hampshire, Stuart 65, 93, 98, 106, 209
Hart, Herbert L. A. 94, 134, 209
Headlam-Morley, Agnes 91
Hedger, John 179
Heiser, Terry 281
Hirst, David 280
Home Office Committee on Animal Experimentation viii, 286
House of Lords viii, 87–88, 91, 162, 218–219, 222, 231, 236, 279, 284, 295, 297, 302–304, 311–312, 314–316, 318, 321, 324–326
Howarth, Baroness Valerie 318
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) 216–218, 220–222, 224, 227, 232
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Report 232
Hume, David 86, 157, 208, 225, 237, 255, 289, 314
imagination 2, 15, 28, 29, 109, 147, 157, 161, 166, 237, 238, 239, 240, 243, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 288, 314, 315. See also memory: imagination in
autobiography 256, 257, 258. See also memory: imagination in
biography 258
creativity 161, 166, 237, 258, 288
existentialist views on 16, 102–103, 106, 237, 255–256
importance for education 16, 147, 157, 161, 163, 166, 237–238, 240, 253, 257, 314
Royal Opera House 275
inclusion of children with special needs 177, 189–191, 196
Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) viii, 12–13, 270–272
infertility vii, 206, 211, 212, 216, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227. See also fertility
infertility services 216
in vitro fertilisation (IVF) 201, 204, 206, 208, 212, 214, 216, 220, 225, 228
Isaacs, Sir Jeremy viii, 271, 275–279, 294
Isaacs, Susan 148
Jackson, Margaret 202
Jaffé, Michael 273
Jay, Douglas 135
Jay, Peter 271
Jenkins, Maria (Boz), née Warnock viii, 86, 119, 122–124, 127–129, 132, 134, 138–140, 154, 201, 318, 320–321
Jondorf, Gillian viii, 244, 260
Jones, Janet 167
Joseph, Sir Keith 248
Kermode, Frank 239
Keynes, Maynard 280
Kilbrandon, Lord James 203, 229
Kinnock, Neil 185
Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), Oxford 42, 45, 51, 57, 61–63, 66, 68, 70, 76, 78, 81, 90, 135, 145, 155, 237, 247
Landesmann, Hans 276
Little, Dobs 134
Little, Ian 134
Longford, Baron Frank 91
Macdonald, Elisabeth (Lisa Sears) viii, 17, 304–305, 325
Marris, Rob 312
Marshall, John 205, 207, 214–215, 217
Maurice, Dr. Nick viii, 299–301, 324
Maxwell-Hyslop, Hilary viii, 269, 293
McLaren, Anne 205–206, 214–216, 218, 228
Meacher, Baroness Molly viii, 318–319, 326
Mellor, David 276
memory 58, 78, 91, 255, 257, 258, 264. See also imagination: autobiography
existentialist views on 256
imagination in 2, 255–256, 258
Metters, Jeremy viii, 205–206, 210, 217, 229–231
Midgley, Mary 109, 114, 284, 295
Moberley, Annie 89
moral behaviour
teaching of 156, 158–159, 272, 315
Murdoch, Alison viii, 228, 232
Murdoch, Dame Iris 55–56, 96, 98, 101, 107, 109, 112–114, 136
Murphy, Baroness Elaine viii, 318, 326
music, teaching of 125–128, 144–147, 153, 161, 192, 247, 263–266
National Curriculum 157, 162–163, 186–187, 254
O’Neill, Baroness Onora 87, 98, 111, 113, 325
Oppenheimer, James 280
Oppenheimer, Peter 281
Oxford High School (OHS) 1–2, 119, 125, 127, 130, 145, 149, 151, 153–154, 156, 165–167, 171, 237, 244, 266, 268–270, 329
Parris, Janette 280
Pears, David 97
PEER Arts Organisation 279
Peers, Jack 144
Pilkington, Constance 144, 246–247
pregnancy, surrogate. See surrogacy
Prichard, Harold Arthur (H. A.) 95
Prior’s Field School 39–40, 42–43, 45, 57, 63, 66, 125, 134, 265, 270
Quinton, Lord Anthony 134, 234, 256
Richard Dimbleby Lecture 163
Riverside School 194
Robb, Sophia 261
Rose, Imogen, née Wrong 30, 34, 37, 47–48, 56, 66
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution viii, 286, 295
Royal Opera House (ROH) viii, 275–279
Arts Council Working Party on Royal Opera House viii, 275–278
Ryle, Gilbert 65, 76, 84, 93, 100, 238
Salter, Charles 81
Sartre, Jean-Paul 16, 84, 96, 100–108, 113–114, 237–238, 255–256, 305
schools
comprehensive schools 119, 144, 154, 297
direct grant schools 145–146, 154
independent schools 1, 156, 240
private schools 204
special schools 26, 172, 173, 177, 180, 183, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 196. See also education, special
state schools 154
Schuster, Sir Arthur 24
Scott, Norma viii, 321, 323, 327
Sears, Lisa. See Macdonald, Elisabeth (Lisa Sears)
Sherborne School 65–66, 68, 145, 149, 265
Simpson, Jeannie 134
Singer, Peter 207, 219, 284–285
Smith, Bob and Roberta 280
Smith, Chris 280
Society of Old Age Rational Suicide (SOARS) 310, 325
Soper, Donald 218
Special Educational Needs Report 182, 196
special educational needs, statements of 192, 193. See also education, special
Spoliation Advisory Panel 280
Stefansson, Kari 223
Stevas, Lord Norman St. John 217
Stevenson, Dennis 276
St. Hugh’s College, Oxford 1, 6, 79, 85–86, 88–91, 97, 109–110, 120, 125, 143–144, 244
Strawson, Ann viii, 94, 132, 134–136, 140, 323
Strawson, Peter 82, 84–85, 94, 97, 134–136, 299–300, 324
St. Swithun’s School 33–35, 37–40, 42–43, 66, 158, 264
surrogacy 209, 213–214, 226, 291
Tanner, Michael 239
teachers, training of 157, 164–165, 180–181, 183, 187
Thatcher, Baroness Margaret 1, 4–5, 10–19, 119, 134, 171, 174, 233–234, 271, 320
Thomson, Celia 323
Thomson, Duncan 309
Thomson, Stephana, née Wilson 26, 28–33, 42, 45, 57, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 73, 79, 121, 131, 264–269, 309, 323
Tooley, Sir John 275
university education
attacks on 14, 109, 233–234, 248–251, 254, 273
purposes of 234, 237, 248–250, 252–254
University of Cambridge 1, 14, 24, 37, 39, 56, 83, 85, 88, 94, 109, 137, 180, 227–228, 233–236, 240, 245, 283, 287
University of Oxford 1, 6, 10, 12–14, 24–25, 37, 42, 44–45, 51, 53–56, 59, 64–65, 67, 69–71, 73, 75–76, 81, 83–85, 88, 91, 93, 96–100, 102, 106, 108–110, 118–119, 132, 134–137, 143, 147, 152–153, 155, 175, 180, 201, 204, 209, 233–234, 236, 238, 240–241, 244–245, 247–248, 265, 268, 272, 284, 287, 299, 306, 323, 335, 339
move to become mixed 51, 88, 147, 240
organisation 234, 236, 241, 299
Walker, Jean 212
Wallinger, Mark viii, 279, 294
Walton, Lord John 297
Wardle, Jane 153
Warnock, Baroness Helen Mary vii, viii, 1–3, 5–19, 21–40, 42–46, 51–79, 83–111, 113–115, 117–140, 143–166, 170–171, 174–181, 184–185, 188–191, 196–198, 200–201, 203–229, 233–261, 263–294, 296–326, 329
beliefs and ideas
child development 16, 124, 161, 163, 226, 240, 263
children’s rights 190, 225, 314
euthanasia 2, 302, 307–308, 313
existentialism 2, 96, 100–102, 104–108, 145
human rights 223–226, 288, 303, 305, 309, 314
books
educational works
A Common Policy for Education (1989) 162–163, 249
Schools of Thought (1977) 2, 157–158, 160, 239
Special Educational Needs: A New Look (2005) 153, 188
Universities: Knowing Our Minds (1989) 251, 340
memoirs
A Memoir: People and Places (2000) 6, 11, 13, 28, 57–58, 71, 135, 242
Nature and Mortality (2003) 22, 341
miscellaneous
Art for All? Their Policies and Our Culture (2000) 279–280
Critical Reflections on Ownership (2015) 2, 288, 291
on fertility
Making Babies (2002) 211, 223, 227, 341
philosophical works
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Ethics (1999) 2, 284, 302, 325
Dishonest to God (2010) 265, 291, 313, 315
Ethics since 1900 (1960) 2, 99–100, 104–106, 302
Existentialism (1970) 105
Imagination (1976) 2, 155, 171, 237–239, 252, 255, 264
Imagination and Time (1994) 2, 255, 258, 264
Memory (1987) 2, 22, 249, 255, 257–258, 264
The Philosophy of Sartre (1965) 105
The Uses of Philosophy (1992) 284
Women Philosophers (1996) 9, 108
career
Fellowship, St. Hugh’s College, Oxford 1, 6, 79, 85, 88, 91, 109, 120, 143, 320
Headmistress, Oxford High School 1, 11, 119, 125, 127, 150–151, 154, 156, 165–166, 171, 174, 237, 268, 320
Mistress, Girton College 1–2, 234–236, 240–241, 243–247, 249, 254, 258, 273, 276, 317–318, 320
committees
Committee on Human Fertilisation and Embryology. See Committee on Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Committee on Special Educational Needs. See Committee of Enquiry into Education of Children with Special Needs
Home Office Committee on Animal Experimentation. See Home Office Committee on Animal Experimentation
Independent Broadcasting Authority. See Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. See Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
early life
relationship with Duncan 31–32, 42
relationship with mother 28–30, 32–33, 37, 39, 45, 64, 78
relationship with Nanny 28–29, 32–33
relationship with Stephana 28–31, 33, 42, 45, 66, 264, 266
holidays
childhood 25, 37, 39, 45, 266–267
undergraduate 56, 59, 61, 64, 72–73, 77
honours and awards
life peerage 14, 134, 219, 235, 266, 318
Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) 196
interests
fashion 7–8, 13, 69, 128–129, 144, 146, 244, 273, 320
gardening 41, 63, 129, 269–270, 289, 316–318, 320
horse-riding 44–45, 64, 137, 266–269, 273, 279, 285
music
classical music 1, 31, 42–43, 45, 62, 64, 127, 136, 161, 264–265, 274
Desert Island Discs, choice of music 273–274
instruments played 29, 38, 42, 45, 64, 73, 131, 147, 264–266
nature 29, 255, 263, 269–270, 282, 287–291, 319
Romantic poetry 237, 255–256, 287, 289, 291, 319
walking 29, 64, 67, 118, 123, 266–267, 269–270, 291, 299, 322
relationships
extra-marital friendships 135–136, 140
friendships with women 11, 14, 34, 38, 40, 66, 110, 118, 134–135, 244, 266, 269, 306
marriage to Geoffrey 77–79, 115, 117–120, 122, 134, 154, 219, 237, 241, 244, 289, 299, 320
with children 86, 90, 94, 100, 107, 117, 122–128, 131, 138, 145, 151, 237–238, 266, 269, 291, 321
with Duncan 68–69, 118, 130, 133, 136–137
with Stephana 57, 60, 62, 64, 68, 73, 79, 122, 131, 265–266, 268–269
religious views 96
Anglicanism 35, 80, 119, 158, 313, 316, 324
bishops in House of Lords 218–220, 315–316
religious broadcasts 291
teaching, quality of 86–87, 93, 146–147, 149, 153, 156
working parties. See Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: Working Party on Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; See Royal Opera House (ROH): Arts Council Working Party on Royal Opera House
Warnock, Felix viii, 46, 82, 86, 90, 100, 113, 117, 122, 124–126, 128, 134, 136, 138–139, 153, 246, 264, 266, 274, 299, 321–322, 324–325, 327
Warnock, James (father-in-law) 121, 128
Warnock, James (son) viii, 119, 122, 124, 126, 128, 134, 138–139, 151, 319, 321
Warnock, Kathleen, née Hall 128–130
Warnock, Kitty viii, 46, 67, 90, 117, 119, 121–122, 124–125, 128, 132, 134, 138–139, 145, 260, 269, 321–322, 324, 326–327
Warnock, Sir Geoffrey 2, 13–14, 37, 74–79, 91–94, 97, 99, 112–113, 115, 117–123, 126–137, 145, 151, 154–155, 171, 201–202, 204, 206, 219, 233–234, 236–237, 241, 244–245, 266, 269, 274, 289, 297–300, 302, 316–318, 320
books
English Ethics since 1900 (1957) 99
career
Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford 79, 90–91, 120, 154
Principal, Hertford College, Oxford 133, 154, 171, 237, 241, 245, 298–299, 316
Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford 13, 201, 233, 236, 241, 299, 316
early life
honours
knighthood 14
lectureships abroad
United States of America 79, 119
personality 118–119, 122, 129, 133, 299–300
relationships
marriage to Mary 77–79, 115, 117–120, 122, 134, 219, 241, 244, 289, 299, 320
with children 94, 119, 123, 126–128, 131, 133, 151, 299
terminal illness 298–299, 302, 318
Warnock, Stephana (Fanny) 122, 124, 126–127, 133–134, 145, 266, 299, 309
Weber, Hermann 24
Westbrook, Sheila 70, 72, 76, 79
Whitfield, Adrian 87, 111, 113
Wilking, Virginia 177
Wilkinson, Frank 245
Williams, Bernard 93–94, 109, 114
Williams, Rowan 313
Wilson, Alexander (Sandie) 26
Wilson, Archibald (Archie) 23, 25–27
Wilson, Ethel, née Schuster 23–24, 26–28, 30
Wilson, Grizel 26, 28, 45, 64, 122
Wilson, Mary, née Bardgett 23
Wilson, Sir Arthur 23
Wilson, Sir Duncan 26, 28, 31–32, 42, 53, 65, 68–69, 118, 129–130, 133, 136–137, 245, 264
Winchester College 25–27, 31, 37, 75, 79, 119, 125, 133, 151
Winckworth, Miss (Wincks) 34–36, 38
Wittgenstein, Ludwig 83–84, 94–95, 237
Wood, Susan, née Chenevix-Trench viii, 323
Younghusband, Dame Eileen 173