The History Boys

NOTE FROM NON-BORING HOUSE Meet Alan Gardner and Colin Robson, the Grandfathers of Non-Boring History

Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it, and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on.

― Mr. Hector explains education to his students, from Alan Bennett’s play, The History Boys

Dear Nonnie Friend,

It is late December, 2006. I am a…