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I think Sirk has made the most complex, the naughtiest, melodramas.

For now, allow us to tease you with the film's naughtiest character.

The clip still resurfaces, in an episode of a series called "TV's Naughtiest Blunders".

" The naughtiest comedy on "Bake Off" came from double-entendres about a cake's "soggy bottom.

The Naughtiest Dog Breeds (Most Barks Per Day) The Nicest Dog Breeds (Least Barks Per Day)

Christmas is around the corner and it's time to figure out who's been naughtiest this year.

And sometimes those lines are political lines and sometimes they're just like, who can say the naughtiest thing?

The Society of Clerks have compiled this year's naughtiest expressions in their most recent version of journal, The Table.

For $50 or more a month, "patrons" can get access to Delphine's premium Snapchat account, which features her "naughtiest" photos.

" 224674538 The brothers gave insight into Diana parenting style in a way she's never been seen before — with Harry calling her "one of the naughtiest parents.

When asked to reveal the naughtiest thing she had done as a child, she mentioned annoying a local farmer by running through a field of wheat.

Harry called her "one of the naughtiest parents," because, as William explains, she understood there was more to life than being a royal and staying inside those palace walls.

One of Obama's naughtiest tokens of affection is the expansion of Medicaid—a jointly funded federal-state government program that uses taxes to provide health insurance to the poor.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that the naughtiest thing he was prepared to admit to was breaking the law by cycling on the pavement.

The Russians were hardly the only naughty ones in the Olympic family, just the naughtiest, as the results of retesting from the 2008 and 2012 Summer Games made clear.

" In the 2017 documentary Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, Harry and Prince William gave insight into Diana's refreshing parenting style — with Harry calling her "one of the naughtiest parents.

When it comes to scandal-avoidance, you can't do better than the vicar's daughter who claims that the naughtiest thing she has ever done is run through a field of wheat.

What ensued was some of the hottest, naughtiest-feeling sex of my life — it was so sudden and out of the ordinary, it felt like a scene out of a movie.

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that the naughtiest thing he was prepared to admit to was breaking the law by cycling on the pavement.

It's the title of a song that Rihanna and Drake have made pretty much 2016's best single, and the partial title of another that Fifth Harmony's made one of the year's naughtiest.

Furbo, the company behind this smart phone-connected, treat-tossing dog camera, released its 2018 list of the "naughtiest" and "nicest" dog breeds based on the number of barks the animals let out a day.

Asked in one interview what the naughtiest thing she had done as a child, May reached for the less than daring anecdote of having once ran through a field of wheat to the dismay of local farmers.

"Running through the fields of wheat and straight off a cliff," one protestor wrote, alluding to an interview in which May provoked mirth by saying the naughtiest thing she had ever done was to run through wheat fields.

You can make sure one person, like Donald Trump, wins the "Naughtiest Person Lump of Coal Gift" by casting a vote, or adding the names of people you personally know, and sharing the link on social media to increase your chances at winning.

The tabloids rejoiced in the fact that Mr Johnson had trolled the prime minister by jogging through a field of wheat near his Oxfordshire home (Ms May once remarked that the naughtiest thing she had done as a child was to run through a wheat field).

"The naughtiest thing she did in high school: "When I was at high school, I used to pretend that I had work and I would go and tell the head of school that I like really needed to leave, and I was really stressed out because I had work.

When asked by Sky what the naughtiest thing he was ready to confess, Johnson initially asked advisers for suggestions before saying: "When I was riding a bicycle every day, which I used to do, I may sometimes have not always have obeyed the law about cycling on the pavement."

MULLANY Tapestry isn't often thought of as a transgressive art form, but the naughtiest and most hilarious work at TEFAF this year is a woven wall hanging, completed in Bruges around 1600 and offered by this London gallery, that depicts shepherds and maidens getting very frisky in a verdant garden.

And while possibly no politician could have made the ins and outs of trade agreements seem sexy, May, who once described "running through fields of wheat" as the naughtiest thing she'd ever done, and refuses even to discuss which TV dramas she enjoys most, has faced a particularly Sisyphean task keeping the British public engaged.

So ... I am not throwin' away my shot (2)I am not throwin' away my shotMy name is Lin-ManuelI am hosting SNLAnd I am not throwin' away my shot, yeah I'mma go for broke and do it all tonightTake a swing, pass a baton, gimme the ball tonightI got a Tony (3), and an Emmy (4), and a Grammy (5), yoBut what I really want's a famous person cameo (6) Damn, yo Imma do a buncha sketchesSometimes I play the lead (7)Give you what you needGot the cue cards for me to readYes indeed, tonight, you'll see me at my naughtiest and bawdiest (153)And now I'm gonna walk into the audience [He does] 'Cause I am not throwin' away my shotI am not throwin' away my shotIt's my one big chance To bring on the dance 'Cause I'm not throwin' away my shot [The camera follows Miranda backstage] It's time to take a shotAnd, yes, I'm right in my elementWho knew that Hamilton would be so topically relevant (9)The way these grandstanding candidates be talkin'They're just a tweet away from facing off in Weehawken (10) They keep brawlin'D and RNC keep fallin'I liked it better when it's Kate McKinnon v.

First edition (publ. Hodder Children's Books) The Naughtiest Girl Helps a Friend is the second of Anne Digby's continuation of "The Naughtiest Girl" series (originally by Enid Blyton), and the sixth book about Elizabeth Allen, the "Naughtiest Girl" of the title.

The Naughtiest Girl Is a Monitor is a children's novel by Enid Blyton published in 1945, the third in The Naughtiest Girl series of novels.

The Naughtiest Girl Again is the second novel in The Naughtiest Girl series of novels by Enid Blyton. It is about older and not-so-spoiled Elizabeth Allen is in her second term at Whyteleafe School.

The Naughtiest Girl in the School is the first novel in The Naughtiest Girl series by Enid Blyton, published in 1940. The title character is Elizabeth Allen, a spoiled girl who is sent to a boarding school called Whyteleafe School.

Blyton wrote two other series about boarding-school life: the St. Clare's and the Naughtiest Girl series.

Elizabeth, the titular naughtiest girl, is chosen as a class monitor at her boarding school Whyteleafe school.

First edition (publ. Hodder Children's Books) The Naughtiest Girl Keeps a Secret (1999) is the first of a continuation of Enid Blyton's The Naughtiest Girl series by Anne Digby. The series follows four books first written by Enid Blyton in the 1940s, continuing Elizabeth Allen's adventures at Whyteleafe School. Elizabeth is still in the first form.

Enid Blyton's Naughtiest Girl series was unusually set in a progressive coeducational school. J. K. Rowlings' Harry Potter series represents a more recent example of a mixed-sex boarding school.

Chithrasalabhangalude Veedu tells the story of a boy named Muthu, studying in tenth standard. Muthu is one of the naughtiest boys in the school. He has a gang of friends also. One day he gets arrested for bringing arrack to school.

In his later career he acquired a reputation for unpredictable and sometimes dangerous behaviour and was described as "the world's naughtiest horse". He was most unusual as a Classic winner who was raced over hurdles. He died in 2004 at the age of thirteen.

In an interview with Julie Etchingham on ITV's Tonight programme on 5 June 2017, British Prime Minister Theresa May said the naughtiest thing she had ever done was to 'run through fields of wheat' as a child. The comment was the subject of much parody on the internet and became a meme.

Enid Blyton's The Naughtiest Girl series of novels, written in the 1940s and 50s, were her first series about school-aged children, and they were set in a school based on Summerhill, with democratic community meetings allowing the children to make decisions about the school and 'punishments' etc.Blyton, Gillian, Introduction to ‘The Naughtiest Girl in the School’, Blyton, Enid, Hodder Children's Books, 2007, Ira Levin's novel Rosemary's Baby (1967) has the main character reading a copy of Neill's book Summerhill and discussing it with her friends. The school was the subject of the 1987 ITV documentary Being Happy is What Matters Most. This was later parodied in the 1997 Channel 4 documentary show Brass Eye in its second episode, "Drugs".

From 1978 to 1994 she wrote fourteen school story novels set in the fictional Cornish boarding school Trebizon. She has also written the Me, Jill Robinson series of books, the Jug Valley Juniors series, Quicksilver Horse and The Big Swim of the Summer. She added six books to Enid Blyton's 1940–52 Naughtiest Girl series, 1999 to 2001 – which publisher Hachette catalogues as Naughtiest Girl, volumes 5 to 10 – and created the Three R Detective books for younger readers. Fidra Books of Edinburgh has published a collector's edition of Fifth Year Friendships at Trebizon, which has a foreword by Digby, while new mass-market paperback editions of the first seven titles in the Trebizon series were published by Egmont in 2016 with more titles scheduled for 2017.. All fourteen titles in the series also remain widely available as e-books.

Elizabeth Allen, older and not having a spoiled personality, goes on to her second year for Whyteleafe School. She makes two enemies, Robert and Kathleen. Robert is a bully and Kathleen plays mean tricks on Jenny and Elizabeth. Elizabeth does not want to misbehave again, but someone tries to make sure that she does not forget her nickname of 'the Naughtiest Girl in the school'.

The director chose to cast several unknown actors in the film. To find his Fat Sam, Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom, asking for "the naughtiest boy in class". The students were unanimous in selecting John Cassisi, and Parker gave him the role. Florrie Dugger (Blousey) originally was cast in a smaller role; when the actress cast as Blousey suddenly grew taller than Baio, Dugger was promoted.

During an ITV News interview on the campaign trail, May said that the naughtiest thing she had ever done was running through fields of wheat as a child. The comment was the subject of sustained media commentary and became closely associated with May. As of 9 June the Conservative Party had lost seats and Labour had gained seats. The Conservatives remained the largest single party but without an absolute majority.

Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos is an Australian television comedy programme which was broadcast on Nine Network on 3 September 1992. It was a one-off special spin-off of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, depicting videos of sexual situations and other sexually explicit content. The programme was notably taken off the air partway through the broadcast of its first and only episode on the order of network owner Kerry Packer.

When the character is introduced, Sam is described as "an adventurous woman trying to reverse her family's bad fortune", who would immediately interact with character Jasper Jacks (Rademacher). She is independent and scheming. Soaps In Depth named the character on their list of the 50 naughtiest soap opera vixens in 2009. When she first arrives in town, she is portrayed as a con artist and bad girl, who knew how to get what she wanted.

Jackie Chan was one of the Seven Little Fortunes and when asked about his most famous pupil, Master Yu Jim Yuen said that Jackie was "not one of the best, but the naughtiest, yes." Known members include Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Corey Yuen, Yuen Wah, Yuen Tak, Yuen Tai, and Yuen Mo. Painted Faces (1988) is a biographical film about The Seven Little Fortunes during their youth at the Peking Opera School.

In 2018, Antrobus appeared on the radio programme Women's Hour. In August 2019, Antrobus starred in the four-part Channel 5 documentary series Violent Child, Desperate Parents, which follows families with violent and misbehaving children. In October 2019, Antrobus co-presented a two-part documentary for 5Star, Britain's Naughtiest Nursery, with Jayne Ashbourne. The programme follows Antrobus working with children aged three to five who have been excluded from nurseries due to poor behaviour.

He was also a choirboy, singing both in church and at local weddings. A childhood friend of Stalin's later recalled that he "was the best but also the naughtiest pupil" in the class. He and his friends formed a gang, and often fought with other local children. He caused mischief; in one incident, he ignited explosive cartridges in a shop, and in another he tied a pan to the tail of a woman's pet cat.

In issue 2935 dated 17 October 1998 Bea gained her own solo strip entitled Beaginnings drawn by Nigel Parkinson. It was here that Bea uttered her first word, "Mud". Bea was voted naughtiest baby in Beanotown when she was only a week old, has Gnipper as her dog, and loves playing with Rasher. But for five isolated examples, the strip has always been drawn by Nigel Parkinson, who also frequently drew the main Dennis strip at that time.

So popular were Pollock's books that one reviewer was prompted to observe that "Enid Blyton had better look to her laurels". But Blyton's readers were not so easily deceived and many complained about the subterfuge to her and her publisher, with the result that all six books published under the name of Mary Pollock – two in 1940 and four in 1943 – were reissued under Blyton's name. Later in 1940 Blyton published the first of her boarding school story books and the first novel in the Naughtiest Girl series, The Naughtiest Girl in the School, which followed the exploits of the mischievous schoolgirl Elizabeth Allen at the fictional Whyteleafe School. The first of her six novels in the St. Clare's series, The Twins at St. Clare's, appeared the following year, featuring the twin sisters Patricia and Isabel O'Sullivan. In 1942 Blyton released the first book in the Mary Mouse series, Mary Mouse and the Dolls' House, about a mouse exiled from her mousehole who becomes a maid at a dolls' house.

"Shayaris are his pickup lines and very often he does succeed to getting the girls," said Kapoor. "He is not a sophisticated shayar and that is part of his charm." He also called Javed "the funniest and naughtiest character of 1910 I have ever seen." Despite the role being his favourite, Kapoor faced problems with the era-appropriate costume, which required him to wear traditional mojari shoes and clip-on stud earrings; he suffered from both shoe bites and red ears during filming.

He also hosted Beauty and the Beast on Network Ten for a brief stint in 2002. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Doug was part of the Channel Seven Australian Touring Car Championship and Bathurst 1000 commentary team headed up by Mike Raymond and Neil Crompton until Seven lost the rights in 1997. In August 2008, Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos was re-aired on the Nine Network. Mulray reportedly refused requests from Nine management to reappear as the host.

Chakrapani (CSR) to whom money is the world but his family may call him a miser, he has one goal in life – to save one lakh rupees by cutting down on whatever expenses he feels are avoidable. After his son's death, he takes care of his daughter-in-law Visalakshamma (Venkumamba), grandson Jagannadham (Chandrasekhar), granddaughters Santha (T. G. Kamaladevi), Malati (Bhanumathi) and Revathy (Leelakumari). Among them, Malati is the naughtiest and plays pranks on her grandfather, taking digs at his miserly ways.

Dennis's first comic-strip appearance consisted of him walking into the park with his father and his dog, where a sign is planted informing visitors that they should 'Keep Off the Grass'. Keeping in with his "world's naughtiest boy" tagline, Dennis makes many attempts to get onto the grass, much to his father's annoyance. Losing his temper, he takes the lead off the dog and puts it on Dennis, thus ending the menace's hijinks. This, like many succeeding it, only made up half a page.

Packer sometimes took a direct interest in the editorial content of his papers, although he was far less interventionist than the notoriously hands-on Rupert Murdoch. Packer also occasionally interfered directly in the programming of his TV stations; in 1992, he called his Sydney station, TCN-9, and ordered its personnel to "Get that shit off the air!", referring to Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos hosted by Doug Mulray, which was cut during its first and only airing on national television. (It has since aired in its entirety).

Splodge is a goblin, the last of his species. He is a mischievous character who would play sneaky, nasty tricks on the animals of the woods, but they usually had the last laugh at the end. No humans could see or hear him, except readers of The Topper. Between 2000 and 2001 the strip had a short run in The Beano, the main differences being that Splodge now lived in Beanotown Woods, and the tagline changed to 'The Naughtiest, Cleverest (he thinks) goblin in Beanotown Woods'.

TV Nightmares, The Way They Were, When Athletes Attack and made guest appearances on Blankety Blank and a few series of TV's Naughtiest Blunders on ITV1. On Thursday 4 September 2008, it was announced that Penk had bought the entire share capital in the radio station 96.2 the Revolution. Almost immediately after the purchase, Penk made major changes both to the schedule and to the playlist. The changes led to outrage from some listeners to the station and departure of some of the station's DJs.

The show originally began airing on Time Warner Public- access television in Los Angeles in 2001 and is now being seen in New York City and London. Clips of the show appeared on TV's Naughtiest Blunders in 2005 airing on England's ITV television network, and in 2008 on Whacked Out Videos. Let's Paint TV became more widely known in late 2006 when Kilduff began uploading recordings of episodes to the online video service YouTube, where it has since become a cult hit and increased his live show's viewership.

TV's Naughtiest Blunders was an outtakes show that ran from 2000 till 2005. It was shown on ITV and produced by Carlton Television. The show was narrated by Neil Morrissey (first presented by Steve Penk in the studio) and featured edited out clips and mistakes made by people on TV. The show frequently contained swearing, sexual innuendo and nudity, and because of this it was usually shown late at night. The show sometimes featured deleted scenes from the news and soaps as well as documentaries and many other TV programmes.

However, as the Chicago Tribune put it in his obituary, Maloney was "the first — and remains the only — Cook County judge to be convicted of rigging murder cases for cash". Mental Floss describes it as "the worst of the worst was the not-so- honorable Thomas J. Maloney".Pearson, Will; Mangesh Hattikudur, Elizabeth Hunt; Mental floss presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits, Collins, 2005, p.72 Other cases involving judges accepting cash in murder cases include James McGettrick of the Cuyahoga County Court.

Bingo Night Live was ITV's first interactive televised/web programme. At launch there were various problems with the reliability of the web interface. On 17 July 2008 Bingo Night Live was not shown due to a power cut in the Greater Manchester area. The show was replaced with re-runs of Creature Comforts and TV's Naughtiest Blunders. An email explaining the fault was sent to all players telling them "You do not need to do anything further; your cards will be automatically carried across to tonight’s show and entered into the next games".

Fish (1977), from top: Sarah Natoli, Todd Bridges, John Cassisi, Denise Miller, Lenny Barry, Barry Gordon, Florence Stanley, Abe Vigoda John Cassisi (born September 5, 1962) is a former American child actor who starred in the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone as "Fat Sam" and subsequently in the television series Fish. He was "discovered" by Bugsy Malone director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nominate the "naughtiest" boy in class. After retiring from acting in 1982, Cassisi became involved in construction work. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Director of Global Construction for Citigroup.

From 2004 to 2005, the show consisted of a voiceover and continuous clips, with commentary from Neil Morrissey who took over from Penk. Most of the clips shown on the programme were caused by actors forgetting their lines or not being able to stop laughing at what they have to say. Some shows were titled "All New TV's Naughtiest Blunders", but in the same way of You've Been Framed!, the "All New" tag was featured in the show, or was the title given to the show at the time of broadcast, and had no effect to this date.

It is a portrayal of children's restorative justice, and is based on A. S. Neill's school, Summerhill.Blyton, Gillian, Introduction to ‘The Naughtiest Girl in the School’, Blyton, Enid, Hodder Children's Books, 2007, At Whyteleafe Elizabeth discovers a new world. Because of her mischief she is first disliked by her fellow students and she puts out eleven things on her chest of drawers, instead of the permitted six and when Elizabeth refuses to put any away Nora confiscates five of the things, which includes photos of her family. The next morning, she refuses to get out of bed so, with Ruth's help, she strips all the bedclothes off her and then tips her out of bed.

Ward completed his early education between 1984 and 1989 at Harrow School, where he took lessons in the history of art, in addition to life model drawing. He became a Harrow School Art Scholar, winning every art prize for the duration of his attendance there, while at the same time earning a reputation for which his parents were once informed that their son "was the naughtiest boy at Harrow since Winston Churchill". After graduating from Harrow, Ward completed his foundation training at the Chelsea College of Art in 1992 and subsequently in 1985 he gained a Bachelor's Degree in Art and art history at Goldsmiths College, where Damien Hirst and Fiona Rae also launched their careers.

Outside of radio, Mulray has also featured on Australian TV shows such as Beauty and the Beast, and in 1992 hosted the infamous Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos, with the show's only episode pulled from broadcast by then-Nine Network owner Kerry Packer after 34 minutes. Mulray was fired and banned for life from the Nine Network as a result, although he would later return to Nine to be a judge on the 2005 series StarStruck (shortly after Packer's death in December that year). On Full Frontal, this was parodied with a skit of Mulray hosting a lottery draw, making sexual remarks as the balls drop. He was also the host of the eponymously titled program Mulray, which ran briefly in the early 1990s on the Seven Network.

McCartney explained that the Beatles had only experienced sex with girls from Liverpool, but when they got to Hamburg the only women who hung around the clubs late at night were strippers, dancers, or prostitutes. Harrison (who was then only 17) called Hamburg "the naughtiest city in the world".The Beatles Anthology DVD (2003) (Episode 1 - 0:43:05) Harrison talking about Hamburg women and sex. McCartney said: "By the time you got to Hamburg, a girlfriend there was likely to be a stripper, so to be suddenly involved with a hard-core striptease artist, who obviously knew a thing or two about sex... it was quite an eye-opener."The Beatles Anthology DVD (2003) (Episode 1 - 0:43:39) McCartney talking about Hamburg women and sex.

Notable major events in recent times have been "Terror in London – A Tonight Special" after the terrorist attack in London (2017 Westminster attack) and "The Manchester Attack - A Tonight Special" after the Manchester Arena bombing. Reacting to the shock announcement of the 2017 United Kingdom general election two months earlier, Tonight programmed special "Leader Interview" specials – which gave each of the major political parties their own respective programmes via an interview with Julie Etchingham. Family and friends of the party leaders were also interviewed. It was after "The Leader Interviews: Theresa May" programme when the Prime Minister Theresa May went viral for revealing the naughtiest thing she had ever done was "running through fields of wheat" as a child in her interview with Etchingham.

He provided the commentaries for the world record attempts on Sky 1's Guinness World Records Smashed in 2009. He has also contributed to 11 series of the award-winning BBC One panel game They Think It's All Over presented by Nick Hancock, Catchphrase, TV's Naughtiest Blunders and Safe for ITV and the cult animation series Monkey Dust for BBC in which he famously played himself. His other TV credits include Never Mind The Buzzcocks, roles in Holby City, Noel's House Party and Live & Kicking, The 10%'ers and The Unknown Soldier for Carlton TV. He has featured on Griff Rhys Jones' Crystal Balls, Tales from FEAR for Cartoon Network, Sing It Your Way with Denise Van Outen and Ian Wright, and ITV's Year of Promise with Carol Vorderman. Dickson has written for the BBC Two comedy series The Fast Show and Play Your Cards Right for ITV.

Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos is a controversial one-off special spin-off to Australia's Funniest Home Videos which aired on the Nine Network on 3 September 1992. It was a highly explicit special, depicting videos of sexual situations and other sexually explicit content, and was hosted by Australian radio personality Doug Mulray. It was planned to be a 60-minute broadcast, but due to complaints from both viewers and then-owner on the Nine Network Kerry Packer, was taken off the air part-way through the first and only episode, making it the only Australian television series to have done so. A copy of the full episode was later located at the Nine Network in 2008, after which the episode was edited to comply with new television standards and re-broadcast with commentary from Bert Newton at 8:30 PM on 28 August 2008, one week short of sixteen years after the original special, and at the same airing time.

Cancelled after a double- length pilot and one regular episode of a completed six-part series had aired on consecutive nights, with the five untransmitted editions remaining unbroadcast and unreleased in the UK – the series is available for overseas syndication but as far as is known has never been purchased, and attempts to release the series on DVD in more recent times have stalled. ; Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos (September 3, 1992): A program that was cancelled midway through its only episode after Kerry Packer, the owner of the Nine Network that aired the show, ordered the network to immediately "get that shit off the air" while seeing it broadcast (as it aired at the same local time across all time zones, different stations cut away from the show at different points in the broadcast) and showed up at company headquarters the next day berating the management for airing said "shit" and banning host Doug Mulray from ever appearing on the network during Packer's lifetime. However, the show was never intended to continue beyond a one-off special even if Packer had not objected.

The books are also, in the words of Stephen King, "shrewd mystery tales", and each book is constructed in the manner of a Sherlock Holmes-style mystery adventure. The stories are told from a third person limited point of view with very few exceptions (such as the opening chapters of Philosopher's Stone, Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows and the first two chapters of Half-Blood Prince). The series can be considered part of the British children's boarding school genre, which includes Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co., Enid Blyton's Malory Towers, St. Clare's and the Naughtiest Girl series, and Frank Richards's Billy Bunter novels: the Harry Potter books are predominantly set in Hogwarts, a fictional British boarding school for wizards, where the curriculum includes the use of magic. In this sense they are "in a direct line of descent from Thomas Hughes's Tom Brown's School Days and other Victorian and Edwardian novels of British public school life", though they are, as many note, more contemporary, grittier, darker, and more mature than the typical boarding school novel, addressing serious themes of death, love, loss, prejudice, coming-of-age, and the loss of innocence in a 1990s British setting.