Pincher Martin Pincher Martin Pincher Martin (published in America as Pincher Martin: The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin), is a novel by British writer William Golding, first published in 1956. It is Golding's third novel, following "The Inheritors" and his debut "Lord of the Flies". The novel is one of Golding's best-known novels, and is noted for being existential and minimalistic in setting. The plot of "Pincher Martin" surrounds the survival and psychophysical, spiritual and existential plight of one Christopher Hadley "Pincher" Martin, a temporary naval lieutenant who believes himself to be the sole survivor of a military torpedo destroyer which sinks
Newquay Tretherras Newquay Tretherras Newquay Tretherras is a secondary school with academy status in Newquay, Cornwall, England. The current headteacher is Samantha Fairbairn. The school first opened in 29 May 1954 by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Newquay Tretherras is one of 277 schools across England that received a slice of £2 billion from the Government’s Priority School Building Programme.The leadership team and board of directors at Tretherras have, for years, been actively looking to provide its pupils with modern teaching facilities that would replace its failing 1950s buildings. Newquay Tretherras is a very popular secondary and sixth form school at the