

Giving back during a gap year
JANUARY 16 ― When someone mentions taking a gap year, visions of backpacking around the world absorbing different cultures, sights and basically having a jolly good time of it after years of hard study spring to mind. That is what I did. But it’s far from what Matthew Morvan, who’s just turned 18, has planned. We recently met in a noisy outdoor bar, warmed by heaters, the laughter of students and the lights of the town’s chateau. Not much had changed since our last catch-up w