he was invited to deliver the Hockerill Lecture. He was a member of the board of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority from 1997 to 2003. He wrote more than 50 books on a wide range of educational topics, as well as producing a 120-book reading scheme, two CD-ROMs, a DVD on teachers' questions, and many videos and audiotapes. Shortly before his death he was elected as an Academician of the Social Sciences. Commentary He was a frequent broadcaster on radio and television and wrote regularly in newspapers including the Times Educational Supplement and The Guardian. Wragg was an advocate of warmth, humour and humanity in the classroom and defended these ideals with passion against a narrowly utilitarian approach to learning; he was vociferous in opposing attempts to roll back the education changes of the 1960s. He had a ready and sharp wit, which worked well with his savage indignation at politically inspired educational reforms. Although initially his beliefs were reflected by the government of Tony Blair, he later fell out with it and attacked it, nicknaming Ruth Kelly "Ruth Dalek" and "The Duchess of Drivel"; he also coined the nickname 'Tony Zoffis' (Tony's office) for Andrew Adonis, then a member of the Downing Street policy unit but subsequently ennobled and appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education. Bibliography Wragg was a prolific writer. The following list of some of his books is freely adapted from the material posted on his University of Exeter curriculum vitae. E C Wragg (1974) Teaching Teaching David and Charles E C Wragg, J Oates and P Gump (1976) Classroom Interaction Open University Press E C Wragg (1981) Class Management and Control Macmillan E C Wragg (1982) Swineshead Revisited Trentham E C Wragg (1982) A Review of Research in Teacher Education NFER-Nelson E C Wragg (ed) (1984) Classroom Teaching Skills Croom Helm E C Wragg (1984 Pearls from Swineshire Trentham E C Wragg (1986) Education: An Action Guide for Parents BBC E C Wragg (1987) Teacher Appraisal Macmillan E C Wragg (1988) The Wragged Edge Trentham E C Wragg and J A Partington (1989) Schools and Parents Cassell E C Wragg (1990) Riches from Wragg Trentham E C Wragg (1991) Mad Curriculum Disease Trentham E C Wragg and M Williams (1993) The Parents' File Southgate E C Wragg (1993) No, Minister! Trentham E C Wragg (1993) Class Management Routledge E C Wragg and G