Wanted: Private tutor to coach an Arab businessman into Oxford. Salary: €146,700. Hours: 15 per day

By Theo Merz. An Arab man in his 30s is looking to hire a private tutor on a salary of €146,700 (£122,300) who will be on call at all times to coach him into Oxford, according to an advertisement in the Times Education Supplement. In a relationship reminiscent of Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle in the play Pygmalion, the successful candidate will be expected to teach the anonymous businessman to speak English like a native, play jazz piano, appreciate opera, understand Shakespeare and generally turn him into the Renaissance man worthy of a place at one of the world’s prestigious universities. Read more...