The price of private education
For as long as boarding school survivors govern Britain, they will inflict their own pain on the nation.
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Letter of the week: Wealth and learning
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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A state in disrepair
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