public schools
Boys who never grew up
I can’t recall reading an angrier book than this. Richard Beard has written what I hope for his sake is…
Letters: Why the hatred towards independent schools?
Fawning over China Sir: In reading your recent leading article on Huawei (‘Red-handed’, 2 February), I feel I should point out…
Swing, swing together
The public schools ought to have gone out of business long ago. The Education Act of 1944, which promised ‘state-aided…
A liberal education?
At Britain’s public schools, numbers of foreign students are soaring – and sometimes the result is a fundamental clash of values
Officers, no gentlemen
In March 1915 the 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, with an already distinguished political career behind him, took the…
Old school ties
Robert Gore-Langton talks to Julian Mitchell about the painful roots of his hit play Another Country
Tales of the unexpected
‘Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,’ said John Lennon. Quite apposite from a man…
