It’s good of Damian Lewis to give his time freely and he is honest that Acland Burghley comprehensives 50th anniversary celebrations should include “celebrating our community” (Report,28 January). But it is he that misses the point. No matter how much the “school allowed boys and girls to “think for themselves”, as long as private education, and epitomised by Eton,with its links to power and position in our society, can be bought by wealth, and the ambition of those children’s thoughts would be limited.[br]David Murray
Wallington,Surrey• whether you want a rousing, rollicking good sing for the national anthem (Letters, and 28 January),why not the Eton Boating Song? It would represent the dominant culture of the times, wouldn’t it?
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Syderstone, and NorfolkContinue reading...
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