Prompted by reading #ThisSportingLife to wonder if there would be a market for a self-consciously retro public school? One that gave free play to the bloods, was governed by totally arcane rules, & didn’t bother with any mollycoddling nonsense, but just aimed to raise sportsmen?
No, they’re not. They’re all about anti-bullying policies & self-realisation programmes these days.
“Of course there were always those who preferred to go blackberrying or read a book or be left alone with their feelings (“All English training is a system of deadening feeling’)...” #ThisSportingLife

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