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Sad little men: private schools and the ruin of England; Posh boys: how English public schools ruin Britain

Sad little men: private schools and the ruin of England, by Richard Beard, London, Penguin Random House, 2021, 278 pp., £7.99 (paperback), ISBN-10: 1529114802; £13.15 (hardback), ISBN-13: 978-1529114805; Posh boys: how English public schools ruin Britain, by Robert Verkaik, London, Oneworld Publications, 2021, 392 pp., £9.69 (paperback), ISBN-10: 1786076128; £6.99 (hardback), ISBN-13: 978-1786076120

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