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Harry Mount
Private education is unfair, but is there anything we can do about it?
engines of privilege by francis green and david kynaston bloomsbury, 320pp, £20/$28 gilded youth by james brooke-smith reaktion, 272pp, £18/...
England gets just the right amount of snow
driving around oxfordshire churches at the weekend, i sympathised with prince philip, and his dangerous driving, for the first time. in the ...
Why the 'yellow jacket' movement will never take off in Britain
do you get more scared as you get older? i’m increasingly worried by the prospect of accidental death or serious injury. whenever i used to ...
My marathon church tour
on a recent sunday, i went to three church services and a synagogue – all in one morning. well, to be honest, i went to little bits of three...
The horror and the beauty of ancient Greece
the odyssey by homer, translated by emily wilson, ww norton, 593pp, £30/$40 the odyssey – and the iliad – are everything they’re cracked up ...
Latin: the language of remembrance
i recently attended the funeral at the london oratory of a friend, killed in an accident aged only 47. the baroque magnificence of the orato...
Diary: by Harry Mount
ever since 1984, when i went to westminster school, i have explored the hidden corners of st james’s park. the park is tiny – only 57 acres ...
Diary: by Harry Mount
over the weekend, i made a pilgrimage to combe florey, the somerset village and house where evelyn, and then auberon, waugh, lived. as a chi...
The beauty of rood screens
The screens were once the main visual showpiece of a church
Where pre-Reformation glory can still be seen
rood screens by richard hayman, shire books, 64pp, £7.99 rood screens? surely you can’t write a whole book about them – and, if you do, sure...
Diary: by Harry Mount
why do british men wear socks and jackets during the intense heat? after years of sweating through summer parties, i’ve made a breakthrough ...
British exceptionalism from Virgil to Blair
the story of britain by roy strong, weidenfeld, 608pp, £30 sir roy strong is known for his reigns at the victoria and albert museum and the ...
Harry Mount: You’re all so vain
over the past five years, i’ve noticed an exponential boom in showing off. everyone’s at it. one friend tells me, every time i meet him, “yo...
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