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Whitley Based's avatar

This is great Nick, really enjoyable and some good insights. I'm looking forward greatly to the Powell one, which I'll have to listen to on Saturday as I'll be on a long haul flight when it's on live.

Off-topic slightly, but I completely agree on grammar schools. I have the same story as you - parents were both bright working class kids, from Sunderland and North Shields respectively, who got into grammars, and my dad went on to do engineering at Durham University in the late 50s when that really meant something. I got dumped in a crap Tyneside high school that was like a cross between prison and a zoo, and spent years just keeping my head down. It still annoys me.

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Susan's avatar

Great livestream, really enjoyed it, and interesting subjects discussed.

Sorry I missed it live though.

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