Tag: classism

We are living through history. As we saw in the 1980s and 2011, race riots have once again ambushed our high streets and our towns. Vulgar chants about...

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” The...

"Balls are a manifestation of the hierarchical independent school culture that persists in Oxford."

"If you go to a school with a widely known ‘name’ then, whether you want it or not, people perceive it to be one of your characteristics."

“The play focuses on the feud between members of the Annandale Society, and the less privileged members of the College whom they victimised."

"It seems the ‘chav’ caricature, which depicts the working class as trashy, aggressive and antisocial, is making a sinister comeback among a generation who appear ignorant of its role in demonising the lower classes."

Eimer McAuley discusses class at Oxford and debunks the myth that we are all the same when we graduate