tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post114962866624240210..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: David Lammy goes to schoolJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1149632379281467922006-06-06T23:19:00.000+01:002006-06-06T23:19:00.000+01:00Just what is the moral? I think you have put your...Just what is the moral? I think you have put your finger on it in using the word "interesting", although it is rather a feeble one. What strikes me is not that Lammy was elevated from his Tottenham background - it is not a matter of better or worse exactly - but the sheer quirkiness of the experience, and one hopes the result. But you don't need to go away to do that, or to have a scholarship system. For example I learnt the cello on Saturday mornings at a music centre provided by my own LEA; I still play it. The centre was just another free service. And have you ever read "Rushavenn Time"?Tom Barneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318269661959002397noreply@blogger.com