We lived in the schoolhouse of the village school in Church Preen, in deepest Shropshire, and my mum was the schoolmistress. She taught the juniors, and one other teacher taught the infants. I went there from the age of three, no doubt as a form of childcare.
タグ: school, village, age, teacher

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I was not much good as a waitress.
タグ: much, good
You always regret upsetting people needlessly.
タグ: always, regret, people, you
What interests me is the idea that classics is actually quite democratic. It isn't only the toff, upper-class subject it's often thought to be. Every generation enjoys rediscovering it.
タグ: thought, only, generation, me
What politicians do is they never get the rhetoric wrong, and the price they pay is they don't speak the truth as they see it. Now, I will speak truth as I see it, and sometimes I don't get the rhetoric right. I think that's a fair trade-off.
タグ: will, never, think, truth
When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.
タグ: years, practice, culture, women
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