Two fifths of Britain\'s leading people were educated privately: that\'s five times the amount as in the population as a whole, with almost a quarter graduating from Oxford or Cambridge.
In A Stubborn Fury , Gary Hall offers a powerful and provocative look at the consequences of this inequality for English cul.
Eight private schools send more pupils to Oxbridge than the remaining 2894 state schools combined, making modern Britain one of the most unequal places in Europe.
Two fifths of Britain\'s leading people were educated privately: that\'s five times the amount as in the population as a whole, with almost a quarter graduating from Oxford or Cambridge