Charles Spencer’s  recount the trauma of being sent away from home at the age of eight to attend a boarding school, where a culture of cruelty prevailed in the antiquated boarding school system. He reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, exploring the long-standing impact of his experience.  Privately educated posh boys are blamed for the country’s current mess. The Labour Party … Continue reading Culture of Cruelty, hopelessness and abandonment