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Middle-class takeaways

Middle-class takeaways

The secret druggy, the sex-obsessed dinner guest, and the porridge-brained priest

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Mar 09, 2024
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Like many millennials, I was the first generation of my family to go to university, except for one uncle who went as a mature student. I was also the first to study an arts subject, and throughout the degree it became increasingly obvious that the better I became at the subject, the less I would fit in back home.

Moreover, unlike with previous generation…

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