For generations of boys, sexual abuse was part of the everyday cruelty
of boarding school. In this painfully honest report, writer Alex Renton
confronts the demons of his past at Ashdown House, where some of
Britain's most powerful men were also educated – and reveals the scale
of the outrage about to engulf the private education system
If Ashdown House's pretty Georgian facade reminds you of Washington's Capitol and the White House that's because the architect, Benjamin Latrobe, had a hand in those, too. It is an excellent look for the entrance to a temple of education: it speaks of classical wisdom and the rule of reason. We boys weren't allowed to go in that way, of course.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/04/abuse-britain-private-schools-personal-memoir
If Ashdown House's pretty Georgian facade reminds you of Washington's Capitol and the White House that's because the architect, Benjamin Latrobe, had a hand in those, too. It is an excellent look for the entrance to a temple of education: it speaks of classical wisdom and the rule of reason. We boys weren't allowed to go in that way, of course.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/04/abuse-britain-private-schools-personal-memoir