To be expelled is the mark of genius
28 October 2006
The stroppy property developer father of the boy from Marlborough, who has now finally and at long last lost his case against the public school for expelling his tiresome son Rhys Gray, should just — chill.
Marlborough College, the Wiltshire public school that educated John Betjeman and Chris de Burgh, has in my view marked the shock-headed brute down as a future high achiever by anointing him for dismissal. As Hazlitt observed, ‘Our men of the greatest genius have not been most distinguished for their acquirement at school or at university.’ I agree, but I think he’s understating the case.
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