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The old paths to the top for working-class children – sport, music, acting, writing – are increasingly closed

Rafferty Law (son of Jude ’n’ Sadie) with ‘close friend and fellow model’ Cora Corre (granddaughter of Vivienne Westwood) Photo: David M Benett
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