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An essay is presented on the role of upper-class alumni of public schools, or elite private schools, in Great Britain's participation in World War I and on how that role has been characterized in British academic and popular culture, as of 2013. The author takes issue with the frequent depiction of uncaring and incompetent upper-class officers as responsible for the deaths of lower-class soldiers. Works cited include "The Old Lie: The Great War and the Public School Ethos" by Peter Parker.

Profiles Jasper Griffin, a Greats scholar and instructor at Oxford University, England and a close friend of the author. Childhood; Education at Christ's Hospital school; Classical education; Description of his academic career at Oxford; Comments on Oxford education and the study of classical literature; Comments on Harvard classics education.

The article reports on private schools in Great Britain, whose costs are climbing along with their prestige. Although only a small percentage of British school children attend private versus public schools, most of the social elite have attended them, and the article attempts to quantify the return on parents' investment.

Offers observations on admissions reforms at Bristol University and others throughout Great Britain. Description of the private school experience compared with the state school experience; Standards for admission; Criticism that private schools merely teach students to write essays well enough to meet admissions requirements at schools such as Bristol.

In 1992, 'The Economist' looked at how the educational background of the people in 100 top jobs in Britain had changed over 20 years. We found that almost the same number of people had been to public school and Oxford or Cambridge as in 1972. In 2002 the results are rather different. We chose 100 top jobs in politics, business, academia, the professions, sport and the arts. The drop in the number of public school and Oxbridge alumni is most noticeable in business. Among the political jobs in the survey, a few are held by public-school alumni and a few by Oxbridge types. The institution that has suffered most is Eton. Among the things that haven't changed is the average age of the top people: 57 now, the same as it was in 1992. Women's representation among the top people has risen by a massive 25%--from four to merely five.

Reports on England's Prince Harry and his first few days at the Eton School, which he enrolled at in September 1998. Reaction to being there; How his brother William arrived.

In this article the author discusses higher education in Great Britain. The piece was written in advance of government funding cuts to universities. Also examined are a number of other subjects including alternatives to the traditional 3 year degree, endowed public schools in Great Britain, and the social aspects of school.

In this article the author discusses events described in "The Old Boys' Network," by John Rae, the long serving headmaster of Westminster, a private school in London, England. In the book Rae describes a number of mutually beneficial bargains he struck with universities and politicians in the course of his career. The author takes this as evidence of a partial British network of power and influence among elites.

The article presents an excerpt of an article reprinted from the May 23, 1942 issue of "The New Statesman and Nation." The article argues that there are too many public schools in England and that only the best of them should be kept open and nourished. He notes that there are advantages to day schools, although their graduates sometimes feel inferior. The national education system should relate its students' education to their surroundings.