In the middle decades of the 20th century, knowing the correct order to circulate fruit after dinner could qualify you to teach at Oxford.
William Whyte wonders whether the decline of the dons has really been so terrible.
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William Whyte: Pass the Cherries - Twilight of the Dons: British Intellectuals from World War II to Thatcherism by Colin Kidd
