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Boarding School Britain and The Things We Normalise | Hugo Rifkind

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Hugo Rifkind has spent his career observing power. He also grew up inside it — and never quite felt he belonged there. In this episode, he talks about:• The Scottish boarding school where violence was a point of pride... until a public inquiry forced the question• About being Jewish in public life since October 7th, and what it felt like when the people his community relied on weren't there• The thing he values most — connection — and his honest admission that what he often really means is something more one-sided than that🎙️Listen to The Sacred: linktr.ee/sacredpodcast 📖 Follow Elizabeth Oldfield: www.elizabetholdfield.com/ 💡Produced by Theos Think Tank in partnership with Comment Magazine and with support from The Jerusalem Trust and Open Society Foundations👉 Follow Hugo Rifkind: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXmPHlqo1Jf/?hl=en-gb

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