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Grammar Schools and Social Mobility; The Opera Fanatic

EPISODE · Nov 30, 2011 · 28 MIN

Grammar Schools and Social Mobility; The Opera Fanatic

from Thinking Allowed · host BBC Radio 4

Laurie Taylor explores opera fanatics at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and compares them to fans in Cardiff, with Professor Claudio Benzecry from the University of Connecticut and Professor Paul Atkinson from Cardiff University. And he explores the popularly held notion that grammar schools aid social mobility with Dr Adam Swift from the University of Oxford. Producer Chris Wilson.

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