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    Valuable life lessons

    Nov 24, 2022 2 minutes

    SO I HAD DINNER with friend Jazzy — the one who performatively sends her kids to a state primary — and she was up in arms about the bloody school. AGAIN.

    Fuelling my theory that her whole decision to swerve the London prep nightmare has actually made her about 83 per cent more stressed and self-righteous. As opposed

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