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Lee and Simon start talking about being at school and end up at burgeoning sexuality and Bob the Drag Queen.

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Related links (and necessary corrections):

• Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull and disruption to travel (for 6 days, NOT 10 days -- come on Simon, sort it out), April 2010: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull
• Tsunami, 24 December 2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami
• Grange Hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grange_Hill
• Comprehensive schools UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_school_(England_and_Wales)
• Grammar School: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_school
• Eleven Plus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven-plus
• Margaret Thatcher did indeed go to a grammar school: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/16/margaret-thatcher-grammar-school-social-mobility
• Social class in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_Kingdom
• Class and supermarkets in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2004/mar/12/foodanddrink.shopping
• Sophie Pender article about reverse Bullingdon club: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/06/bullingdon-in-reverse-working-class-student-93-club-taking-on-elitism
• Chav: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav
• 93% club: https://www.93percent.club/
• Arts Emergency: https://www.arts-emergency.org/
• Wellington College: https://www.wellington-college.school.nz/
• Gavin Williamson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Williamson
• AFL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League
• Gary Ablett Snr taking marks: https://youtu.be/znqklBRKXpU
• AFL screamers: https://youtu.be/Igk8sL26pCM
• Peter Schmeichel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schmeichel
• Bob the Drag Queen: https://

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at [email protected].

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