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Status anxiety

Like my dad, I dream of sports cars. Like him, I'll never buy one

17 August 2013

9:00 AM

17 August 2013

9:00 AM

I’m currently in Cornwall with my family and whenever I spend a lot of time with my children I’m constantly reminded of the opening lines of ‘This Be the Verse’: ‘They fuck you up, your mum and dad. / They may not mean to, but they do. / They fill you with the faults they had / And add some extra, just for you.

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Toby Young is associate editor of The Spectator.


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