As a up to date of Jeremy Seabrook at Northampton grammar college, I bear in mind his aloofness, his favorite expression of dismissal – “madly droll” (which I generally use even now) – and his indignant response to the varsity’s response when he addressed a letter to Gonville and Keyes (sic) Faculty.
That also rankled when he wrote his autobiographical guide about Northampton, The Eternal Feast (1974). However he didn’t hate every part in regards to the college. Like many people he thought extremely of DB Gregor, the senior classics instructor, who taught him Italian and whose obituary he wrote for the Guardian.
