article_snippet.sent: Britain's public schools are now the very image of tradition but behind Britain's public schools establishment image lies a history of rebellion and revolution.
article_snippet.sent: A new book by former education journalist David Turner, The Old Boys, lays bare the little-known history.
article_snippet.sent: Eddie Redmayne (left) and Benedict Cumberbatch (right) both attended public school, which Mr Turner says is now entering its golden age .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Turner writes that Mr Turner wanted to discover whether or not public schools had plumbed the depths described in the Thomas Hughes novels.
article_snippet.sent: ’s public schools New book ' reveals.
article_snippet.sent: In fact Mr Turner’s book places the golden age of the Public School not in the distant past, as might be expected, but in the present day, the Financial Times reports.
article_snippet.sent: The Old Boys, Mr Turner says, shows the private school system
article_snippet.sent: ’s ability to adapt and evolve throughout the ages with public school educated celebrities now in the ascendance.
highlights_snippet.sent: New book 'The Old Boys' by education expert offers fresh look at schools .
  