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Readers interested only in the history of the school may skip the Lanka chapters if they feel inclined, but are hereby warned that if they do, they will miss parts of the STC story too – very often, the juiciest bits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e      As the reader will have gathered from the foregoing, this is neither a strict chronicle of St Thomas’s College (between Keble and Billimoria, that purpose has already been nobly served), nor a nostalgic treat for Old Thomians wishing to relive the ‘best years of their lives’. It is something a little more ambitious. 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