Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Quote;Opinion Quote;Opinion 3rd April 1998, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share Quote;Opinion https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/quoteopinion-4 Copy Link “People who know me will tell you that I am nothing at all like Goebbels.” - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Chris Smith, when told that his title was “Orwellian and un-English”. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Sign up to the Tes magazine international newsletter Tes Editorial • 2nd April 2026 Teacher interview questions: what will I be asked? Tes Editorial • 10th October 2025 Sats week: key test dates for 2026 Tes Editorial • 1st October 2025 5 top Tes articles for school leaders Tes Editorial • 19th August 2025 Recent Most read Most shared Pressure for GCSE maths re-mark after Ofqual upholds complaint News 8 April 2026 How to prepare for your teaching interview: advice from the interviewers Leadership 8 April 2026 Cambridge International results days 2026: all you need to know Analysis 8 April 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 A-level and IGCSE exams cancelled across Middle East News 2 April 2026 How we moved beyond reading for pleasure at secondary Teaching & Learning 7 April 2026 How to prepare for your teaching interview: advice from the interviewers Leadership 8 April 2026 How we moved beyond reading for pleasure at secondary Teaching & Learning 7 April 2026 Why oracy is the perfect antidote to AI exploitation Analysis 7 April 2026
