History matters

28th May 2010, 1:00am

Share

History matters

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/history-matters

So Michael Gove is to summon the finest minds to decide which chunks of historical knowledge will be deemed essential for our future citizens. I do hope there will be an equal balance of non-historians, otherwise, in the words of Simon and Garfunkel, “a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest”.

Alan Cornwall Cottingham, Hull.

Want to keep reading for free?

Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters.

Keep reading for just £1 per month

You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get:

  • Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content
  • Exclusive subscriber-only stories
  • Award-winning email newsletters
Nothing found
Recent
Most read
Most shared