I Know the True Value of History. I Have Written It -- And I Have Made ; As Winston Churchill's Name Is Removed From the National

Mail on Sunday › July 16, 2007

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NEVER in the field of human education has so much rubbish been talked by so few educationalists, to the detriment of so many young minds.

As I look down from the heavens, proud of the honour bestowed upon me by my fellow-countrymen, who not so long ago voted me the greatest Briton of all time, I am reminded of a comment I once made to my friend Violet Bonham Carter.

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I Know the True Value of History. I Have Written It -- And I Have Made ; As Winston Churchill's Name Is Removed From the National

'We are all worms,' I remarked. 'But I do believe that I am a glow-worm.' Now, however, my glow has finally been extinguished. It was revealed last week that I am to be excised from the history syllabus in British schools.

Along with my old foe, Herr Hitler, I have been consigned to the dustbin in which...

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