Tag: Peter Frankopan

  • May 2023

    In 1989 the government introduced the National Curriculum for primary and secondary schools. In history it dictated what units should be taught. Thus I learnt (and taught) about the Indus Valley and the ancient civilisation of Benin, neither of which I had even heard of earlier. However, as far as British history went, most teachers […]

  • Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes

    I didn’t mean to buy this book. I needed one as a gift. I chose the right book from the buy one get one half price table in Waterstones and obviously I then needed to buy the second book. Nothing in particular caught my eye until I saw the name Julian Barnes. Anything written by […]