● NO DOUBT EVERYONE HAS a secret favourite among the triumphs of the past 12 glorious years; mine — surely the pivotal point in our fortunes — remains Michael Gove’s 2013 history policy, a reaffirmation of the great Whig narrative of British benevolence which transformed the country into the harmonious happy Eden we now gambol about in, wrapped in glowing pride at the uncountable benefits we and our munificent empire bestowed on the world. Just imagine what might have happened if Michael hadn’t become education secretary — and shudder.
Who cares if there was the odd hole in the majestic tapestry requiring to be darned, or, better, ignored? The Frogs do that all the time. And yet forgetting those glitches in the great island story risks denying ourselves much innocent…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022