Rather surprised this morning to wake and find myself being likened to Kingsley Amis and being described as an educational reformer. Stuart Rose and I have penned an article for a forthcoming book on education, which also include contributions by AC Grayling and Niall Ferguson. Andrew Roberts predicts that the book will “set the education debate alight in a manner reminscent of the Black Papers, a series of polemical pamphlets on progressive education, first published in 1969 by a group of notable contributors including Kingsley Amis… When Gove is seen entering No 10 for the first cabinet meeting of the new Tory ministry with the book tucked firmly under his arm, remember you read about it here first.” Crikey.
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