Writer profile: Luke Henman
President of the Politics Society. We do social events for those studying or with an interest in politics. We also put on events such as debates, talks from charities and 'Question Time.' I am a 3rd year Politics Student.
Website: http://www.newcastlepoliticssociety.co.uk/
Website: http://www.newcastlepoliticssociety.co.uk/







History lessons should be balanced, not just British
Michael Gove’s plan for a nationalistic history curriculum verges on indoctrination At Beamish Museum, in the heart of the County Durham countryside, there is a schoolhouse – frozen in time and as it would have looked in 1913. The walls of its classrooms are covered with world maps splashed with red ink, charting the furthest reaches of the British Empire. There are framed pictures of Wellington at Waterloo, Nelson lying on the deck of HMS Victory and the various generals of …