From Gove's attempt to put a more patriotic version of British history in the curriculum to the rise of so-called 'soft subjects', the British education system has become a battleground between those who believe in a canon of knowledge and those who want to subvert it. Who has the right to determine what our children learn?
Biography
Co-host of the Philosophy Bites podcast with David Edmonds, Nigel Warburton is the author of Free Speech, and The Art Question. He also writes for Prospect and teaches at the Open University.
