
David Vaiani
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History teacher at Cranleigh School
Author of 'Jeremy Catto, A Portrait of the Quintessential Oxford don'. Published by @UnicornPubGroup in October 2024.
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Historian Niall Ferguson says the U.S. is in the midst of a second Cold War with China. βNowhere is it written in the laws of history, America always wins cold wars.β Without a more effective deterrence strategy, the U.S. and China could end up in βa showdown over Taiwan.β

What do children learn in history in schools? What modules do they actually take at GCSE and A-Level? All this, and more, in a new report for Policy Exchange by Zachary Marsh and me, published today. Chart below: % state secondary schools teaching the following in KS3.








βPrivate schools have long had the freedom to employ unqualified teachers. No one questions whether parents paying tens of thousands of pounds a year are receiving a substandard education. So why should state school families be denied the same flexibility? telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/1β¦



1950s Angry Young Men plays now feel more dated than those they silenced. The Rattigan revival β and a West End theatre in his name β are long overdue. We need to stop evaluating art on the grounds of its βapprovedβ world or its charactersβ behaviour. thestage.co.uk/opinion/rattigβ¦



Always a pleasure to visit the Hay Festival. Jeremy Catto, who seemed to know everyone worth knowing, knew Richard Booth, the self-styled 'King of Hay'. Read more about Jeremy's extraordinary network in my biography of the great man: amazon.co.uk/Jeremy-Catto-Pβ¦



ποΈ| Fabrizio Romano - The expectation is that Milos Kerkez will join Liverpool.

