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Poet Laureate calls all children to be taught the bible

Andrew Motion has warned that every child should be taught the Bible at school or they will fail to properly understand culture and literature. John Bingham in the Telegraph

Date added: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2010

Students need to know Bible's 'great stories'

All children should be taught the Bible at school, says Andrew Motion. Without the great stories, they cannot hope to understand history and literature. Janet Murray reports in the Guardian

Date added: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2010

To read it is to feel simultaneously at home, a citizen of the world, and a traveller through eternity.

Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate 1999-2009

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