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James Delingpole

When did English A-level become a science?

24 August 2019

9:00 AM

24 August 2019

9:00 AM

Now that my youngest has got her A-level grades, I’m finally free to say just how much I have loathed the past 20 or so years I have spent helping my children with their English homework.

This is a sad admission. After all, I studied English at university and still love reading classic literature and learning poetry by heart.

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