As for Churchill, How many of his fans are aware of the contribution his government's policies made to the Bengal famine of 1943?
I'm often met with blank faces when I mention Gallipoli....
I used to nod off in History lessons too
Not the first, and certainly not the last. When I was at school, my history lessons were some old bloke reading his notes out of a book, which we had to copy into our books and regurgitate to pass the exam.
Thankfully, the requirements of the History curriculum these days are far more interesting. And there will always be those that study History off their own backs cos they think it's important
It was Khrushchev who commented that "Historians are dangerous and capable of turning everything upside down."
