Achievement Quote by David Starkey

Most of the version of Tudor history we know is through the eyes of Henry VIII.

— Charlotte Hope

When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market.

— Michael Hirst

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.

— Kevin Ayers

We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.

— Damian Lewis

I was raised in public schools, but from the word go, I never believed what the public schools were teaching me. Nor did I…

— Peter Brook

Next to my family, it seems clear to me that the educational institutions and the teachers from whom I had the privilege of learning…

— Michael Spence

The Margaret Thatchers of this country made it through - like I did - because of the grammar school system, which gave the opportunity…

— Andrew Neil

'The Tudors' was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama…

— Annabelle Wallis

The present syllabus in our high schools corresponds almost exactly to what was known in 1640.

— W. W. Sawyer

“In spite of this, there is no doubt that the modern European and American system of universal education suffered from serious defects. In the…

— Christopher Henry Dawson

Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use…

— Naveen Jain

Given the state of English schools in the 1970s, a national curriculum, Ofsted, regular testing, publication of performance results, have all helped to raise…

— Damian Green