The removal of poems by Philip Larkin and Wilfred Owen from a GCSE poetry anthology has been labelled “cultural vandalism” by the Education Secretary. Nadhim Zahawi hit out on Thursday at the move by OCR, which is part of a wider reform of the exam board’s anthology. As a teenager improving my grasp of the English language, Larkin’s poems taught me so much about my new home. — Nadhim Zahawi (@nadhimzahawi) June 23, 2022“Their work must be passed on to future generations – as it was to me. “As a teenager improving my grasp of the English language, Larkin’s poems taught me so much about my new home.

Source: The Times June 23, 2022 10:12 UTC