Coming to Terms with the Past

Peter Furtado introduces the series.

'Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it'. We pay lip service to this aphorism of the George Santayana – but we don’t always acknowledge that the apparently simple act of remembering the past is far easier for some than for others. And it’s not just a question of restructuring the school curriculum to allow for mixed abilities.

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