Michael Gove wants to drop American classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men from the English syllabus and replace them with works by British authors. A spokesman said Mr Gove ‘really dislikes’ Of Mice and Men. Where do these books feature in polls of readers’ top 100 books?
To Kill a Mockingbird
BBC listeners’ poll (2003)
6th
Goodreads.com
7th
Modernlibrary.com
5th
Thegreatestbooks.org
39th
Of Mice and Men
BBC listeners’ poll (2003)
52nd
Goodreads.com
39th
Modernlibrary.com
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Thegreatestbooks.org
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Election returns
The last time a party other than Labour or the Conservatives failed to win the popular vote in a national election was in the 1906 general election. How did the country vote then?
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