Letter: A poor future that scorns the past
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It seems that the past and the future are inextricably linked after all. You have only to visit some of the UK's most advanced museums at about midday when national curriculum-bound school visits are at their height to see the two
juxtaposed.
Yours sincerely
DIANA ZEUNER
Chichester, West Sussex
8 October
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