The link below will take you to an article by journalist Polly Toynbee and is well worth a read. It’s about the changes to the new English curriculum but also discusses how important subjects like drama are.
This is a picture of Michael Gove, the education secretary, applauding something that he has just said.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/gove-austen-orwell-dickens-die-out