Students are being denied an appreciation of the classics, writes Kevin Donnelly.Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World presents a future where life centres on comfort and happiness instead of beauty and truth.”Feelies” and “soma” keep the population passive, and high art, in the words of the Controller, is sacrificed on the altar of stability and control. Judging by recent debates about English lite – where Shakespearean language is treated the same as an SMS message or an internet blog – it is clear …
