It’s scarcely possible to open a newspaper or magazine these days without reading an article about how the latest technological gizmo has rendered traditional education obsolete.
According to Justin Webb, a presenter on the Today programme, it’s no longer necessary to commit any facts to memory thanks to the never-ending miracle that is Google.
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Toby Young is an associate editor of The Spectator, and a founder of both the Modern Review and the West London Free School.
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