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The article focuses on initiatives taken to engage children with art and heritage in Great Britain. For the last couple of years Curiosity & Imagination, the national network for children's hands-on learning, has been running an initiative called Bringing Heritage to Life. It aims to do more than just encourage lively heritage interpretation for children the title hides another meaning. Bringing Heritage to Life seeks to encourage heritage learning that has a real impact on children's lives bringing heritage and life together. It looks at how heritage can change the ways in which children think about themselves, their communities and the wider world.

The author comments on education in Great Britain under Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who took office in June 2007. He suggests that Brown's government focus on identifying and nurturing students' talent. He notes that he refers to talent in a broad sense and quotes a dictionary definition of aptitude and ability or capacity for achievement without reference to subject area or interest. He notes that literacy and numeracy would remain, but they would support rather than dictate the curriculum.