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Gary Glitter singalong at schools

There is an outcry on the front page of the Sun and elsewhere today about the decision of an exam board to suggest GCSE music students should listen to a Gary Glitter track. Should kids be learning from Glitter? asks the paper in disappointingly small type at the end of page 5, having splashed on the front with Glitter GCSE Outrage.What Glitter has done is deeply and abidingly unpleasant - and there seems little point in questioning whether the behaviour of the artist should put us off the art, ...

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02:43 on November 10 2008

GCSE students told to listen to Gary Glitter

NME — One of Gary Glitter's songs has been listed as recommended listening on a GSCE exam paper. more info

Gary Glitter

06:39 on November 10 2008

Gary Glitter singalong at schools

Guardian Music — There is an outcry on the front page of the Sun and elsewhere today about the decision of an exam board to suggest GCSE music students should listen to a Gary Glitter tra... more info

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04:41 on November 10 2008

Glitter hit axed from music GCSE

BBC News - UK — A Gary Glitter song is removed from an exam board's music GCSE syllabus after a string of complaints more info

Gary Glitter

05:41 on November 10 2008

Campaigners condemn Gary Glitter song in exam

CNN Showbiz — A hit single by convicted pedophile Gary Glitter is to be removed from coursework for a British examination after complaints by child abuse campaigners. more info

Gary Glitter

08:32 on November 10 2008