Philip Pullman, the author, has lamented the loss of “grand, stately” language as the use of the King James Bible and Book of Common Prayer declines, saying children have been left with “flat and dull texts”.
Pullman, the president of the Society of Authors and writer of the bestselling His Dark Materials series, said he had been entranced by the language of the texts as a child, as he praised the richness of the language.
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