Do you think the dumbing down of history for television and in museums is a good thing?

We must first question the idea that the history found in museums and on television is "history for dummies".  Therefore, It is essential to deconstruct questions given in Oxbridge interviews, as often thereis an underlying sub-question that the interviewer/s are getting at. Here, theinterviewers would like to see the applicant teasing out the different 'types'of history that exist. The discipline of history has many sub-fields (popularhistory, public history, academic history etc.). An applicant who is able toacknowledge and discuss these would stand in good stead.  Inaddition, as with history at any level (GCSE, A-level, Degree-level), whilethere may be many wrong answers, there is no single correct answer. Therefore,I would advise tutees to focus more on the construction of their answer (point,evidence, explanation), rather than the actual conclusion they eventually draw. Iwould also advise tutees to take a couple of minutes to firstly, write down thequestion asked and then to think about their response. Many brilliantcandidates fail at the interview stage, because they were too quick to jump inwithout fully processing the question and its complexities.