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Ah. So all those teachers telling children that evolution is nonsense and God created the world in seven days, about 6,000 years ago, are 'liberals'. I get it now. :lol::lol::lol::lol: You should try stand up, because that's hilarious. See the post I've quoted just above. I have to say...

Happy Birthday, Cobber.

Lovely – and very typical of a lot of British men. :lol: There are some more quotes from the film here. On a somewhat different note, I've actually been in such a relaxed state that I've watched a couple of films in the last few days. Last night, it was, for me, the epitome of Hollywood...

Well said. As has been mentioned earlier, of course schools should teach about religion – in the sense of comparative religion. But, apart from anything else, to teach a specific creed as fact in a school should not be the state's business and is divisive. In answer to your earlier question...

Here's another one: I've just been watching a documentary on UK TV about Charles Darwin. In it, a teacher at a "reputable" school in the north of England was interviewed. This individual taught chemistry (a science discipline). However, he also believed that the Earth was less than 10,000 years...

My pleasure, AirHeadz. I do hope that you enjoy any that you try and I'll try to think of some more. It's one of those few films that I can watch on a regular basis and never get tired of. So humane – and so funny. I love the bit where Costas tells her that her stretch marks are "part of her...

I think it has to be The Third Man, AirHeadz – a superb noir thriller, fabulously (and inventively) shot; brilliant script, great music ... you cannot fault it. Otherwise, if you're looking for recommendations, I'd happily suggest A Matter of Life and Death, Victim, A Taste of Honey and The...

The Marquez. It's wonderful.

I didn't suggest it was :D But you're exceptionally naive if you think that one example, anecdotally posted on a message board, is 'liberal' education per se. Ah. So it's the religious thing again. Got it. This is the old 'you can't be good – 'moral' – without believing in some invisible...

We have some good domestic films – not many, but some. Personally, I can't stand most of the foreign rubbish that swamps our cinemas from the US.

You could try The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell.

I'd be interested to read your definition of "a moral education" and, on the basis of what you have implied here, why a 'liberal' education cannot be "moral". So, a 'land of opportunity' – if mummy and daddy can afford it.

I disagree – to an extent. In 1900, something was created in the UK called the Net Book Agreement. It meant that retailers could not engage in cut-price battles over books – they couldn't sell a book at anything other than the agreed retail price. Now, in most people's book, that would be...

After years of using cheap notebooks, I've been using a Moleskine as a diary for the last couple of years. I use the hardback, with the pocket inside the back cover which serves well to keep tickets, cuttings etc in. A pleasure to write in.

I'm with Stewart. Here are my thoughts. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith The time is 1953; the place is the Soviet Union. In Moscow, a child dies. Is it an accident or is it murder? The child's family believe it was the latter, but Leo Demidov, a state security officer, is sent to explain to them...

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Absolutely ... you've actually just summed up a lot of what I felt about it, and you've done it far more succinctly than I did. For which, Silverseason ... thank you. It really is an amazing book ... it is one of the few iconic texts that I have come to have actually found myself in awe of. I...

And ... Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf A warm June morning in London in 1923. Clarissa, the eponymous Mrs Dalloway, is walking about the capital, shopping for flowers for one of her famous parties that she is giving that evening. She muses as she walks; considers her husband and former...

I've just finished it – it's absolutely superb. It's not the 'easiest' book in the world to read, but I found it incredibly rewarding. There's so much going on! I'll post a considered review later.

My take on it – hopefully not too repetitive of Beer Good's excellent review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel When 15-year-old Kafka Tamura runs away from his Tokyo home, he’s not only running away from his father, but from his own...