The late, great Groucho Marx, once said that he found television very educational: everytime someone turned it on, he went into another room and read a good book! Ordinarily I would agree with such a sentiment, but it has to … Continue reading
An interesting news item that popped up alongside the weather eccentricities of our countries yesterday was the news that Education Secretary Michael Gove wants universities to play a large part in the setting of A-level examinations. As things stand, the … Continue reading
By One Big Soap Box: 21 July 2011. The past week or two has been perhaps one of the most frustrating in my living memory for rational and logical thinkers. The so called ‘committee’, held to get ‘answers’ from New … Continue reading
By Richard Morris: 22 July 2011 On July 14th, a piece by Peter Oborne in The Telegraph suggests that the problems we face can be put down to the effect that power has on people. We think he has a … Continue reading
By Richard Morris On the 4 July, The Guardian first broke the news of Milly Dowler’s phone allegedly being hacked by The News of the World. Since then, every day has seen a kaleidoscope of news stories, debate, opinion, and an endless … Continue reading
By Richard Curtis The Horizon programme on BBC2 on the 24th January 2011, dealt with the question of why people no longer believe Scientists. You could well expand the question to include any one with a job title ending in … Continue reading