Sunday Times Festival of Education
SUNDAY TIMES FESTIVAL OF EDUCATION. I took part in a faith schools debate at this festival on Sunday 24 June,[…]
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Start the Week with Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr goes in search of a better life with the psychoanalyst Adam Phillips; the philosopher Julian Baggini; the poet Helen Dunmore; and the scientist Frances Ashcroft.
ReadWhich of us can say we wouldn’t avoid tax?
Do you want to pay less tax? It’s totally legal. Faced with such an offer, I doubt many of us would turn round and say, “No, thank you.” Jimmy Carr didn’t when his financial adviser put exactly this suggestion to him. Yet, according to David Cameron, Carr was “morally wrong”, and public opinion agrees. So it seems that the vast majority would both pay less tax if they could and condemn Carr for doing exactly that.
ReadThe Antidote by Oliver Burkeman – review
Do you see a glass that is half-full, half-empty, or that simply contains enough liquid to throw over the idiot asking you to make the choice?
ReadIt’s not the Dalai Lama’s job to break the silence
Looking for good, wise political leadership from the Dalai Lama, or any other religious leader, is like looking for the next Jimi Hendrix on Britain’s Got Talent: you might just succeed, but you’d be a fool to expect it.
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