The joy of painting This is an old programme but one I’ve just happened upon. For anyone who would like to have a go at painting - or even for those who already paint - it offers a lot of great...
....top legal minds on cancel culture fear. // The report, which has been drawn up by top QC Frances Hoare with a forward by former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption, has detailed an assault on...
I read somewhere about a programme examining famous sculptures and their history. I think it’s on BBC4 but I can’t remember the title. Any ideas please anyone?...
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1758129.html I've just composed a response but can't post it because the thread, which hasn't a single answer on it yet, appears to have been closed. Many...
//BBC tennis pair Boris Becker and John Inverdale faced a volley of criticism after calling a player’s fiancée “very pretty”.// It’s sexist - apparently. What a joyless bunch the 'Woke' are!! The most...
Given all the controversy over the transgender issue and whether or not men who self-identify as women should be allowed to use women’s facilities, should we establish an accepted third gender as I...
Having received some surprising answers on the ‘Neighbours’ thread, I just wondered how many people here have had a dispute with neighbours, and if so why, and what the outcome was. I’ve never fallen...
//White working class pupils have been failed by decades of neglect in England's education system, a report by MPs says. The Education Select Committee accused the government of a lack of targeted...
The latest in the nonsense that is that cancel culture sees an all girls’ school axing the title of Head Girl because it is ‘too binary’. Students attending an all girls’ school are girls, aren’t...
I’ve taken this from another area of AB because I’ve been asked a question on the subject and I prefer to discuss it here. I think it entirely possible that aliens visited earth thousands of years ago...
I recorded Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and upon starting it found the final moments of someone diving with whales had recorded too. It looks to be a fascinating programme but I’ve no idea what it...
Thirty-two minutes from the end of this three-parter I could bear it no longer. I read sparkling reviews of it - and wonderful actors Sean Bran and Stephen Graham are certainly a draw - but how draggy...
Whilst it helps in bringing the issue of child marriage to the fore, it doesn’t address the reality that many of these marriages are conducted abroad, and others in religious ceremonies here which are...