Today's TIMES: dated: Janury 14, 2006 follows on from the great debate on the career of Michael Palin, an actor turned writer
and now qualified Travel Writer! He has been travelling all over the world and his books and films are seen all over the UK and are broadcast on television:
His latest work: HIMALAYA:
apparently took him many miles from London to Pakistan and of course to the HIMALAYA! He is being denounced for this travelling he has been doing : he is President of the Transport 2000 CLub and they are urging him to step down: apparently he agreed to stay within Europe, but recently he has been seen jetting in and out of San Francisco from London! The mind boggles!
Britain's Teachers are underpaid and overworked, especially in the Lecturing End of the Profession: there are those with criminal backgrounds now teaching in schools in the UK and this is causing a huge furore! BANN ALL PAEDOPHILE TEACHERS! I often wondered if Jo Public knew that God forgives all offenders one way or the other: surely, if they have paid their debt to Society they are fully equipped to start anew! After all, they can meet /like with like/: some of the
students these days are far from easy to cope with and aren't exactly a
/piece of cake to teach/!
Race relations are at an /all time low/ in Kenya: the murder of Joan Root in a series of bloody murders in Africa, features prominently. They are described by James Fox, who is presumably a writer as the residents of /White Mischief set of Happy Valley/ - hard times for those unfortunate residents I gather!
Mr Blair and his Government are seen to get /their pound of flesh/ especially over the Taxing System here in England which is punitive! A widow has been handcuffed over unpaid tax and the old lady is 79! Is there no justice in the world!
With the success of the recent Government moves to improve the school dinner diet: its headline grabbing time for the chefs: CHEFS FOLLOW MONEY TRAIL ALL THE WAY TO LOCAL PUB/ Exercise, fitness and a good diet - what more could our students ask for? Probably good examination results:
There is a Free Guide to Eating Out: Wish I could find a restaurant that sells food at five pounds, I'd be there in a shot!
Critics abound and GIles Coren writes about the Soccer Legend David Beckham and his footballer wife, - she apparently has never read a book! Angela Rippon is 61 and is still working : Well done Angela and keep up the good work, all the details of which are recorded in today's TIMES: wonderful reading at the weekend!