Polly Toynbee
  • How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?

  • Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.

  • There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious.