philip pullman, reading from his latest book la belle sauvage, in which he returns to the fantasticalhis dark materials. it sees the return of lyra, who is now sheltering in a priory from her own father, in a story that pits liberals against totalitarian oppressors. i think the greatest menace to the world is the point of view that says one size fits all. there's one answer and we have it and if you don't believe it, we're going to kill you or torture you, or imprison you, or burn you you or whatever. the book is set in oxford, one of the world's great centres of education. a subject, as an ex—teacher, on which the author has some views. i think the way in which we educate children now discounts, greatly discounts, the importance of the imagination, and overemphasises a culture of getting things right and getting you can see when a child is actively and imaginatively engaged in the world, and you can see the sad results when they're not, when they haven't been. when all they've had to do is look at a screen. are you watching what's going on? oh, yes. and adjusting your writing and you

philip pullman, reading from his latest book la belle sauvage, in which he returns to the fantasticals the return of lyra, who is now sheltering in a priory from her own father, in a story that pits liberals against totalitarian oppressors. i think the greatest menace to the world is the point of view that says one size fits all. there's one answer and we have it and if you don't believe it, we're going to kill you or torture you, or imprison you, or burn you you or whatever. the book is set in oxford — one of the world's great centres of education, a subject, as an ex—teacher, on which the author has some views. i think the way in which we educate children now discounts, greatly discounts the importance of the imagination, and overemphasises a culture of getting things right and getting the right answer and ticking the right box and rewarding it in a quantitative way. "yes, you got four out of five, you've got a bit of room for improvement there, do better next time..." that discounts about 90% of what the child is doing, or what anyone is doing. you can see when a child is actively

la belle sauvage might be set in an alternative reality, but the themes and conflicts played out in itslus pages reveal an author deeply concerned with and very connected to the here and now. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it from us. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm john watson. on the way tonight: a thriller at the bridge as roma hold chelsea in the champions league. could celtic contain bayern‘s brilliance in munich? and the fa apologises to eniola aluko after finding mark sampson did use discriminatory language. good evening. another busy night in europe with three british sides in action. we start at stamford bridge where chelsea faced italian opponents with spanish striker alvaro morata back in the side. two wins from two so far in the group, could conte‘s side cruise to a routine third agaisnt roma. nick parrot reports. for some familiarity can breed contempt, but not chelsea boss antonio conte, the italian new greeting roma would be the only easy thing at stamford bridge. david luiz‘s early strike should

three municipalities in the north have serbian deputy mayors, dragana, sauvage, katarina advances inpovic in session. i collaborate with serbs, but serbs who vucic is paying to sabotage the state of kosovo are a very peculiar kind. these are the privileged minority within serbian minority. i'm not going to give up to them. the problem is, and i'm looking at that document there, the original document, the declaration of independence of kosovo in 2008. since then, what really has kosovo achieved? you haven't normalised relations with serbia. you have the recognition of more than 100 countries, but significant countries like russia and china, even five members of the european union still do not recognise kosovo. your economy is in a terrible mess. hundreds of thousands of your own people have left kosovo to go find work in the european union. can you honestly say some, what, 15 years after that document was signed that you are delivering? yes, we're a success story of nato�*s intervention to stop genocide of serbia. and we're a success story of democratic and economic progress working h

philip pullman, reading from his latest book la belle sauvage, in which he returns to the fantasticalf lyra, who is now sheltering in a priory from her own father, in a story that pits liberals against totalitarian oppressors. i think the greatest menace to the world is the point of view that says one size fits all. there's one answer and we have it and if you don't believe it, we're going to kill you, or torture you, or imprison you, or burn you or whatever. the book is set in oxford — one of the world's great centres of education, a subject, as an ex—teacher, on which the author has some views. i think the way in which we educate children now discounts, greatly discounts the importance of the imagination, and overemphasises a culture of getting things right and getting the right answer and ticking the right box and rewarding it in a quantitative way. "yes, you got four out of five, you've got a bit of room

monsieur macron est le candidat de la mondalisation sauvage...acron is the candidate of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, of every man for himself. translation: you have shown that you're not the candidate for a balanced, democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say, "globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe, let's shut our borders, leave the euro — because others succeed, not us." millions watched, but not all were impressed. translation: the debate was heated — because of that, i didn't watch all of it. the aggression really bothered me. translation: it was a stream of insults from both sides, it won't change much when election day arrives. this was one of the most aggressive debates in recent french history. more than two hours of insults, attacks and accusations made for a memorable confrontation. now french voters have to pick a side. this morning, emmanuel macron told a radio station that the debate revealed his opponent's true colours. the 39—year—ol

monsieur macron est le candidat de la mondalisation sauvage...date of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, of every man for himself. translation: you have shown that you're not the candidate for a balanced, democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say, "globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe, let's shut our borders, leave the euro — because others succeed, not us." millions watched, but not all were impressed. translation: the debate was heated — because of that, i didn't watch all of it. the aggression really bothered me. translation: it was a stream of insults from both sides, it won't change much when election day arrives. this was one of the most aggressive debates in recent french history. more than two hours of insults, attacks and accusations made for a memorable confrontation. now french voters have to pick a side. this morning, emmanuel macron told a radio station that the debate revealed his opponent's true colours. the 39—year—old centrist maintai

monsieur macron est le candidat de la mondalisation sauvage...erisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, of every man for himself. translation: you have shown that you're not the candidate for a balanced, democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say, "globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe, let's shut our borders, leave the euro — because others succeed, not us." millions watched, but not all were impressed. translation: the debate was heated — because of that, i didn't watch all of it. the aggression really bothered me. translation: it was a stream of insults from both sides, it won't change much when election day arrives. this was one of the most aggressive debates in recent french history. more than two hours of insults, attacks and accusations made for a memorable confrontation. now french voters have to pick a side. this morning, emmanuel macron told a radio station that the debate revealed his opponent's true colours. the 39—year—old centrist maintains his lead in the polls. in her