The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

It's stupid to have a simple-minded view.

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

Ones teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.

Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there?