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?

The pens sharpen – Islamophobia! No such thing. Primitive Middle Eastern religions, and most others, are much the same – Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust for women's bodies.

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plus 76% of Church Times readers.

People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death.

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies.